Head hails A-level heroes for outstanding success
A headmaster has hailed the outstanding resilience of his A-level students after attaining among the best results ever with more than three quarters of them gain grades ranging from A* to B. Andrew Allman at Myddelton College in Denbigh he was doubly proud of pupils’...
Llangollen to share in Corwen charity’s £500K Dee Valley lottery bonanza
Llangollen is to share in a £500,000 lottery bonanza won by a community charity to fight rural poverty in Denbighshire’s Dee Valley. The money from the Big Lottery Fund will help extend the reach of Corwen-based South Denbighshire Community Partnership to local...
New TV sitcom makes broadcasting history
An ingenious TV company has made broadcasting history by becoming the first in the UK to complete a comedy drama series during the Covid-19 lockdown – by creating a bubble for the cast and crew in a closed down pub. Production of the new sitcom, Rybish (Rubbish), set...
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...
