Mercedes-Benz X-class road test
THE SUV boom shows no signs of slowing and with it has come an interesting spin off. Pick-ups, always looked on as workhorses, are sneaking in on the side with plush double cab versions providing alternative family transport. The last year or so has seen a surge in...
Pioneering business park kick-starts construction of 300 new homes
A housing association has built a new business park to create a £30 million a year construction hub. The ground-breaking development by Cartrefi Conwy in Mochdre will kick start plans for regeneration projects across North Wales and to build up to 300 new homes. It is...
Two stellar talents perform at curtain-raiser for top festival
A young piano virtuoso and “supremely gifted” opera singer will have starring roles at the launch concert for an international music festival. Sion Edwards, 17, and Welsh National Opera (WNO) mezzo soprano Rebecca Afonwy-Jones are set to enchant the audience at St...
Caring Ann gets ready for a date with the Queen at the Palace
The manager of a training school for social care practitioners will be swapping the classroom for the grand surroundings of Buckingham Palace. Ann Farr, who runs the Pendine Academy of Social Care in Wrexham, and her fiancé, William Serridge, have been invited to a...
Bakers rise to football challenge to net much needed cash for hospice
A HOSPICE was the undisputed winner of a charity football match staged at the home of the oldest soccer club in Wales. Cefn Druids impressive stadium at The Rock in Rhosymedre was the venue for the fundraising game between Village Bakery’s bases in Wrexham and...
Care home residents re-live 1953 Coronation as they unlock the past with virtual reality goggles
Care home residents on Anglesey are being transported back in time with the use of virtual technology to enhance dementia care. Residents at Gwyddfor Residential Home in Bodedern, near Holyhead, are being taken on a whirlwind journey back to the Queen’s Coronation in...
Royal flower power at care homes
A flower arranger who decorated Westminster Abbey for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton has been helping care home residents make flower baskets fit for a future queen. Wendy Davis was one of five members of the floral committee at Llangollen...
Rising superbike star thanks Wrexham copier firm for fuel injection of cash
AN up and coming superbike rider targeting glory at the Isle of Man TT race has thanked a fast growing Wrexham copier firm for a fuel injection of cash. Bike mechanic Mike Norbury was recently signed up by ECTA Racing who have received a boost in sponsorship from...
Llanberis corner Junction to lift Lock Stock Cup
A dramatic game finished in gathering darkness as Llanberis cornered Llandudno Junction 4-0 in the Lock Stock Welsh Alliance Reserve League Cup Final at Llanfair PG. Three of Llanberis’s second-half goals in the evening game came from corners after the goalless...
Hospital team scale new heights in aid of Wrexham homeless shelter
Kind-hearted hospital staff are going up in the world as part of a determined campaign to help a life-saving homeless hostel in Wrexham. Among them will be operating department practitioner Catrin Stace-Jones and anaesthetist Lindsey Edge-Smith, who work at the Spire...
