Businesses join the rush to solar as energy prices are set to soar
An award-winning renewable energy company has seen enquiries from businesses soar across North Wales and Merseyside – the area which already has the highest electricity bills in the UK. Vale of Clwyd-based Hafod Renewables, which installs a range of bespoke green...
Kieran gets employment chance on first council housing project for 30 years
An unemployed young man from the Vale of Clwyd has been given the chance to build a career in the world of construction thanks to a partnership between a leading developer and Denbighshire County Council. Kieran Rowlands, 23, is spending three months working with...
Plea to make sure that all social care heroes get £1,000 bonus
A social care leader is calling for an assurance that everybody working in the sector will receive a £1,000 bonus payment – even staff like cooks, care support workers and cleaners. Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales, said the extra cash for front line...
Matt’s in the driving seat for new challenge with horse and carriage
A sportsman with cerebal palsy is on course to take on leading athletes in a top competition for horse and carriage driving. Determined Matt Palamarczuk, 36, is being supported in the challenge by his employers at the Pendine Park care organisation in Wrexham where he...
Welcome return for North Wales Food Expo as caterers gear up for busy 2022
One of Wales’s showcase events of the hospitality season is back on the calendar with the return of the Harlech Foodservice Expo in March. Over 70 food and drink producers from international household names to high quality artisans will exhibit at the free event for...
Police boss issues Valentine’s Day warning to lonely hearts
A police boss has issued an urgent warning to lonely men and women in North Wales not to be fooled by heartless scammers. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Andy Dunbobbin spoke out after it was revealed that cruel fraudsters had duped their targets out of...
Big boost for young rugby trailblazers
Support from a top trailer maker is helping a new generation of rugby players from North and Mid Wales reach for the stars. Ifor Williams Trailers have signed a two-year agreement to sponsor the academy teams at Rygbi Gogledd Cymru (RGC) which was set up to fast-track...
Sausage king of Wales celebrates as banger sales hit 340 million mark
Wales’s best-known butcher has gone global – their ever-popular pork sausages now stretch round the world. Sales of Edwards’ bangers have surpassed the 340 million sausages mark – strung together enough to reach over 24,000 miles around the equator, and they have...
Rugby club team on their bikes to raise £25K for Scotland star Doddie’s charity
A TEAM from a Welsh rugby club are on course to raise a massive £25,000 on a 500-mile charity cycle ride. The four riders from Ruthin Rugby Club will cycle from Murrayfield to the Principality Stadium in Cardiff for the Wales v Scotland Doddie Weir Cup match. They...
Police boss beefs up frontline with 82 extra officers, new technology and drone pilots
A police boss is beefing up frontline policing in North Wales with 82 new officers, 10 extra PCSOs and more than 40 additional police staff. The pledge from North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Andy Dunbobbin came after his funding plans for the coming year were...
