Santa lights up Christmas for care home residents
Santa arrived in style for the big Christmas lights switch-on at a care organisation. Father Christmas was travelling on an illuminated state-of-the-art sleigh made by the talented maintenance team at Pendine Park in Wrexham. The bearded man of the moment and his...
World premieres promised at music festival
Brand-new compositions by a leading Welsh composer will be given their world premieres at a top music festival. Richard Barrett will present the new works, entitled Pektis and Outsider, at the Bangor Music Festival, where he will also give one of the festival's key...
Platts Agriculture supply bedding for reindeer at Bolesworth Castle
An animal bedding company is making sure Santa’s reindeers are well-rested ahead of the big night. Platts Agriculture Ltd, based on Llay Industrial Estate, near Wrexham, has provided super soft bales of bedding to ensure that Rudolph, Blitzen, Dancer, Prancer and...
Big-hearted creamery workers raise mountain of cash on Snowdon trek
Staff from a Gwynedd creamery braved wind, rain and mist to tackle Wales’s highest peak and raise a mountain of cash for two charities that are close to their hearts. The intrepid walkers from South Caernarfon Creameries climbed Snowdon last month and raised over...
Skoda Fabia drive by Steve Rogers
A lot has happened to the Skoda Fabia since I drove the first model 22 years ago. For starters we stopped making jokes about the brand. Not that the Czech company was too bothered, in the early years it encouraged them with some brilliantly funny mickey taking TV...
Pitch perfect caravan and glamping site is best in North Wales
A family-run holiday park beat off stiff competition to win a top award. The Commonwood Caravan and Glamping site, in Holt, near Wrexham, was crowned North Wales’s Best Holiday Park at the prestigious Go North Wales Tourism Awards. The headline sponsor for the...
Banker Paul watched in horror as wife passed out during epic Kilimanjaro climb
A business leader watched in horror as his wife passed out at the top of one of the world’s highest mountains on a fund-raising challenge for a hospice. Barclays bank relationship director for North Wales and the Shires Paul Ffoulkes was powerless to help as his wife,...
Ex-Premier League sports guru Andy on the ball with top tourism award
A former Premier League sports science expert who swapped the glamour of professional football to open a holiday venture has picked up a top tourism award. Andy Franks worked with giants Chelsea and Everton as well as Crewe before he and his wife, Jen, bought an old...
Inspiring leader honoured at prestigious awards ceremony
A positive behavioural support manager who puts the needs of others at the “heart of everything she does” has seen her caring efforts pay off. Shelley Swain works for Fieldbay, which is part of the Envivo Group, in Swansea helping to care for people with complex...
Nurse shares top honour with team who look after patients with complex needs
A passionate nurse who struck gold at a prestigious awards ceremony said the accolade is a reflection of the first class team she plays a proud part of. Lynn Hamilton Shaw, general manager at Awel y Mor Care Home in Gorseinon, Swansea, which offers care and...
