New jobs at North Wales adventure park where perks include free surfing sessions and staying at posh Hilton hotel
Thirty new jobs have been created at a trailblazing adventure centre in North Wales where staff perks include free accommodation at a plush Hilton hotel. It’s among a raft of extra fringe benefits at Adventure Parc Snowdonia, in Dolgarrog, Conwy, which are designed to...
New choir planned at care home where the “music never stops”
Music-loving residents at an award-winning care home in North Wales are to form their own choir. Singing sessions have long been a part of daily life at Pendine Park’s Bryn Seiont Newydd care home on the outskirts Caernarfon. The centre, which boasts first class...
Honda HR-V drive by Steve Rogers
The debate started as soon as the HR-V rolled on to the drive. David, my Honda loving neighbour, had seen photographs and did not like the new look so was eager to see the car up close. Compared to his three year old HR-V the third generation model is a radical shift...
Great-gran Moira, 92, launches search for fellow veterans of 1947 peace festival
A music loving 92-year-old great-grandmother is spearheading an appeal to find veterans of the first ever Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in 1947. Retired teacher Moira Humphreys was a member of the Coedpoeth Youth Choir who took to the stage at the...
Football club appeal for more coaches to help with fast-growing junior section
A go-ahead Vale of Clwyd football club is appealing for more coaches to help with its expanding junior section. St Asaph City, which runs two senior sides in the North Wales Ardal Leagues, also fields over 80 youngsters in five sides from Under-Six to Under-12 in the...
Masks may still be required in Welsh care homes after lifting of Covid curbs
Some Welsh care homes may still require people visiting relatives or friends to wear masks – depending on the level of risk to residents. That was the message from Care Forum Wales, which represents nearly 500 social care providers, after the Welsh Government revealed...
Jet-setting golfer Rachael gets in the swing with £10,000 boost
A leading local financial planning company is helping a talented Wirral golfer join the sport’s jet-set on the Ladies European Tour with a sponsorship package worth £10,000 for her debut season. Wrexham-based Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management have backed former England...
Big-hearted care home “super seven” step up in aid of hospice
A care home’s ‘Super Seven’ have vowed to smash a £1,000 fundraising target they set themselves in aid of a hospice. The septet of energetic staff members from Pendine Park’s Hillbury House Care Home, Wrexham, are taking on the famous 10-mile Nightingale House Hospice...
Top bakery on a roll with 100 jobs on offer thanks to new £16m production line
A new £16 million production line will create 100 jobs at a top Welsh bakery. The investment at the fast-growing Jones Village Bakery in Wrexham has been hailed as a major boost for the local economy. The state-of-the-art equipment is being installed at the family...
Re-use expert Paul plans to turn scrap into refugee shelters and play dens
A re-use and repurposing expert from Chester is developing a new line in easy to assemble structures which can be used for everything from disaster relief shelters to children’s play dens. Paul Ridley is familiar sight at car boot sales across North East Wales and...
