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...
Nathan drums up trade after cooking up a bright idea over a lockdown barbecue
When oil drum salesman Nathan Pearson took time out for a pandemic lockdown meeting round the barbecue he hit on the idea that has turbo-charged his company - steel drum barbecues. Eight months and 60 BBQ sales later his bright idea has mushroomed into a burgeoning...
Football star Harry helps to honour memory of local hero Huw “Chick”
Welsh international star Harry Wilson has teamed up with a trailer firm to help pay for a new junior football clubhouse named in memory of a popular local councillor who did so much for the game in his hometown of Corwen. Two years ago the junior clubhouse and pitches...
Heartbroken care boss Jodie tells of her anguish after losing 12 residents to Covid
A DEVASTATED care boss who fought a valiant battle to protect her care home from the grip of Covid has spoken of the painful “empty feeling” after 12 much-loved residents died. Jodie Jones, the manager of Fairways Newydd Nursing and Dementia Care Centre in...
