Top farmers co-op donates 5,000 packs of Welsh cheese to help families in need
Wales’s leading dairy company has provided over a ton of its award-winning cheese worth £10,000 to food banks and community schemes across Gwynedd and Anglesey. North Wales farmer co-operative South Caernarfon Creameries has donated 5,000 220-gram packs of its grated...
Calls for new fund to help restart £14.2bn North Wales economy
Business leaders in North Wales are urging the Welsh and UK governments to set up a £700,000 fund to help reignite the region’s economy and overcome the huge slump caused by the coronavirus crisis. More than 50 companies and organisations have put their names to a...
Online music service launched in record time to teach children in lockdown
A pioneering new service has been launched to provide professional online lessons and fun music challenges for children in North Wales to ensure they don’t miss out because of the coronavirus restrictions. The platform, totally-music.com, has been created in record...
Brave Navjit calls for more support for care homes after returning to Covid-19 frontline
A senior nurse at a care home who is back working on the frontline after recovering from Covid-19 has spoken movingly about hearing that her close friend had died from the disease on same day she was diagnosed with it. According to Navjit Kaur, who comes originally...
Tributes paid to acclaimed playwright and poet Sion Eirian who was the youngest ever winner of National Eisteddfod crown
Tributes have been pouring in for the celebrated playwright, poet and novelist Sion Eirian who has died after a short illness. Mr Eirian, 66, who was raised in Mold, was hailed as a genius by family friend, His Honour Judge Niclas Parry. He leaves his wife of 40...
“Cummings effect” has made policing North Wales even more difficult
The “Cummings effect” has resulted in some people thinking they can do “whatever they like” and has made policing North Wales more difficult, the region’s Crime Commissioner has claimed. Prompted by fears that “overstretched” officers are unable to answer some reports...
Mum of autistic son urges firms to tap into £249bn of spending power
A business leader with a severely autistic son has set up a social enterprise to help companies tap into the £249 billion of spending power of disabled people in the UK. Davina Carey-Evans, who runs the Anglesey-based event and marketing company Sbarc, set up Piws...
Police boss condemns brutal killing of George Floyd
A police chief has spoken out to condemn the brutal killing of George Floyd which has sparked protests across the United States. According to North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones, the tragedy had besmirched the name of police officers all over the...
Plan to play Premier League matches at neutral grounds is “nonsense”
A police boss has described the plan to hold Premier League football matches at neutral venues as “nonsense”. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has submitted a Freedom of Information request because he feels it’s in the public interest to find out...
Virtual court hearings deliver real justice for domestic abuse victims
A pioneering system of virtual court hearings is making sure that perpetrators of domestic violence in North Wales face swift justice – and observe social distancing at the same time. The system set in place by North Wales Police – already receiving attention from...
