Top tenor Rhys and TikTok drag star Ellis launch search for singers for hit TV show
A classically trained tenor has teamed up with a TikTok drag star to launch a search for budding singers from across Wales to perform with their musical idols. Rhys Meirion, who hails from Porthmadog and now lives in Pwllglas, near Ruthin, and student Ellis Lloyd...
Cupra Formentor road test by Steve Rogers
This is Seat getting serious. The Spanish car maker has always been the sporty sibling in the Volkswagen family and its new Cupra brand has taken it to another level. Formentor, named after a bay on the Spanish island of Majorca, is Cupra's first exclusive model and...
Excited youngsters get into the rhythm of a week of music and exercise at Wrexham school
Fifty excited youngsters have been rocking to the beat of a special half-term holiday week of music and outdoor fun at a Wrexham school. The packed four-day programme at St Mary’s School, Brymbo, under the banner of School’s Out, included everything from frantic samba...
Rising sea levels threaten North Wales road and rail links warn uni experts
Rising sea levels could cut North Wales main A55 road link, wash away railways, swamp holiday resorts and threaten businesses along the coast by the end of this century, according to leading ocean scientists. That’s the warning from two Bangor University academics who...
Hospitality sector frustrated by staff shortages as pent up demand soars
The boss of food distribution company in North Wales is calling for a special dispensation for workers from Europe to come to work in pubs, restaurants and hotels. David Cattrall, the managing director of Harlech Foodservice, believes that they should be exempt from...
Forest of rare trees kept in the dark for major North Wales planting project
One of the rarest and most valuable trees in Europe is among a mini-forest stored in suspended animation and ready to be planted across North East Wales. It’s part of a major native tree-planting programme being carried out by the North Wales Wildlife Trust from their...
Salad days for green-fingered care home residents
Green fingered care home residents at a Wrexham care home are growing their own fruit and veg. Residents at Pendine Park’s Penybryn and Bryn Bella homes have formed their own gardening club and are hoping for a bumper crop despite the wash out of the May weather. The...
Farmers urged to get smart to combat rural crime by beefing up security
A police chief is urging farmers in North Wales to use low-powered smart sensors to combat farm thefts. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Andy Dunbobbin is backing a new scheme to encourage the farming community to tap into wireless technology. The LoRaWAN...
Hugh turns on the style to visit care home in his glamorous 1930s Bentley
A TOUCH of glamour was enjoyed at a care home when a faithful visitor pulled up in the car park in an immaculate Bentley built before the Second World War. Hugh Gray-Morris regularly ventures from his home near Llanddeusant on Anglesey to Pendine Park's Bryn Seiont...
Land Rover Discovery Sport road test by Steve Rogers
So, you would like a new Range Rover but 80 grand is too salty for the pocket. Solution. Troll the second hand market, or maybe there's a better option... buy a new Discovery Sport. This is as close as you can get to the big man without paying the big bucks, although...
