War zone survivor Abdul gives hate crime the boot
A refugee from Sudan who fled his war-torn homeland after witnessing people murdered in front of him was among the players at a community football match. Abdul Ahmed, now 20 and living in Wrexham, was taking part in the second ever Community Cup game which was set up...
TV chief Llion sees the big picture at mini-John Lewis
An ambitious TV company that’s making history by becoming a mini-John Lewis has appointed a broadcasting big hitter to help them chart a course for future growth. Award-winning Llion Iwan, 49, head of content distribution at S4C, will be joining Caernarfon-based Cwmni...
International choral festival puts Cardiff on musical map
Choirs and judges from as far afield as India and New Zealand will be heading to Cardiff to compete at an international competition where the judges will include a royal composer. This is the second year of the International Choral Festival which will be held at...
Top young conductor honoured to be involved in world premiere of new work based on real-life story that inspired Dickens classic
One of Europe’s finest young conductors who has been chosen to lead the world premiere of a new work inspired by the 200th anniversary of an infamous massacre and the horrific experiences of a child labourer which prompted Charles Dickens to write Oliver Twist. Robert...
Police boss demands tougher sentences for paedophiles
A police boss has written to the Attorney General expressing concern about “unduly lenient” sentences given to paedophiles after a man who hoarded 300,000 child abuse videos and pictures escaped jail. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones says it was...
Sian boxes clever to raise money for cancer charity and honour memory of stab victim Craig
An accounts practitioner is getting fit for a boxing match to raise money for a cancer charity and to honour the memory of her cousin who was murdered in a brutal knife attack. Sian French, 31, who works at the Pendine Park Care Organisation in Wrexham has signed up...
Storage company helps pure water supplier continue expansion
A fast-growing pure water supplier has teamed up with a leading North Wales self-storage company to open two new outlets - and more could be in the pipeline. Basingstoke-based Spotless Water, which supplies filtered water for window cleaners, car valeting businesses...
Stellar line up promises to delight audiences at Wales Harp Festival
A stellar line-up including former royal harpist Catrin Finch will be delighting audiences at this year’s Wales Harp Festival. The popular event at Galeri in Caernarfon on April 17 and 18 will also commemorate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of...
£15m dementia centre plan will create 150 new jobs in Wrexham
A leading care organisation has revealed £15 million plans to build a dementia centre of excellence in Wrexham and redevelop another site in the town, creating 150 new jobs. Pendine Park say they are responding to the huge need for more specialist care because of the...
Tributes to one of Wrexham’s oldest residents who’s passed away aged 102
Tributes have been paid to one of Wrexham’s oldest residents who has passed away at the age of 102. Great-great-grandmother Gertrude Jones was born in 1917 when the First World War was at its height, Buffalo Bill Cody died and Houdini performed his buried alive trick...
