Carer Yvonne who learned to cook roast dinners on YouTube wins top award
A big-hearted Barry care worker who taught herself how to cook British classics on YouTube has been honoured at a national awards ceremony. Yvonne Ohia, 43, spends her free time watching online cooking videos so she can dish up roast dinners and lasagna for the people...
Ex-football star Alec helps create stunning poppy tribute
A former footballer helped create a spectacular Remembrance display of more than 1,000 handmade poppies to pay tribute to Britain’s fallen heroes. Alec Croft, 88, who made more than 50 appearances for Chester FC between 1958 and 1961 before joining Bangor City, was...
Health Minister hails overseas workers as “stars of Wales” amid deportation row
A Welsh Government Minister has hailed the “huge contribution” of overseas care workers amid a deportation row. Health Minister Jeremy Miles joined Care Forum Wales chair Mario Kreft MBE at the Wales Care Awards to celebrate the nation’s unsung heroes of care homes...
Agency’s decade of success delivers £4.6m boost for vulnerable people
An agency celebrating 10 years of life-changing success has secured £4.6 million worth of repairs and home improvements for vulnerable people. The news was revealed at the annual meeting of Conwy and Denbighshire Care & Repair which serves a vast area, stretching...
“Unacceptable”: North Wales hospital crisis deepens after care home residents hit by cuts
A social care champion has warned that a lack of fair funding from Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is worsening the crisis in hospital discharges in North Wales. Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales, said care homes are being left to shoulder “real...
Audi Q7 e quattro drive by Steve Rogers
Once it breathed fire, now the mighty Q7 is as quiet as a mouse. So has Audi turned the beast into a pussycat? As if…. But the motoring world is going through its biggest upheaval since Carl Benz built his first car 139 years ago. No reason for alarm. All that has...
Devoted daughter speaks out to help ‘too young dementia patients’ after dad’s tragic diagnosis at 52
A devoted daughter is speaking out to raise awareness about the cruel disease that’s struck her father at a tragically young age. At just 52 years old Tony Thomas - known locally in Gaerwen on Anglesey as Tony Graig - was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD),...
£12m revamp gives older residents somewhere new to call home
A £12.2 million transformation of a Denbighshire extra care housing complex has officially opened, offering older residents independence and comfort in a vibrant community setting. The upgraded Llys Awelon scheme in Ruthin, owned and managed by the Grŵp Cynefin...
Opera remembering Gresford Colliery disaster shortlisted for prestigious Ivor Novello Award
An opera marking the 90th anniversary of Gresford Colliery disaster has been shortlisted for one of the most prestigious prizes in British music – an Ivor Novello award. The moving one-act work, Gresford – Up from Underground, tells the story of the 1934 mining...
Suzuki e Vitara launch drive
The name is familiar, very familiar, but this is a Suzuki Vitara unlike anything that has gone before. Vitara has been the cornerstone of Suzuki for the best part of four decades, but this is not just a model update. It is new from the ground up, built on a purpose...
