TV documentary reveals the cultural links between North Wales quarrymen and Amazonian tribes
The North Wales quarrymen who roofed the world with slate share a culture with remote tribes from the Amazon to New Guinea, according to a BAFTA-winning documentary maker. Steve Robinson, who made BBC’s acclaimed Tribe series with ex-Royal Marine Bruce Parry, is fresh...
Care body quits fees group because councils are “deprioritising care” amid growing North-South divide
An organisation that represents care providers has dramatically quit a group set up to discuss fees. The decision by Care Forum Wales (CFW) to resign from the North Wales Care Fees Group comes amid claims that the region’s councils are “deprioritising care” even...
Travel firm search recruits with chance to visit dream destinations a perk of the job
The chance to “road test” dream holidays will be perk of the job at a North Wales-based travel firm that’s launched a search for 44 new apprentices. With business booming, Hays Travel North West, which has outlets across North Wales and the North West, will be holding...
Memorial Hall where foundation stone laid by Lloyd George given major makeover
A memorial hall built to commemorate a village’s First World War dead has been given a major makeover by a housing association and a construction group. The Memorial Hall Institute in Llandudno Junction was built in the 1920s using bricks shipped from Flanders, in...
New TV thriller is Welsh cross between Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Italian Job
A new TV drama has been hailed as a Welsh cross between Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and the Italian Job – with a horsebox in tow. The HBX model provided by Ifor Williams Trailers plays a key role in the S4C series because the plot of Dal y Mellt (Catching the...
It’s ten-foot long and weighs three tons – butcher unveils Britain’s biggest banger
It’s a sausage, it’s ten feet long, weighs three tons and is probably the biggest banger in Britain. It’s the latest artwork from top chainsaw sculptor Ed Parkes and it now stands proudly speared on a wooden fork outside the Conwy headquarters of Wales’s best known...
Welsh beef on the menu for Merseyside schools
Welsh beef is on the menu for pupils on Merseyside after a leading wholesaler clinched a major education authority contract worth over £500,000 a year. Harlech Foodservice Ltd is supplying Welsh beef, lamb and other meat products to 59 schools on Merseyside from its...
Outdoor loving nurses take a walk on the wild side
A married couple with 95 years of nursing service between them are retiring to take a walk on the wild side. Hilary and John Mills will be sorely missed by colleagues and residents at Pendine Park’s Highfield Care Home in Wrexham. Hilary has worked for the group for...
Animal bedding firm branches out on road to success and gives staff £1,000 Covid bonus
An animal bedding company that champions the mental health and wellbeing of its staff has given every member of the team a £1,000 Covid bonus. Family firm Platts Agriculture says it’s a way of saying thank you to the workforce for their “incredible help” in navigating...
New inclusive dance group launched in Wrexham with cash seized from crooks
An award-winning dance club is reaching out to a new legion of twinkle-toed performers thanks to cash seized from criminals. Wisp Dance Club has transformed the lives of hundreds of young people with disabilities since being founded by Artistic Director Cher Mather in...
