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...
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...
