Hero bakery drivers rewarded with slap-up meal after beating the Beast from the East
A team of delivery drivers have been hailed as heroes by a bakery after they braved and beat the Beast from the East. The 29 drivers from the Village Bakery battled their way through the Siberian conditions to reach around 500 of their customers across North and Mid...
Youngsters stay on song thanks to cash snatched from criminals
A charity which aims to get teenage boys in North Wales singing instead of sinning has received a major boost – thanks to cash seized from local criminals. Only Boys Aloud, which runs four choirs across North Wales and has around 70 members based in some of the...
George’s weight loss means a gain for hospice
Staff of a Wrexham department store are seeing far less of their manager since the start of the year – but it’s all in a good cause. George Lees, manager of the M&S store at the Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre, has shed more than two stone since January 5 and is...
Jones on the run to celebrate shared name
The biggest collection of runners called Jones gathered in North Wales today to celebrate their shared name. The 200-plus athletes joined forces before setting off to compete in the Jones Crisps Anglesey Half Marathon, Ynys Mȏn 10k run and one-mile RibRide Dragon's...
Bakery man John makes replica Game of Thrones sword for top American TV star
DURING the day John Beech earns his living by selling sandwiches and sausage rolls but by night he’s busy making wooden replica Games of Thrones style weapons for family and friends, including a famous American TV actor. Now the 31-year-old, who works at Greggs in the...
Rapid expansion and new jobs at Wrexham copier firm gets the thumbs up from Assembly Member
A fast-growing copier firm that’s aiming to create an extra 10 jobs has been hailed by an Assembly Member as a role model for those wanting to replicate their success. Vaughn Rawson, Managing Director, welcomed Wrexham AM Lesley Griffiths, to his firm’s main base on...
Toyota Prius hybrid review
Road test by Steve Rogers AT last, a hybrid that gives serious miles to the gallon. I have been blowing hot and cold, mainly cold, on hybrids for a couple of years. Those I have driven promise big economy but under deliver. Yes emissions are commendably low which is...
Sponsor a String appeal will be prelude to success for talented harpists of the future
An acclaimed teaching centre is hoping to tug at the heart strings of music lovers by offering them the chance to support the studies of talented young harpists. Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias in Caernarfon, which is currently providing tuition for over 400 aspiring...
Family of disabled youngster encourages people to dance the night away for charity
The family of a seriously disabled boy are encouraging people to dance the night away to raise funds for a charity that has helped them. Oliver Coxon was born with his intestines outside his body, later developing brain damage and cerebral palsy - and almost died...
Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross review
Launch report by Steve Rogers THIS is shaping up to be a big year for Mitsubishi. The partnership with Renault-Nissan is signed and sealed and the new Eclipse Cross SUV is hitting the showrooms signalling the first of a new generation of cars from the Japanese company...
