Anglesey nursing home celebrates 30th anniversary with £500,000 expansion
An Anglesey care home celebrating its 30th anniversary has unveiled plans for a £500,000 expansion. The Glan Rhos Nursing Home at Brynsiencyn, Anglesey, will be submitting a planning application to build four self-contained assisted living apartments. The 52-bed home,...
Love Island hunk and star of Wrexham panto is flying the flag for people with Asperger’s Syndrome
LOVE ISLAND hunk Niall Aslam has spoken movingly about how coming into the public eye has helped him open up about living with Asperger’s Syndrome. Niall hopes his appearance in the high energy production of the popular panto, Aladdin, will also help inspire others...
Chef who dumped construction to build a career in caring takes bronze major national awards
A young man who switched from the construction trade to build a highly successful career as head chef at a Cardiff care home has taken bronze in major national awards. Jamie Farrell is in charge of dedicated kitchen staff of 10 who under his expert supervision cook up...
Homecoming for lawyer after seven years of fashion, football and food
A lawyer who has handled multi-million pound property deals for fashion giants, celebrity chefs, footballers and leading developers has joined one of Wales’s fastest-growing legal firms. It’s a homecoming for Llanrug girl Megan Jones, who has joined Swayne Johnson...
Care home chef who found the right menu for pleasing residents scores silver in major awards
A Cardiff care home chef who prides herself on catering for the individual tastes of residents has struck silver in major national awards. In the seven years Vicky Popple has been in charge of the kitchen at Hafod’s Woodcroft home in Towbridge she has cooked up a...
Mold Youth fly the flag for the north as Toby bowls over St Clears
A tremendous try by man of the match flanker Toby Rees-Slawson helped Mold Youth to a 10-0 Welsh National Youth Bowl win in Carmarthenshire against St Clears. It was a second successive away win in South Wales for Mold who are backed by North Wales-based storage giant...
Three into one does go as former bank becomes a hub for local businesses
A former high street bank which closed three years ago has been transformed to house three local businesses employing over 20 people in the thriving Anglesey town of Menai Bridge. The old bank building in Uxbridge Square was the long-time branch of the NatWest but now...
Campaign will be a Christmas cracker for Denbighshire’s high street shops
A campaign has been launched to urge people in Denbighshire to shop local this Christmas to give the county’s high street traders a £2.5 million boost in the run up to the festive season. On average in the UK each household spends £500 on presents, decorations and...
Posthumous award for “remarkable” business and community champion
A leading businessman who died earlier this year has received a special posthumous award for his work to reduce crime and protect the communities of North Wales. David Wyn Williams MBE, from Deganwy, who lost his battle with cancer in January aged 77, was a founding...
Rhyl Air Show soars to new heights after winning top award
The Rhyl Air Show was among the highflyers at a glittering ceremony to celebrate a record year in the North Wales tourism industry. The popular event was named as the Magnificent Crowd Puller for events which attract more than 7,500 people when it was honoured at the...
