Choir’s moving musical tribute to victims of 80s AIDS epidemic
A gay mens’ choir member has spoken movingly of the darkest times of his life when he lost beloved close friends and neighbours to the AIDS virus crisis of the 1980s. Cardiff singer Nigel Lewis, 63, who grew up in Bridgend, vividly recalled the heartbreak of seeing...
Denbigh Town’s £200K new pitch makes TV debut in floodlit cup-tie
Lights, camera, action – Denbigh Town’s £200,000 new pitch will be getting the Hollywood treatment when it is the centrepiece of S4C’s Friday night DW Welsh Cup football action next week (September 3). It will be the first time the newly re-laid pitch is played on...
Opera superstar Sir Bryn sings praises of top festival for reaching “momentous milestone”
Opera superstar Sir Bryn Terfel has sent his “heartfelt congratulations” to an international music festival that’s celebrating reaching its 50th year. His talented wife Hannah Stone, a former royal harpist, also sent her best wishes to the North Wales International...
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...
