What lies beneath – university’s seabed survey pinpoints historic wreck
The last resting place of a historic Anglesey-built fast sea raiding vessel featured in a 1951 British film has been pinpointed by sonar in a new survey by experts from Bangor University. The revolutionary MTB – motor torpedo boat – 539 was designed and built on the...
Historic water rescue team receives helping hand from trailer firm
Europe’s top trailer maker is helping to save lives in Scotland by supporting volunteers from the UK’s oldest inland water rescue team. The Thomas Sheriff & Co trailer centre in Coldstream, on the English-Scottish border, has supplied a BV85 box van to the Borders...
Animal loving care home residents adopt creatures great and small
A care home is adopting a giraffe, an elephant, a jaguar and a penguin as part of the fund-raising campaign to support Chester Zoo. The kind-hearted residents and staff at Pendine Park Hillbury care home in Wrexham were inspired to help after hearing about the...
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...
Bakery clinches “historic” deal with M&S
A top bakery has clinched a historic contract with Marks and Spencer to sell its signature loaf in all its Welsh stores. The award-winning Village Bakery already supplies around 30 products to M&S but what makes this deal special is that this is the first time...
Independent primary school provides a lockdown lifeline for grateful parents
Parents say an independent primary school has provided a lifeline as the only one in North Wales to maintain a full day of online classes through lockdown. Pupils at Myddelton College Preparatory School – just like their senior school counterparts – have logged on to...
Child abuse victim speaks movingly about how charity saved her life
An inspirational woman from North Wales has spoken movingly about how she put her shattered life back together after she was sexually abused by her older brother when she was eight years of age. Megan, not her real name, was brought back from the brink of suicide by...
Kick in the teeth for care home Covid heroes in Wales
Social care providers in Wales have called low pay for carers and nurses a "national disgrace" following public sector pay rises in other areas. According to Care Forum Wales, which represents 500 care homes and domiciliary care companies, it was a “kick in the...
Top cooks launch Big Cheese campaign to promote “world class” Welsh produce
A farmer-owned creamery has joined forces with a quartet of top cooks for a new drive to promote “world-class” Welsh produce. Each of the culinary maestros came up with a mouth-watering recipe for the campaign launched by South Caernarfon Creameries (SCC), based in...
Arts-loving care organisation in running for top award
A leading care organisation is in the running for an award for spearheading a major campaign to help an opera company reach out to communities across North Wales. Pendine Park, which has care homes in Wrexham and Caernarfon, has been shortlisted in the Arts and...
