Seized criminals’ cash hits the spot after vandals wreck cricket pitch
One of the most scenic cricket clubs in North Wales has had a helping hand with cash seized from criminals after vandals wrecked its all-weather pitch. Youths holding an under-age drinking party in March last year lit a barbecue on the artificial wicket at...
Having summer fun is child’s play
Play sessions run by a housing association have been such a big hit with children that they’re being extended beyond the summer. The programme organised by Cartrefi Conwy will now continue after school during term time once the summer holiday ends. It has also...
Call for renewable energy apprenticeships to help meet Government green targets
The Welsh Government must introduce renewable energy apprenticeships if Wales is to play its part in meeting the UK’s ambitious target of 600,000 green homes a year by 2028, according to one of Wales’s leading renewable system installers. David Jones, Managing...
RITA takes care home residents on trip down memory lane
SILVER surfers at a care home are taking a high-tech trip down memory lane. Residents at Pendine Park’s Hillbury care home in Wrexham are getting to grips with an exciting modern technology therapy package designed to support people with dementia. The Reminiscence...
Garage bands can pump up the volume at village music studio after £250K refit
Musicians aiming to amp up the decibels to concert pitch have the ideal place to practice now at a converted garage in a Flintshire village. The old building at the historic Penyffordd and Penmynydd War Memorial Institute did duty as a storage shed but is now being...
Talented quintet score musical success
Five children who go to the same school are celebrating musical success despite the challenges of learning in lockdown. The talented youngsters are all pupils of Ysgol Bro Cinmeirch in Llanrhaeadr, near Denbigh, and have been taught by tutors from the Denbighshire...
Colts up and running thanks to cash seized from criminals
The young footballers of Castell Alun Colts have hit the ground running as they prepare for the new season – thanks to cash seized from criminals. The club’s Under-14s have spent their summer gearing up for kick-off in the Flintshire Junior League with a weekend away...
Expansion is recipe for success for Wales’s best-known butcher
Wales’s best-known butcher is doubling its capacity and creating 20 new jobs in a £2.6 million expansion. Edwards of Conwy, has redeveloped its headquarters on the Morfa Conwy Business Park in Conwy, adding a fourth production line with the latest state-of-the-art...
Suzuki Swace drive by Steve Rogers
Getting a new car is exciting, deciding which one can be a headache. Which is the best body shape, best engine; do you go for electric? Then there are the various trim levels and those pricey option packs. I'm getting stressed just writing about it. But what if there...
New super bakery is on a roll
A new super bakery is up and running less than two years after the one it’s replaced was destroyed by a devastating fire. Champagne corks popped after bread started rolling off the production line at the Jones Village Bakery’s new 140,000 sq ft plant on Wrexham...
