Storage giant helps blind bowlers beat disability on Bradley’s all-weather green
Keen bowlers in Wrexham are beating disability to finish jack high come rain, hail, snow or shine on an all-weather surface thanks to the backing of Wales’s biggest self-storage company. Bradley Park Bowling Club hold regular weekly sessions for their Touch-Wood...
Care home leader urges relatives to stay away unless visits are “absolutely essential”
A social care leader is urging people not to not to visit relatives living in care homes unless it’s “absolutely essential” so they can protect their loved ones from coronavirus. Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales, said care homes were “safe havens” for...
Gangsta Granny and Frankenstein book their places at top school
Gangsta Granny, Skulduggery Pleasant and Frankenstein were just some of the characters to be found strolling around the corridors of a leading North Wales independent school on World Book Day. Myddelton College students from dressed up as their favourite literary...
Police boss launches new crusade to combat cruel romance scams
A police boss has launched a new crusade against con artists who are targeting lonely men and women in cruel romance scams. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has made tackling fraud of all kinds a key priority in his Police and Crime Plan and says...
Fire-hit bakery forges ahead in new export markets
A bakery that’s bouncing back after a devastating fire is breaking into new export markets in Europe and the Middle East – and has also set its sights on America. Things looked bleak when a blaze ripped through the headquarters of the Village Bakery last August,...
Fiat 500C road test by Steve Rogers
It's February. Storm Dennis has flooded half of Britain. Our garden even has a covering of snow. What have sitting on my drive? A Fiat 500 convertible. Am I the eternal optimist or just stupid? Neither actually, I wanted to drive the 500 and this was the only model...
Tasty £1m investment creates 30 jobs in Wrexham
Two businessmen are investing £1 million to open an Italian restaurant and a gastro pub which will create around 30 new jobs in Wrexham. Brothers-in-law John Blaney and Carl Burleigh are breathing new life into the former Barclays Bank premises in High Street that’s...
Twinkle-toed care home residents prove bowling is right up their alley – in their 90s
Young-at-heart care home residents in their 90s are proving age is no barrier to fun after signing up to a new ten pin bowling team. The Old Vicarage care home in Llangollen has launched its own ‘Dream Team’ in support of a national campaign to tackle ageism – and has...
New Tasers will protect officers and public in North Wales
A police boss in North Wales says that securing funding for an extra 167 Tasers will help protect frontline officers as well as the public. The region’s police and crime commissioner, Arfon Jones, welcomed the additional £137,000 from a £10 million pot provided by...
Record breaking deals of almost £500,000 secured at two-day trade expo led by distribution firm
RECORD breaking deals of almost £500,000 were secured at a high-profile two-day trade expo led by a growing food distribution firm. The Harlech Foodservice Food and Drink Expo 2020, now in its 42nd year, welcomed almost 2,000 visitors to the event in Venue Cymru,...
