Wood you believe it? Giant gorilla takes pride of place in care home garden
Talented chainsaw sculptor Paul Morris has carved a new latest masterpiece – a five foot tall gorilla. The giant ape has taken pride of place among a magnificent menagerie of wooden wild creatures at the Pendine Park care organisation in Wrexham where Paul works as...
Audi Q8 road test by Steve Rogers
Audi had one thing in mind for the Q8: Make it the best premium SUV money can buy. And the flagship of the Q family makes quite a statement with design lines a little more adventurous than we are used to. Compared to not so pretty Q7 the Q8, with its restyled in your...
Disastrous data breach highlights need for urgent reforms, says social care leader
A social care leader says the disastrous data breach which led to the details of more than 18,000 people who tested positive for coronavirus being published online has highlighted the need for major reforms. Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales, is also...
Welsh rugby legends go head-to-head in the Isuzu Big Tow challenge
Two titans of Welsh rugby have gone head to head in an epic towing battle – with the help of Europe’s biggest trailer maker. Legendary Wales captain and British and Irish Lion Alun Wyn Jones and national teammate, Josh Navidi, were put through their paces in a ‘Big...
Talented young artists brighten the lives of care home residents
The work of a group of talented young artists will help brighten the lives of care home residents. The Wrexham-based Pendine Park care organisation staged an art competition for children related to residents, their families or staff – and the results were stunning. So...
Hospice reassures stay-away patients over Covid-19 fears
A hospice is virtually empty because fear of COVID-19 has discouraged terminally ill patients and their families from turning to them. St Kentigern Hospice in St Asaph say one of the cruellest impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic is that it has left people deeply...
Honesty box helps farm’s growing ice-cream business beat the virus
Honesty has been the best policy for an award-winning organic ice-cream business which has found lockdown salvation in farm gate sales after its summer events programme was wiped out by the pandemic. Chilly Cow ice cream,based in the Vale of Clwyd, set up a portable...
Show goes on for top vocal group poised for music festival return
A world-famous a cappella group that has helped bring music to the homes of choral fans across the globe during Covid-19 is poised for a ‘virtual’ return to a top Welsh music festival. Revered British ensemble VOCES8 is among a packed line-up of musicians headlining...
Food company creates 16 new jobs after sizzling summer with 385 per cent increase in burger sales
A food distribution company has created 16 jobs after achieving record sales over the summer with demand for burgers going through the roof. Harlech Food Service, based in Criccieth and Chester, say easier online purchasing, fixed pricing with competitive prices on...
Skoda Superb road test by Steve Rogers
Bentley one week, Skoda the next. Such is the varied life of your car tester. Turn the clock back 25 years and you could fairly say this was the sublime to the ridiculous but while the brands are poles apart times have changed for the underdog. Volkswagen buying the...
