Our village shops are national treasures and we should carry on supporting them after Covid, says bakery boss
A bakery boss is appealing to people to continue supporting village and corner shops which have provided a lifeline for families during the coronavirus crisis. According to Village Bakery managing director Robin Jones, local stores have “saved our bacon” after the...
Police boss launches trial of life-saving spray for drug overdoses
Bobbies in Flintshire are the first in Wales to carry a life-saving nasal spray which acts as an antidote to a drugs overdose amid fears of more deaths caused by the coronavirus crisis. The six-month pilot project using the Naloxone spray is the brainchild of North...
Schoolgirl Sofia, 10, and care home resident Susanne forge touching pen pal friendship
A 10-year-old schoolgirl has struck up a touching friendship with a care home resident under lockdown Sofia Bird, a pupil of St Mary's Aided School, in Overton-on-Dee, is the new pen pal of Susanne Lewis, 41, who has lived at Pendine Park’s Bryn Bella care home in...
Isuzu D-Max XTR road test by Steve Rogers
Young Eddie showed more than his usual interest in my test car as he cycled up and down the cul-de-sac. No surprise there. The D-Max XTR is built to stand out in the crowd, its body armour suggesting it is about to go into battle. It also happened to be the first test...
Exclusion of care workers from fast-track visa is a “betrayal”
The decision to exclude social care workers from a new fast-track health and care visa has been blasted as a “betrayal” by care home owners in Wales. Mary Wimbury, the chief executive of Care Forum Wales, described the omission by Home Secretary Priti Patel as “sheer...
Elaine’s online exercises to raise cash for North Wales NHS charity
A personal trainer whose parents both died of cancer has turned the hall of her historic 15th century home into a fitness studio to raise cash for the North Wales NHS charity with a series of online exercise videos. Elaine Pritchard, 57, an NHS management consultant...
Tears of joy as Stanley, 92, reunited with daughter Susan after three months apart
There were tears of joy at an emotional reunion between a 92-year-old ex-soldier and his daughter after nearly three months of lockdown at the care home in the Swansea Valley where he lives. Until then Stanley Crawley, originally from Resolven, who has Parkinson’s...
Children of NHS frontline couple create Lockdown version of Monopoly
A brother and sister whose parents are on the frontline of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in North Wales have used their break from school to create a Lockdown version of board game favourite Monopoly. Now Giovanni Bugelli, 11, and his sister Julia, 16, from...
Leading law firm are northern stars
Go-ahead lawyers at a fast-growing North Wales legal firm have scooped a coveted prize in a major national competition. Swayne Johnson, who have a base in St Asaph and six offices from Menai Bridge on Anglesey to Tattenhall, near Chester, have been named North Wales’s...
Post-Covid shift away from global supply chains could boost North Wales economy
A backlash against globalisation in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis can reignite a powerful North Wales manufacturing sector still reeling from the shock waves of over 1400 Airbus redundancies, according to a top expert. Bangor University economics lecturer Dr Edward...
