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...
Business leaders say freeport would turbo charge North Wales economy and create thousands of jobs
Business leaders say securing freeport status for Holyhead would be a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to turbo charge the North Wales economy. According to the North Wales and Mersey Dee Business Council, it would help attract billions of pounds of investment and...
Inspirational Julie’s Cwtch café culture survives and thrives against the odds
An “inspirational” woman who launched a café just before Covid-19 struck says she has had to reinvent herself “more times than Madonna” to survive the pandemic. Mother-of-four and gran-of-five Julie Vaughan-Roberts, 65, ploughed every penny of her life-savings –...
Judges sing praises of tech savvy music cooperative
A music cooperative that “pushed the boundaries of technology” to provide online lessons for children and young people has won a top award. The North Wales Music Cooperative, a not-for-profit organisation providing quality music tuition for pupils in Denbighshire and...
Police boss boots out hate crime
A police boss put on his football boots to take part in a six-aside tournament to kick out hate crime. The competition held in Wrexham to mark Hate Crime Awareness Week was hailed a success by North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Andy Dunbobbin. The event at...
Anglesey hydrogen can bridge UK’s energy gap says economics expert
Anglesey can become a UK leader in hydrogen energy technology, cleaning up the transport sector and creating high quality jobs across North Wales, according to a leading Welsh economic expert. This comes as motorists across the country struggle with chaos at petrol...
Storage giant opens new A55 Abergele site
A fast-growing Denbigh-based self-storage giant has opened its latest site – its 23rd across North and Mid Wales and the Border Counties. The new Lock Stock storage park at Pensarn, near Abergele, already has over 30 units installed with more due to be delivered and...
Stop poaching our staff, social care leader tells NHS
Pay needs to be “levelled up” to stop NHS poaching our staff, says social care leader A social care leader his hit out at the “madness” of the NHS poaching staff from care homes and domiciliary care companies by offering them higher pay. According to Mario Kreft MBE,...
