Gresford Colliery disaster survivor Albert celebrates 100th birthday
The son of one of the 266 miners killed in a major disaster at the colliery where they both worked has celebrated his 100th birthday with a socially distanced party at the care home where he now lives. Albert Rowlands was a 14-year-old lamp boy at Gresford Colliery...
Lawyer tells inside story of serial killer’s shocking Christmas Eve confession
The lawyer who represented “Wales’ most dangerous man” has revealed the chilling moment serial killer Peter Moore confessed to stabbing to death four men and saying the brutal attacks were easy - “like a knife through butter”. The shocking inside story is told for the...
Music fan Kaye joins her dream team at fast-growing North Wales law firm
A music fan with a taste for travel has joined one of the fastest-growing law firms in Wales. Solicitor Kaye Jones is a new appointment to the private client department of Swayne Johnson which has six offices in the area, at Denbigh, Ruthin, St Asaph, Llandudno,...
“Cautious” welcome for indoor care home visits
A social care leader has given a “cautious” welcome to news that indoor care home visits are being allowed again in Wales from August 29. But Mary Wimbury, the chief executive of Care Forum Wales which represents nearly 500 providers, stressed the need for the visits...
MP who blocked police boss blasted for ‘dehumanising’ comments
An MP who blocked a police boss on Twitter has been blasted for “dehumanising” refugees. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones criticised Sarah Atherton, the Conservative MP for Wrexham, for saying that the Navy should be deployed to end boat crossings...
Volkswagen Golf road test by Steve Rogers
This is a Golf the like of which you have never seen before. There is no doubting its design pedigree, the Golf DNA is as clear as day even after 45 years. The roof line is lower and it's a little less boxy than the seventies original but once a Golf always a Golf....
Staycations help tourism battle back from coronavirus crisis
Europe’s largest supplier of historical arms and armour says the boom in staycations is helping tourism in Conwy to battle back from the coronavirus crisis. According to Toby Tunstall, who manages The Knight Shop, in Conwy, the collapse of the so-called air bridges...
Head hails A-level heroes for outstanding success
A headmaster has hailed the outstanding resilience of his A-level students after attaining among the best results ever with more than three quarters of them gain grades ranging from A* to B. Andrew Allman at Myddelton College in Denbigh he was doubly proud of pupils’...
Llangollen to share in Corwen charity’s £500K Dee Valley lottery bonanza
Llangollen is to share in a £500,000 lottery bonanza won by a community charity to fight rural poverty in Denbighshire’s Dee Valley. The money from the Big Lottery Fund will help extend the reach of Corwen-based South Denbighshire Community Partnership to local...
New TV sitcom makes broadcasting history
An ingenious TV company has made broadcasting history by becoming the first in the UK to complete a comedy drama series during the Covid-19 lockdown – by creating a bubble for the cast and crew in a closed down pub. Production of the new sitcom, Rybish (Rubbish), set...
