Selfless care worker and model Brigitte opens up on daughter’s mental health struggles to help train health workers
A care worker and model who supported her teenage daughter to overcome acute depression and anxiety is sharing her experiences to help train health professionals treating mental illness. Brigitte Prior, who works as a healthcare assistant at Pendine Park’s Gwern Alyn...
Police boss joins life-saving patrol in Wrexham
A policing chief has joined bobbies on the beat in Wrexham to see how lives are being saved on the streets of North Wales’s biggest town. The Safer Streets project in the town was launched with funding s North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Andy Dunbobbin to make...
Globetrotting midwife teaches the next generation to deliver Welsh babies
A midwife who has helped mums give birth in the frozen Canadian Arctic and the parched heat of the Australian Outback is leading the way in looking after expectant women in Wales. Glasgow-born Sheila Brown worked in Canada’s Arctic Circle and in the stifling heat of...
A chance to channel your inner Bear Grylls at Dee Valley Wellness Week
A chance to channel your inner Bear Grylls with activities like breadmaking over an open fire is part of a Wellbeing Week designed to help people in the Dee Valley chill out after the trials and tribulations of the pandemic. The free six-day event features everything...
Ultra-runner Russell conquers ‘phobia of dark’ to smash 47 peaks record and raise money in memory of tragic mate
An elite mountain runner conquered his phobia of the dark to smash the record in one of the world’s toughest races. Russell Bentley, 40, now holds the overall Winter FKT (Fastest Known Time) in the gruelling Paddy Buckley Round – a punishing challenge set in the...
Top harp festival returns in style after Covid break
The prestigious Wales Harp Festival returns this year after the Covid-19 pandemic forced its cancellation two years ago and into becoming a virtual event in 2021. There will be a live audience at Galeri Caernarfon when it becomes the centre of the harp playing world...
TV soap actor Emyr takes on new starring role at care home
A popular Welsh TV soap star and singer has taken on a new starring role – at a care home in Caernarfon. Well known actor and S4C favourite Emyr Gibson told how the career move was one of the most surprising of his life, but one about which he has no regrets. He has...
Tragic soldier’s mum deeply touched by stamina sapping charity runs
The mother of a young soldier killed while serving in Afghanistan has told of her pride after ex-forces veterans paid tribute to him during a stamina-sapping fund-raising run. Truck driving instructor Kevin Dandy, who works for McCarthy Distribution in Wrexham, raised...
Bread-loving high flyer Lesley lands dream job at fast-growing Jones Village Bakery
A fast-growing bakery has hired an industry high flyer to turbo charge its ambitious expansion plans. Passionate foodie Lesley Arnot has been appointed as commercial director at the Jones Village Bakery in Wrexham after moving from the world’s biggest bakery company,...
TV presenter Ruth Dodsworth speaks out on abusive ex to urge victims of crime in North Wales to share their experiences
TV weather presenter Ruth Dodsworth has spoken out about her harrowing experience of domestic abuse to urge North Wales victims to take part in a new survey. The broadcaster who works for ITV Wales suffered a campaign of harassment and stalking during her 18-year...
