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...
Plan to redevelop two landmark sites will help regenerate Abergele
Two neighbouring landmark sites in Abergele are being redeveloped as part of plans to regenerate the town. Housing association Cartrefi Conwy has teamed up with contractors Anwyl Partnerships to breathe new life into the 2.3 acre plot of land that’s been vacant for...
Head praises “fantastic” pupils for 100% pass rate
One of the UK’s newest private schools, Myddelton College, in Denbigh, has gained a 100 per cent pass rate at GCSE. When the results came out today the co-educational day and boarding school, only founded in 2016, announced that all 28 Year 11 students had gained...
Armed response police officer hailed a hero after saving two lives in two days
An “exceptional” police hero is being put forward for two top honours after helping to save two lives in just two days. Armed response officer PC Richard Shea is being nominated for an official commendation from North Wales Police and a Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane...
