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...
“Rolling Stones” of early music to provide baroque and roll at international festival
The “Rolling Stones” of early music are returning to North Wales to perform at an international music festival. Red Priest, named after flame-haired priest Antonio Vivaldi, wowed the audience at St Asaph Cathedral four years ago and the quartet are looking forward to...
North Wales adventure centre is the business after £5 million investment
An adrenaline-fuelled adventure centre has ploughed £5 million into upgrading its facilities to tap into the lucrative business tourism market. Adventure Parc Snowdonia says it now has “the complete package” to attract more conferences, team building courses, away...
Top Welsh food company helps Keele University deliver its green agenda
A leading Welsh food wholesaler has clinched a deal to help one of the UK’s top universities go greener. Harlech Foodservice delivery lorries and vans will be regular callers at Keele University, in Staffordshire, which has 10,000 students on its campus and has been...
Cheesy does it for new all-Welsh crisps
It’s crunch time for two North Wales food icons. Bwydydd Madryn (Madryn Foods) have teamed up with South Caernarfon Creameries to create a new variety of all-Welsh cheese and onion crisps. Launched under the popular Jones Crisps brand, they have been given “extra...
