Piano virtuoso Llyr Williams headlines at festival
World renowned pianist Llyr Williams will headline a virtual concert at a top festival. The Wrexham-born maestro will perform works by Beethoven, Chopin and Schubert on a stunning new Steinway piano for the Wales International Piano Festival. It will be the first time...
Zoo fun day creates animal magic for tenants
Hundreds of tenants and their families took a walk on the wild side at a zoo thanks to the generosity of a housing association. Cartrefi Conwy came up trumps with support after hearing that the Welsh Mountain Zoo in Colwyn Bay was struggling for survival during the...
Beer we go for a brand new chutney from the Dark Side
A quirky collaboration between two iconic Welsh brands has created a “marriage produced in foodie heaven”. Food company Bwydydd Madryn and the Purple Moose Brewery have joined forces to launch a new tastebud-teasing chutney. The relish from Madryn’s Calon Lȃn range...
MG hits the high life by Steve Rogers
A powerful Porsche, beautiful BMW, luxurious Lexus and many more favourites lined up to be driven but my drive of the day was the fledgling MG. This was the annual event staged by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and traders, when motoring journos get a chance to...
Caring teenager Callum hailed a hero
A young care practitioner with a heart of gold who came to the aid of a man whose head was impaled on a stick has won one award and been nominated for another. Aspiring paramedic Callum Davies, 18, from New Broughton, near Wrexham, has won the Grand Prior Award which...
Historic hat-trick of gongs is major boost for staff-owned TV company
A TV company from North Wales has won a hat-trick of top awards just two years after making broadcast history when it was taken over by the staff. Caernarfon-based Cwmni Da said the triple success at the Celtic Media Festival will boost the business by helping them...
Online music heroes in running for top tech award
Music teachers who totally revamped their service and went online to keep music lessons alive during the pandemic have been shortlisted for a top gong. The North Wales Music Cooperative, which comprises sister organisations in Denbighshire and Wrexham, have been...
Green business looks to the west as soaring energy bills boost renewables
An expanding Denbighshire green energy company is heading west as soaring energy prices boost interest in renewables. Vale of Clwyd-based Hafod Renewables has taken on a new team to cover Gwynedd and Ceredigion and is looking at opportunities for opening a new branch...
Hero Rhys running marathon for children’s hospices just a year after kidney transplant
An “inspirational” financial planner is to run the London Marathon in aid of a children’s hospice charity just a year after having a kidney transplant. Rhys Owen, 34, from Bangor, who works for Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management Ltd in Wrexham, is back on the road to...
Mazda CX-5 drive by Steve Rogers
Mazda's top selling CX-5 is to get a big facelift in the new year which tells us why this year's updates were fairly modest. One theory was that the company was focussing on its hybrid/electric programme which is in full swing, but there will be 'significant' changes...
