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...
Divorce came through in the nick of time for couple still in love after more than 50 years
ABSENCE will not stop love burning brightly this Valentine's Day for a Wrexham couple whose wedding hung in the balance – waiting for divorce papers to come through. The nuptials in 1969 were mired in difficulties from the word go because church regulations prevented...
Police boss issues Valentine’s Day warning to lonely hearts
Heartless romance scammers conned lonely women and men in North Wales out of more than £1 million in a nine month period, it’s been revealed. According to North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones, nearly 40 victims were duped out of an average of £30,000...
