Ex-nurse Hilda, 103, gets Covid jab a century after living through Spanish Flu
A remarkable 103-year-old ex-nurse who lived through the devastating Spanish flu a century ago has now received her Covid vaccine Great-grandmother Hilda Richards, who cared for soldiers injured in the 1940 Battle of Dunkirk, is still going strong, having lived for...
Care home visits can still only take place in “exceptional circumstances”
A social care home leader has sounded a note of caution about opening up care homes to visits by family and friends. Mary Wimbury, the chief executive of Care Forum Wales, warned people not to expect visiting to return to normal anytime soon because of the risk...
Five world premieres at top music festival
A top music festival will be going virtual for the first time this year when the audiences will be treated to a quintet of world premieres. While focusing mainly on contemporary music, the Bangor Music Festival has been a cultural highlight on the city's calendar for...
Trailer firm helps rugby legend Dan swap All Blacks for Welsh Blacks
A top trailer firm is helping Welsh rugby colossus Dan Lydiate swap tackling All Blacks for rearing pedigree Welsh Black cattle. The fearless Wales and British and Irish Lions hero, 33, who now plays for the Ospreys, is preparing for life after rugby by returning to...
Magical unicorn cake treat for little Mali
A BRAVE little girl who spent Christmas undergoing vital treatment in hospital has been handed a magical treat at the start of the new year. Big-hearted Ann Chapman, manager of the Pendine Park’s Bodlondeb care home in Wrexham, has been busy baking a delightful...
Premier League club Wolves send “deeply touching“ message of thanks to care home
A PREMIER League football club have sent a “deeply touching” message of thanks to the care home that looked after one of their legendary ex-players in his final days. Gwyn Jones played for Wolverhampton Wanderers during their glory years in the 1950s, appearing during...
Endangered hedgehogs find a true friend in former nurse Tracy
A former nurse from Prestatyn who has turned her attentions to the prickly problem of one of Britain’s most endangered garden creatures is to open a new hedgehog hospital in her back garden. Tracy Pierce runs Hedgehog Help Prestatyn and currently has 27 hedgehogs on...
New police task force to stop crime before it happens
Plans have been unveiled for a new task force of 20 police officers to spearhead a crime prevention drive across North Wales. The proposal is one of the final flagship programmes of the region’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Arfon Jones, who recently revealed he will...
Hundreds line streets to say farewell to local hero Kevin
Villagers turned out in their hundreds to say a final farewell to a popular councillor who has died from coronavirus at the age of 63. Local people in Gwernymynydd, near Mold, lined the streets and applauded as the hearse carrying Kevin Hughes went by with one of his...
Heartbroken care home owner speaks out after husband’s suicide
The heartbroken owner of a care home whose husband killed himself because of the unbearable pressures of Covid has hit out at the lack of support they received. Helen Hough, who runs Gwastad Hall Care Home, in Cefn-y-Bedd, near Wrexham, said she had chosen to speak...
