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...
Growing anger as investigation reveals massive North-South divide in care fees
Vulnerable care home residents are being treated “like second class citizens” by councils thanks to a growing North-South divide. An investigation by Care Forum Wales (CFW) has revealed that the fees paid by local authorities in the North are up to £11,000 a year...
Top harp festival showcases hot jazz and world premiere
Harp sensation Ben Creighton-Griffiths will be jazzing things up at a top music festival. Ben and his band, the Transatlantic Hot Club, who play high octane “gypsy jazz” will be taking centre stage at the prestigious Wales Harp Festival at Galeri Caernarfon. The...
Community group to the rescue as fuel poverty starts to bite in the Dee Valley
A Denbighshire widow in her 80s has had the £693 electricity bill she received cut to just £29 after a local community charity stepped in to help. With energy prices expected to surge again on April 1 retired pub landlady Jo, from the Corwen area, who suffers from...
