Lovingly restored street organ promises ‘barrel’ of fun at top music festival
Francis Stapleton and his Dutch street organ, Astrid which is featuring at the Bangor Music Festival next month after 10 composers have written exclusive pieces for her which will be played. Picture Mandy Jones A rare street organ that’s been lovingly restored to its...
Police boss declares war on “despicably heartless” fraudsters
Arfon Jones, the new North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner at Police HQ in Colwyn Bay. A police boss has declared war on “despicably heartless” fraudsters after victims in North Wales were tricked out of nearly £9 million. The pledge from the region’s police and...
Mold couple look back on 20 year journey with their travel firm
A COUPLE from Mold are looking back on a 20-year journey with their high flying independent travel firm which booked a record £100m worth of holidays last year. Don Bircham and Ruth Ward of Hays Travel North West opened up their first branch on The Cross in Mold in...
Famous five adventure firms kick start campaign with promise of 500 new jobs
A major tourism campaign to promote North Wales as the Adventure Capital of Europe has been boosted by news that five top attractions are planning to invest £30 million and create 500 new jobs over the next five years. The famous five - Adventure Parc Snowdonia,...
Stop persecuting sick people for using medicinal cannabis, demands police boss
Arfon Jones photographed at North Wales Police HQ. Picture Mandy Jones A police boss is calling for assurances that people using cannabis for medicinal purposes will not be prosecuted. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has written to the head of...
Llyr tackles Snowdon summit once a week for a year in aid of children’s charity
Harlech Foodservice employee Llyr Williams who is walking up Snowden every week for a full year to raise money for Harlech Foodservice’s charity of the year, Action for Children. Picture Mandy Jones A BUTCHER with a big appetite for the great outdoors is raising money...
Kia Niro road test by Steve Rogers
Come the end of the year more people will be driving hybrid or electric cars than ever before. That is what the number crunchers at the car companies predict and there is no reason to doubt them. Hybrid and electric sales have more than doubled over the last five...
Two Wrexham finance bosses take to two wheels in epic cycle challenge for hospice
Hadlow Edwards raising money for Nightingale House hospice by doing a sponsored spinathon to help raise money for a charity cycle Pictured Hadlow Edwards Directors James Parry and Medwyn Edwards with Hadlow Edwards staff Sophie Hooson and Lucy Iball. Picture Mandy...
Founder Peter, 82, runs half marathon for first time two years after beating cancer
Village Bakery Half Marathon; Pictured is Peter Norman 82, who is taking part in the Village Bakery Marathon cheered on by (Front/LR) Chloe Scott, Trish Mason, Erin Harrington. Tom Breeze, Mike Harrington, Robin Jones, Kerry Wilson and Calvin Fennel. Picture Mandy...
Locals rally to back town’s home-grown renewable energy project
South Denbighshire Community Partnertship Energy Local Corwen Margaret Sutherland A plan to transform Corwen into one of Wales’s greenest towns with its own renewable energy scheme fed by locally-generated hydro and solar power systems has won the support of...
