Royal visitor received at Soughton Hall
STAFF at Soughton Hall Hotel welcomed a Royal visitor to an event which highlighted the employability benefits of gaining a Duke of Edinburgh Award (DofE). His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex was Guest of Honour at Soughton Hall Hotel near Northop, Flintshire, on...
Dancing grannies gone bad head for Wrexham
It's more hip op than hip hop but the dancing grannies who make up the world's first trolley dance display team are heading for Wrexham. The hilarious Granny Turismo, a group of "grannies gone bad" rampaging around on souped-up shopping trolleys, will be the star...
Son inspires Rachel’s new business making vegan cakes
A mum-of-three has launched a new business making vegan cakes - just a year after she turned her back on animal products. Rachel Burns, 51, from Bwlchgwyn, near Wrexham, was inspired to become a vegan herself by one of her sons who has strong views on the subject. She...
Boys’ choir prepares for moving tribute to iconic poet Hedd Wyn
A boys' choir will be performing at a moving ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of iconic Welsh poet Hedd Wyn - with the help of cash seized from criminals. Among the members of Only Boys Aloud, which is run by the Aloud charity are singing at the...
Graffiti kids get safety in a can
A group of teenagers have been spraying graffiti on a housing estate - but it's all in a good cause. The members of the Tŷ Llywelyn Youth Club in Llandudno are working with professional graffiti artist Andy Birch to create colourful signs promoting the...
Hospice gears up to raise a car boot full of cash
A hospice is gearing up for a series of fund-raising events with a difference - the first car boot sales in North Wales to be held in a multi-storey car park. The sales in aid of the Nightingale House Hospice in Wrexham will take place at the car park at the town's...
Water experts called in to safeguard Wales’s finest gardens from floods
A team of water experts is helping safeguard three of Wales’s greatest gardens from flood damage. Denbighshire-based Waterco are working with the National Trust on plans to protect the iconic properties at Bodnant Garden in the Conwy Valley, Dyffryn Gardens in the...
Call for urgent action to reduce number of women dying from drug overdoses
A police boss has called for urgent action to reduce the number of women dying from drug overdoses in North Wales. Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Ann Griffith spoke out after hearing that 19 women died from overdoses in just two years. According to Ann Griffith,...
Top builders team with Prince’s Trust to beat construction skills shortage
Leading construction firm The Anwyl Group are teaming up with The Prince's Trust to help get more young people into construction. The Flintshire-based construction company will this month run a three-week course to give 11 unemployed young people from North East Wales...
Former ‘Downton Abbey’ housemaid toasts good health thanks to revolutionary treatment
A great-grandmother who once worked as a housemaid at the ‘real’ Downton Abbey has praised the doctor who gave her back her life following pioneering gynaecological treatment. Shirley Green, 72, was one of the first women in Wales and the North West to undergo the...
