How much are you willing to pay for police amid covid pandemic pressures?
A police boss is urging people in North Wales to take part in a survey to assess how much voters are prepared to pay for policing. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has launched the online poll against a backdrop of the Covid pandemic, which has...
Don’t give Granny covid for Christmas
A social care leader has urged people to act responsibly and “not give Granny covid for Christmas”. Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales – which represents nearly 500 care homes and domiciliary care providers – was speaking after First Minister Mark...
Toyota Yaris road test by Steve Rogers
Unlike my primary school reports my parents would have been pleased with my marks for the Yaris hybrid. Each trip ends with marks out of a hundred and comments on how well, or badly, you have done, and I did rather well. What I wouldn't have given for marks like 86,73...
Alarmed care home bosses call for vaccine U-turn in North Wales
Alarmed care home bosses are calling for a U-turn after being told that fit, healthy NHS staff on maternity leave will receive a Covid-19 vaccine jab before their elderly and vulnerable residents. Care Forum Wales Council member Glyn Williams wants an assurance from...
Care home boss Melanie tells of heartbreak after losing 14 residents to coronavirus
A manager who has fought a valiant battle to protect her care home from the grip of Covid has spoken of her heartbreak at losing 14 residents to the deadly virus in just three weeks. Melanie Harris, who runs the Cwm Cartref Care Home in Pontardawe, near Swansea, said...
Opera superstar Sir Bryn Terfel takes Wales to the world for Christmas – with a little bit of help from his Friends
Opera superstar Sir Bryn Terfel is teaming up with a top film and television director who worked on the hit TV series Friends and an old school mate for a Christmas concert from Wales that’s being streamed worldwide by the New York Metropolitan Opera. The concert with...
Spectacular horsebox makeover creates lasting legacy
A trailer company has helped create a lasting legacy for a rural community after teaming up with a TV show to transform a vintage horsebox. It was turned into a mobile office and a commentary position for local shows in Ysbyty Ifan in Conwy after Ifor Williams...
Firms slam “disproportionate and unjust” covid restrictions
Business leaders in North Wales have condemned the new round of covid restrictions as “disproportionate and unjust”. According to the North Wales and Mersey Dee Business Council, the tourism hospitality and leisure sector felt particularly hard done by following the...
Switch to online classes enables top harpist to teach protégé 7,500 miles away in Patagonia
A switch to online classes because of the covid crisis has enabled an acclaimed music centre in North Wales to provide lessons around the world. Among the tutors at Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias (William Mathias Music Centre), which has bases in Caernarfon, Denbigh...
Tributes to Gresford Colliery disaster survivor Albert who’s died a couple of months after celebrating 100th birthday
Tributes have been paid to a “remarkable and adventurous” man who has died just a couple of months after he celebrated his 100th birthday. Former lamp boy Albert Rowlands was the son of one of the 266 miners killed in a major disaster at Gresford Colliery when an...
