North Wales builder joins fight to end modern slavery in construction
A fast-growing North Wales construction company has signed up to the fight against modern slavery in the building trade. Brenig Construction, based in Mochdre, Colwyn Bay, which has an annual turnover of £11 million and £40 million of work on its order books, is...
Care organisation appeals for volunteers to tackle coronavirus crisis
A leading care organisation is appealing for former nurses and other staff to volunteer to help them beat the coronavirus epidemic threatening the residential care sector. Pendine Park looks after 450 residents at its eight homes in Wrexham and Caernarfon, employs...
Llay football team net huge financial boost thanks to group treble
A LLAY football club has netted a huge financial boost for their ambitious ground improvement plans after a hat trick of generous donations from construction firms. Llay Miners Welfare FC, the club which produced former Wrexham and Spurs striker Chris Armstrong, is...
Bakery boss thanks “brilliant” staff after doubling bread production
A bakery boss has paid tribute to the workforce for the way they doubled bread production in the wake of the panic buying caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Robin Jones, managing director of the Wrexham-based Village Bakery, revealed staff were working 12-hour shifts...
Pioneering artist Sarah still drawn to care after 25 years
Wales’ first ever care home artist in residence is celebrating a quarter of a century in the ground-breaking role. Talented Sarah Edwards was engaged as a consultant by the Pendine Park care organisation by arts loving owners Mario and Gill Kreft in 1995. Since then...
Corwen community group appeals for donations and volunteers to fight epidemic
A call has gone out for volunteers to help isolated and vulnerable people in the Corwen area as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. The appeal has come from South Denbighshire Community Partnership (SDCP), a locally-based and grant-funded community charity for the...
Care homes call for swabs to test for Coronavirus
A social care leader is calling for an urgent and specific support package for struggling care homes and homecare companies in Wales – including an about turn on the decision to refuse to give them swabs to test for coronavirus. Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care...
Coronavirus scammers warning
A police boss is warning people in North Wales to beware of heartless scammers using the coronavirus pandemic to prey on the vulnerable. Already over £800,000 has been stolen across the UK by fraudsters cashing in on fear generated by the unprecedented outbreak but...
Police boss launches new drugs crackdown
Big city gangs armed with guns and running heroin and crack cocaine into North Wales are being targeted in a ground-breaking campaign led by the region’s policing boss North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has made the fight against Serious and...
My, my, my – what a choir!
Welsh singing superstar Tom Jones may have some competition on his hands as a Wrexham care home choir has been perfecting their version of his mega hit Delilah. The mixed choir of staff and residents at Pendine Park’s Bodlondeb care home are hard at work rehearsing...