Ground-breaking TV drama tackles tough children’s mental health issues
A hard-hitting new TV show is breaking new ground in tackling mental health problems and tragedies that affect children and their families. The title role in the new S4C drama, Bex, is played by West End actress Rebecca Hayes who says she would have loved to have seen...
New band and choir offer youngsters a lifeline
A new youth band and a children’s choir are offering young people a route back to normality after the easing of Covid restrictions. Both have been set up for free by the award-winning North Wales Music Co-operative which has sister organisations in Wrexham and...
Blooming marvellous news for Denbigh
A Denbighshire town’s award-winning floral displays are set to be given a boost by cash seized from the ill-gotten gains of North Wales’s criminals. Denbigh in Bloom’s magnificent and colourful flower baskets, beds and planters have earned them international...
Japanese-speaking aristocrat leads charm offensive to woo tourists
A Japanese-speaking aristocrat is leading a charm offensive to attract tourists from the Land of the Rising Sun to North Wales. One of the highlights of a bespoke trip for the wealthy Japanese visitors will be a guided tour in their own language by Lord Mostyn of his...
Club bowled over by boost from care firm
Disability is proving no barrier for keen bowlers who have been given a boost by a care organisation. The community-focused Bradley Park Bowling Club which holds weekly sessions for visually impaired and disabled players has secured vital sponsorship from...
Forget-Me-Not Chorus hits high notes thanks to crooks’ cash
The music of country legends Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers is helping people with dementia hit the high notes thanks to cash seized from criminals. The Forget-Me-Not Chorus’s 2022 programme of Country and Western-inspired hits and line dancing has been secured with a...
Aid convoy delivers desperately-needed supplies in 3,000-mile mercy mission to war-torn Ukraine
An aid convoy which included a Land Rover and a trailer loaded with desperately-needed supplies has made the 3,000-mile round trip to war-torn Ukraine. At the head of the three-vehicle mercy mission was farmer Llyr Jones at the wheel of a Land Rover he bought for...
Cult vlogger Bootlegger and Wrexham AFC superfan admits: “I wasn’t keen on football”
Social media sensation and Wrexham AFC superfan Bootlegger has made a shock admission – he wasn’t keen on football as a young lad. The revelation comes in his outspoken autobiography, Bootlegger: The Good, The Bad and The Tasty, in which the legendary Twitter icon and...
Caernarfon cricketers will be pitch perfect thanks to cash seized from crooks
An ambitious cricket club is on the lookout for a new heavy roller for its spectacular ground beside the Menai Straits after receiving a grant funded by cash seized from criminals. Caernarfon Cricket Club was only formed in 2015 but they are already making an impact...
Help us find our unsung pandemic heroes and heroines in Wales
A search has been launched to find the unsung heroes and heroines of social care in Wales who have “risen magnificently” to the challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic. Entries are being sought for the 2022 Wales Care Awards, to honour the skill and devotion of people who...
