Boost for hospice after Llandudno’s goats put town on global map AGAIN
Wild goats whose cheeky antics in the empty streets of locked down Llandudno were beamed around the world have become global stars again – in a new media campaign by luxury motor brand Jeep. The herd of Kashmiri goats – which won the town a legion of new celebrity...
Council blasted for “sheer hypocrisy” of paying themselves higher care home fees
An Anglesey care home owner has discovered that his local council give their own homes nearly £190 a week more per resident than they pay providers like him for exactly the same service. The shock revelation came to light after Glyn Williams, who owns the Gwyddfor...
High tech crime crackdown in Wrexham and Rhyl
A police boss has promised a high-tech crackdown on organised gangs coming on crime sprees to two North Wales towns. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has secured an extra £1 million in funding for a raft on initiatives including Automatic Number...
Time running out to save the North Wales tourism industry
An expert says the famous Welsh welcome or Croeso will play a key role in reviving the crisis-hit tourism industry in North Wales – but time is running out with 12,500 jobs at stake. Jim Jones, the chief executive of North Wales Tourism, believes the remaining four...
“Wonderful” Bessie celebrates 104th birthday under lockdown
A “wonderful” woman who was born at the height of the First World War has celebrated her 104th birthday under lockdown in a care home. Mrs Martha Elizabeth Hughes, who is known universally as Bessie, lived all her life in Brymbo, near Wrexham, until she was 101. The...
How doing “simple” things right will lead to exciting future for food distribution firm
A food industry big hitter who started out as a Saturday boy at Iceland Frozen Foods has taken the helm at another iconic North Wales company. David Cattrall, 49, a former pupil of Ysgol Friars, in Bangor, is already looking beyond the coronavirus crisis after being...
Royal composer launches major campaign to save Land of Song
Royal composer Paul Mealor has launched a passionate campaign to save Wales’ reputation as the Land of Song. Professor Mealor spoke out as Patron of the North Wales Music Co-operative amid fears music lessons will be axed as a result of deep financial cuts in the wake...
Opportunities Academy being launched to give vulnerable young people a leg up
A social enterprise is launching a new academy in a former bank in Caernarfon to invest in vulnerable young people across Gwynedd in the wake of the Coronavirus lockdown. The charity, Gisda, is opening the Academi Cyfleon (Opportunities Academy) to give jobless and...
MPs praise for apprenticeships at the heart of historic hospital development
One of the UK’s major civil engineering companies has opened its new purpose-built training centre as part of one of North Wales’s most ambitious construction and restoration projects. Jones Bros now train their apprentices at the new facility on the site of the...
Magic mushrooms could avert looming mental health crisis, says police boss
The compound found in magic mushrooms could save lives by being used as a revolutionary new treatment for people suffering from PTSD and depression, according to a police boss. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has written to all the region’s MPs...
