Touching gesture from trailer firm brings families together
A trailer firm has helped bring families together by creating an ingenious mobile visiting pod for a care home. Ifor Williams Trailers came up trumps after Catherine Roberts, the assistant manager at the 23-bed Cysgod y Gaer care home in Corwen, got in touch asking...
Appeal launched to save lives “one beat at a time”
An appeal has been launched to pay for life-saving defibrillators to be installed at railway stations in North Wales. Sponsors are being sought for the community project to “save lives one beat at time” at the smaller stations along the Conwy Valley and North West...
Student speaks out about brave struggle with anxiety to encourage others to seek help
A university student who has battled anxiety since his teenage years is urging young people with mental health worries to reach out for help through a new support service in Gwynedd. Jay Roberts, 22, is among a team of volunteers who will be offering support to...
Heartfelt lantern tribute to care home nurses
Care home staff and residents have paid a heartfelt artistic tribute to nurses for their heroic efforts throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Pendine Park, which operates homes in Wrexham and Caernarfon, is marking the contribution of its nursing team on International...
Tech savvy new police boss pledges major crackdown on online crime
A new police boss has pledged to pull out all the stops to combat the growing tide of online crime. Tech savvy Andy Dunbobbin, 46, was speaking today (Thursday, May 13) on his first official day in office as North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner after succeeding...
Boss of eco-friendly Iceland urges North Wales companies to join green crusade
The UK’s “greenest grocer” has launched an appeal to companies across North Wales and Merseyside to join the carbon zero crusade to help save the planet. The call to arms from Richard Walker, the managing director of pioneering eco-aware supermarket Iceland, came...
Geoff reveals how tickled he was to be big mates with comedy king Ken Dodd
A miner’s son who became a globe-trotting sales director has revealed how he became friends with comedy king Sir Ken Dodd who gave him two of his famous tickling sticks. During his long career Geoff Williams, raised in Llay near Wrexham and now living in Southport,...
New team of mental health champions helps food firm staff beat the blues
One of Wales’s leading food companies is helping staff beat the blues by launching a ground-breaking mental health support service. Harlech Foodservice, which has bases in Criccieth in Gwynedd and Chester, now has a team of three trained mental health champions ready...
Young singing stars come out to shine for Steffan – and the Urdd
A digital concert starring a group of “sensational young singers” from Denbighshire will launch this year’s virtual Urdd Eisteddfod. The spectacular showcase has been put together by serial festival winner Steffan Hughes, a multi-talented musician, singer and choir...
Ice, ice, baby – Bangor University team’s machine to refreeze the North Pole
A North Wales company has invented a revolutionary ice-making machine powered by renewable energy to replenish melting polar ice caps in the battle against climate change. The prototype developed by Real Ice, formed by a team of graduates and current students at...
