George’s marathon spin in aid of heart charity
A kind truck driver will get on his bike for a marathon effort in aid of a good cause that’s close to his heart. George Grice hopes to raise more than £1,000 for the British Heart Foundation which has helped halve the number of people dying from heart and circulatory...
Talented footballer Max, 12, has a tilt at rugby and wins top prize
A football-mad youngster from Gwynedd showed he’s a talented all-rounder after excelling in a rugby competition. Max Lawson, 12, beat nearly 2,000 others to win a top-of-the-range HP Chromebook laptop and a smart carrying case in a competition at the Urdd National...
Plans will turbo charge regeneration of Abergele
The redevelopment of an iconic Abergele town centre site has moved a step closer with designs being drawn up. Housing association Cartrefi Conwy say they will be consulting local people later this year over the proposals for the long derelict Bee Hotel and the...
Busy bee Louise is a real honey at care home
A busy bee carer has been supplying a much-welcomed sweet treat to residents at a care home. Amateur beekeeper Louise Parry delighted residents at Pendine Park’s Hillbury House care home in Wrexham by providing them with a chance to sample the delicious honey from her...
Carmarthenshire Council in “cloud cuckoo land” over care home fees
A social care champion has accused Carmarthenshire Council of trying to “defend the indefensible” over care home fees. Cabinet member Jane Tremlett was unhappy after the authority was named and shamed by Care Forum Wales after they compiled a table that revealed...
Kia Sportage is full of clever tricks by Steve Rogers
Super agent James Bond is sipping a cocktail at a swish Parisian bar and needs his car. He reaches into his pocket for the key fob presses a button and the car glides out of its parking space, without a driver, and pulls up alongside the kerb ready for our hero to...
Pressure mounts on care home fee-fixing councils to stop “discriminating against vulnerable people”
A care home fee fixing cartel in North Wales has been “blown to smithereens” after Anglesey councillors increased rates by up to 25 per cent. According to social care champions Care Forum Wales, the decision has put huge pressure on Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and...
Choir’s “emotional and magical” birthday surprise for former top tenor Elwyn
There were tears of joy when a renowned male voice choir paid a surprise visit to a care home to sing happy birthday to a much-loved former member who lives there. David Edwards, who hails from the Blaenau Ffestiniog area, had no idea that members of Côr Meibion y...
North Wales bakery’s rousing farewell for M&S boss as choir sings Bread of Heaven
The departing boss of Marks and Spencer was given a stirring send off at a North Wales bakery by a choir singing Bread of Heaven. The visit by chief executive Steve Rowe to the Jones Village Bakery’s headquarters on Wrexham Industrial Estate was his last official call...
Wooden spoon for Flintshire Council after coming bottom in new “League of Shame”
A care home owner has slammed Flintshire County Council as the “meanest in Wales” after it was named and shamed for providing the lowest funding anywhere. The provider, who declined to be named for fear of being victimised and blacklisted by the council, was shocked...
