Young virtuoso Ellis hits high notes at top piano festival
A music prodigy took a step forward towards realising his ambition of becoming a concert pianist after scooping a prize at a prestigious festival. Ellis Thomas, 20, from Penrhyn Bay, near Llandudno, was the joint winner of the accompanist category at the Wales...
Afghan refugees find safety and support in North Wales
Refugees from Afghanistan are being helped by a North Wales charity after escaping the war-torn country. They are now among over 250 displaced people starting to rebuild their lives with the help of local charity Refugee Kindness North Wales who are based at the Lock...
Victorian photos discovered in a loft illustrate new book on historic hospital
Photographs dating back to the 1870s will be used to illustrate a new book about the first half-century of Wales’s first ever specialist mental hospital. The book, written by Clwyd Wynne, a former Nursing Manager at the North Wales Hospital, hits the bookshelves just...
Top butcher clinches 500-store sausage deal with the Co-op
Top butcher Edwards of Conwy has just clinched a deal that will put their award-winning bangers on the shelves of over 500 Co-op stores across England and Wales. Their popular six-pack sausages will be on sale at Co-op supermarkets across the Midlands and North West...
Transport legend Julian will help drive firm to create 30 new jobs
A go-ahead warehouse and distribution company has recruited an industry “legend” to drive ambitious expansion plans that will create 30 new jobs. Julian Richards, 60, has been appointed commercial director at Wrexham-based McCarthy Distribution and he is also aiming...
Devastated care home owner Brian relives Covid horror after deaths data published
A care home owner who lost more than 20 residents to Covid-19 has relived the ordeal as new data reveals the tragic death toll suffered by Welsh care homes. Brian Rosenberg, who owns Tregwilym Lodge Nursing and Residential Home in Rogerstone, Newport, said lessons had...
Boxing club packs a big punch with cash seized from criminals
A historic Flintshire boxing club with a history of producing champions is back in the swing of things after lockdown. Buckley Boxing Cub was founded over 100 years ago and its regular sessions at the gym off the town’s Drury Lane are once again attracting over 300...
Grieving widow calls for Wales-only Covid inquiry as new data reveals tragic death toll
A former care home owner whose husband tragically took his own life because of the unbearable strain of Covid is demanding answers from the Welsh Government on their handling of the crisis. Louise Hough, who until recently owned Gwastad Hall Care Home in Cefn-y-Bedd,...
Rural communities to share £1.3 million fund for green projects
Towns and villages across North East Wales are being challenged to come up with innovative green projects to earn a slice of a £1.3 million fund aimed at boosting the local environment. The Green Communities Fund aims to provide money to kick-start sustainable...
Covid deaths were our “worst possible nightmare”
A social care leader said the loss of care home residents who died of Covid was the “worst possible nightmare”. Mary Wimbury, the chief executive of Care Forum Wales, was speaking in the wake of the publication of the death notifications for individual homes by...
