North Wales mum and daughter launch shop selling plus size prom dresses after spotting gap in market
A mother and daughter team of entrepreneurs has launched a new shop in North Wales specialising in plus size prom dresses. Wendy Thompson and daughter Robyn, from Ruthin, in Denbighshire, came up with the idea after spotting a gap in the market for glamourous gowns...
Bakery joins upper crust with innovation and quality award from retail giant Tesco
A bakery has been honoured by Britain’s biggest supermarket chain for its ground-breaking work in developing new products. The Jones Village Bakery in Wrexham has received an award for “Outstanding Innovation and Quality” from Tesco for a raft of new bakery products...
Nissan Qashqai e-Power drive by Steve Rogers
This is a car for the doubters and the waverers. Those who are not ready to take the plunge into electric. Yes, another year has passed and we are getting closer to the big switch, but in the meantime Nissan has come up with a solution, and a clever one at that. The...
Wrexham TV producer teams up with Twin Town actor Llyr Evans for new children’s show on S4C
A pioneering television producer from Wrexham teamed up with Twin Town actor Llyr Evans to make a ground-breaking children’s TV series. Nia Ceidiog created the new laugh-a-minute S4C show, Help Llaw (Helping Hand), which stars Llyr, a former pupil of Ysgol Maes Garmon...
Cute Shetland ponies bring unbridled joy to care home residents in Wrexham
A pair of cute mini Shetland ponies have been providing animal therapy to care home residents in Wrexham Among those delighted to see Maise and Oatis at Pendine Park’s Bodlondeb care home was resident Derek Potts who grew up in a blacksmiths. Their visit was perfectly...
Young star Nel, five, shines in TV role with Twin Town actor Llyr Evans
A five year old girl from Gwynedd struck up a “brilliant” relationship with Twin Town actor Llyr Evans after land a starring role in a ground-breaking children’s TV series. Nel Anwyl Roberts, who lives in Llanuwchllyn, near Bala, enjoyed every minute of filming the...
Growing Gwynedd fire and security family firm celebrates 50th birthday
A growing North Wales-based fire protection and security firm is celebrating a major milestone – it’s 50th anniversary. Snowdonia Fire Protection began in David Greasley’s garden shed in 1974 and now has offices in Waunfawr, near Caernarfon, Kinmel Bay, Aberystwyth...
Kind-hearted Emyr in new TV role as screen heavy
A popular Welsh TV soap star and singer is to return to the screen in a new role in a top drama series. Emyr Gibson’s role as an unsavoury screen heavy in the S4C drama series, Stad, is a total contrast to the kindness and fun he shows in his day job as the creative...
Young star Leon, 12, takes on TV role with Twin Town actor Llyr Evans just months after real-life hospital drama
A “mischievous” 12 year old boy with autism has teamed up with Twin Town actor Llyr Evans to star in a ground-breaking children’s TV series. Leon Fletcher, from Deiniolen, near Caernarfon, plays the part of apprentice handyman Harri Bach in the new laugh-a-minute S4C...
Lawyer “wouldn’t have seen 60” without a routine test that discovered prostate cancer
A top lawyer whose prostate cancer was discovered by chance in a routine health test is urging all men over 50 to get themselves checked out for the illness. Ian Edwards, 53, said he had no symptoms whatsoever of the cancer and the condition was only flagged up when...
