Academy leads social enterprise revolution
An innovative new organisation is leading a business revolution that can help communities across North Wales and empower local people to realise their own potential. That was the message of Lee Waters AM, the Welsh Government’s Deputy Minister for the Economy and...
Families in need are in for festive boost thanks to big hearted shoppers
FAMILIES in need are in for a festive boost this year thanks to big hearted shoppers. M&S and Boots at Eagles Meadow shopping centre have joined forces to collect food and toiletries from staff and customers which will then be donated to Wrexham Foodbank along...
Care home residents enjoy festive fun and buy last minute Christmas presents
A care organisation was transformed into a winter wonderland for its popular annual Christmas fair. The event at Pendine Park in Wrexham was an opportunity for residents, their families and staff to buy some last minute Christmas presents. There was live music from...
Mazda CX-30 launch by Steve Rogers
Meet the CX-30 a car that could be called Great Expectations. If everything goes to plan this will be Mazda's biggest seller here and probably across Europe as well. So a lot is riding on the new model but first let's sort out what it is and why it is called CX-30....
Christmas wrappers bring festive cheer to older people living alone
A group of kind-hearted tenants and staff at a housing association have been busy wrapping Christmas presents for older people who live alone. The nerve centre of the operation is Cartrefi Conwy’s Community House in Chester Avenue, Kinmel Bay, which has been turned...
Gladiator weapons expert helps Llangollen retail fight back in time for Christmas
A Denbighshire town has been given a huge pre-Christmas boost with the opening of six new businesses. Among the newly-arrived retailers is former weapons expert Robert Davies who worked on the fight scenes in blockbuster films like Gladiator and Braveheart. While high...
Raising a toast to Leighton at awards ceremony
A DEDICATED care home worker who created a bar at the nursing home where he works is savouring success after scooping a prestigious national accolade. Leighton Griffiths, 30, was all smiles as he received a silver award in this year’s Wales Care Awards, run by Care...
Recycling heroes help care home go green
A group of people with learning difficulties have launched a new recycling service for a care home in Caernarfon. As well as helping Bryn Seiont Newydd to be more eco-friendly, the aim of the innovative scheme organised by Arfon Community Link is to combat social...
Historic hospital plans get a favourable reception at public consultation event
Plans for the redevelopment of Denbigh’s historic North Wales Hospital site have been given the thumbs up by members of the public as a series of consultations has begun. The latest at Denbigh Library this week saw detailed sets of plans on display with senior...
Callum VIP guest at official opening of Santa’s grotto raising money for charity
A WREXHAM schoolboy with severe speech and learning disabilities was a VIP guest at the official opening of a Santa’s grotto which is raising money for the specialist charity centre which helps him and his family. Callum Roberts, 10, who is a pupil at Alexandra...
