TV star Alex Jones moved to tears as heroic care workers reunited with brave little Nova
TV star Alex Jones was moved to tears when she heard how heroic care home fundraisers helped a toddler win her battle against the odds to walk down the aisle at her mum’s wedding. The kind hearted care team from Pendine Park’s Bodlondeb care home in Wrexham, were...
Students help fuel growth of North Wales-based storage giant Lock Stock
Students at a Welsh university city are helping fuel the growth of one of the UK’s biggest containerised self-storage companies. The demand for storage space, especially outside term time, is one of the reasons Denbigh-based Lock Stock Self-Storage have just opened...
Carmarthen butcher Matthew battles back after near death trauma with help from Love Island star Connagh
A butcher from Carmarthen who has battled two serious illnesses in the past four years is determined to get his health back on track with the help of a life-changing TV show. Four years ago Matthew Rees had sepsis and had to undergo emergency treatment in hospital and...
Kia Niro drive by Steve Rogers
Here’s a Kia that can’t stop winning awards. This has been quite a year for the new Niro chalking up UK Car of the Year best crossover, and Women’s World Car of the Year among a string of gongs. Niro laid the foundations for Kia’s electric programme in 2016 as the...
Mother and son aiming to create golden future at Welsh family firm celebrating 50th anniversary
A mother and son are leading from the front at a family-run animal bedding company that’s celebrating its 50th anniversary with a 25 per cent surge in sales. Chris Whittaker, a third generation director at the Wrexham-based Platts Group, has already won a major honour...
Starring role for Llaeth y Llan dairy in life-changing TV show
An award-winning yogurt maker from Conwy took centre stage in a TV show that transforms people’s lives. The Llaeth y Llan dairy in Llannefydd, near Denbigh and St Asaph, was the location for one of the tasks during the filming of the popular S4C programme, FFIT...
King Ben and Queen Sara crowned ahead of coronation celebrations
A care organisation has crowned its own King and Queen in the run up to a bumper weekend of Coronation celebrations. While the nation parties as King Charles III officially accedes to the throne, there will be loud cheers at Pendine Park in Wrexham and Caernarfon....
Volvo XC60 drive by Steve Rogers
A car company director asked 30 motoring journalists would they buy an electric car tomorrow? Only four put their hands up. Mind stayed down. The problem is not the cars, the majority of which are innovative and good to drive. The biggest barrier as we move rapidly...
Ex-actress Bethan wins award in new stage of career after “baptism of fire” running care home
An actress, singer and storyteller who switched from a career in the theatre to become one of the youngest care home owners in Wales has won a top award. Bethan Mascarenhas, now 33, was chosen by the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers to receive its City and...
Love Island star helps mum Linette get fit in case she needs to donate kidney to son Ifan after cancer nightmare
A mum of three from Gwynedd whose youngest son battled cancer has vowed to lose weight and get fit in case he needs her help in the future. Little Ifan Gwilym was diagnosed with the condition when he was just two years old after doctors found he had tumours on both...
