Charity appeals for crafters to train adults with learning difficulties
A charity that works with adults with learning difficulties is appealing for crafters to volunteer to pass on their skills at their café and shop in Wrexham town centre. Baseline Matters was set up by Denise Thomas, whose son has Aspergers, after she found that there...
Suzuki Vitara road test by Steve Rogers
The pandemic has brought untold misery, but lockdown in England has thrown a small crumb of comfort my way. Test drives normally last a week but as the Suzuki press team delivered a Vitara just before the latest lockdown, and then went into forced hibernation, the SUV...
Top private school offers free online lessons to young people across the UK
A kind-hearted private school is offering free access to online lessons in key subjects to any youngsters across the UK whose studies have been affected by Covid disruptions. The two hour evening sessions covering English, Maths and Sciences will be taught by...
Tributes paid to football hero Gwyn who won two First Division titles with Wolves – on £15 a week
Tributes have flooded in for former professional footballer Gwyn Jones who helped Wolverhampton Wanderers win two successive First Division titles in the 1950s and exposed a betting scandal that rocked the game. Eighty five year old Gwyn passed away at Pendine Park’s...
Covid forces county lines gangs to switch tactics and groom kids in care homes
A police boss fears children in care are being recruited by ruthless county lines drugs gangs. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has been told the covid lockdown restrictions have forced crime overlords to change their “business model”. Instead of...
More psychiatric nurses needed to deal with Covid mental health crisis
A World Health Organisation warning about an explosion in cases of depression caused by the pandemic has led to a call for more people to apply to become mental health nurses by one of Wales’s leading training providers. Bangor University’s School of Health Sciences...
Hollywood stars put trailer firm sponsors front and centre in hilarious Wrexham AFC takeover video that’s been viewed 500k times in first hour
A team of trailer makers who sponsor Wrexham AFC were “blown away and humbled" by the announcement about the takeover of the club by film stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney which kicked off as a hilarious spoof corporate video about the club. Many of the staff who...
Giant dog Dash is a big winner
A giant Newfoundland dog called Dash has become big friends with care home residents in Caernarfon. Weighing in at more than 10st and standing three feet tall at the shoulders, Dash is a popular visitor to the Bryn Seiont Newydd dementia centre on the outskirts of...
Prime Minister cops flack over misleading claims about police numbers in Deeside
Over-inflated claims by the Prime Minister around recruiting extra police officers have created confusion, say two North Wales politicians. Alyn and Deeside MS Jack Sargeant and North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones want to set out the facts around...
Trailer firm creates bio-secure mobile clinic for Corwen GPs
A big-hearted trailer firm has come to the rescue of a GP practice that desperately needed a separate clinical area to assess patients with Covid-19 symptoms. Ifor Williams Trailers worked with the doctors at Corwen Family Practice to design and build a bespoke mobile...
