North Wales food wholesaler ramps up food bank deliveries with ten trucks
A North Wales food wholesaler is ramping up aid to struggling families with three mercy missions a week. Harlech Foodservice have sent 10 truckloads of supplies worth £60,000, including bread, eggs and dairy products and even salmon and steak in the last two weeks...
Give free cannabis to prisoners, says campaigning police boss
A campaigning police boss is calling for jails to trial giving free cannabis to prisoners to help them overcome their drug problems and reduce prison violence. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones, a former police inspector, says the radical idea...
Make Covid jabs mandatory for new care home recruits
Care homes in North Wales should be allowed to refuse to hire staff who have not had a Covid jab unless they have a legitimate medical reason, say social care leaders. Care Forum Wales, which represents nearly 500 independent providers, says it’s vitally important to...
Wild goats help create stunning new gateway to Llandudno – no kidding!
WILD goats whose cheeky antics on Llandudno’s deserted streets during lockdown attracted global attention are being immortalised in a stunning new work of art. The boundary wall around the town’s Tre Cwm estate is to be given a colourful makeover, after planning...
North Wales rapeseed waste for beauty products, burgers, and building panels
Scientists from Bangor University are working on a three-year £3million European scheme to save millions of tons of waste from food production being dumped in landfill or in the fields. They aim to turn the unused leftovers from fruit, vegetable and grain crops from...
Painting to music provide a new beginning for people with dementia
A musician-in-residence at a care organisation has revealed how a combination of music and art can provide a new beginning for people with dementia. Nia Davies Williams, who works for the Pendine Park care organisation, has been bowled over at the way her music can...
Ocean scientists use seabed mapping to help position giant windfarm
Scientists at Bangor University are playing a critical role in paving the way for one of the world’s biggest wind farms off the coast of North Wales. They are working with German renewable energy giant RWE on the siting of the Awel y Mor extension which will more than...
Low pay “insult” is kick in the teeth for frontline Covid heroes
The decision by Flintshire County Council to base care home fees on paying half the staff the minimum wage is a “kick in the teeth” for the frontline Covid heroes, it’s been claimed. Care Forum Wales, which represents nearly 500 independent social care providers, says...
Miracle spray saves lives of two drug overdose victims
Police officers equipped with a miracle nasal spray have saved the lives of two drug overdose victims in Flintshire. The officers have volunteered to take part in a ground-breaking trial with the Naloxone spray which reverses the effect of heroin and other...
£200 million rail upgrade the North West passage to prosperity for North Wales
A £200 million rail upgrade linking North Wales and the North West through a new super-hub at Chester can power a pandemic bounce back boom in the region. That investment would include £60 million to speed up the North Wales main line to Holyhead, £60 million to...
