Clickety Click – lockdown bingo is Stairway to Heaven for tenants
It was eyes down for a brand new game – lockdown bingo where you can win crucial pandemic prizes like four loo rolls. Tenants of housing association Cartrefi Conwy were at the Garden Gate for the new initiative to combat the Covid-19 blues. But the location wasn’t...
Musical group that’s providing lockdown lifeline hope new video will go viral
A musical group that’s providing a lockdown lifeline for people in Gwynedd with and without learning disabilities has launched a new video with the help of some star names. Performing with the members, tutors and volunteers involved in the Canfod y Gân (Discovering...
Ex-Marine tackles month-long 496-mile run for the animals of Chester Zoo
A former Royal Marine is tackling one of sport’s toughest challenges – a calendar run of 496 miles in 31 days – to raise money for the world-famous Chester Zoo. The Zoo, featured in Channel 4’s series The Secret Life of the Zoo, and home to 35,000 animals, has...
Damning Senedd report concludes that care homes were badly let down
Catastrophic failings that led to the “grim an unnecessary” death toll from Covid-19 in care homes have highlighted the need for urgent reforms, according to a social care leader. Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales, spoke out in the wake of a damning...
Michelin-star pizza man’s lockdown switch to home delivery
A chef at a Michelin star restaurant who has brought Italian style and vintage vehicles to the world of mobile catering has kept his business going through the Covid-19 lockdown by switching to home delivery. Alex Vincenzo Miraglia runs Altieri Catering from the Lock...
Politicians urged to join campaign to protect care homes against “iniquitous” postcode lottery of fees in wake of planned closure of historic Polish home
A social care leader is calling on politicians across North Wales to speak out against the “iniquitous” post code lottery of fees in the wake of news that a historic care home is closing. Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of sector champions Care Forum Wales, said the...
Opera star’s stirring musical tribute to brave care home Covid warriors
One of the world’s greatest ever tenors has sent a musical tribute to the life-saving “Covid warriors” at a care organisation in North Wales. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nwkPQURPFw Maltese star Joseph Calleja recorded a video of himself singing a stirring...
Inspirational Sam gets life back on track after battling booze
An inspirational woman who regularly opened a bottle of wine for breakfast and washed it down with vodka is getting her life back on track thanks to a pioneering scheme. Samantha Taylor, 47, who lives in Rhyl, is being supported by the appropriately named Dechrau...
Funding for life-saving rural volunteers helping fight coronavirus pandemic
A team of life-saving rural volunteers who have worked alongside Welsh Ambulance Service paramedics during the coronavirus crisis are celebrating a wind-powered cash boost worth more than £3,000 to fund new emergency equipment. Denbigh Community First Responders...
Cricket club strikes it lucky with Wrexham distribution firm
A big-hearted distribution company has come to the rescue of an historic cricket club that’s nurtured the talents of some of North Wales’ finest players. Wrexham-based McCarthy Distribution donated more than 50 pallets to Brymbo Cricket Club so that a team of 30...
