Increased pay is vital to recruit more care workers with looming 20,000 shortfall
Increasing the pay of social care workers in Wales so that they earn more than shelf stackers in discount supermarkets is vital to solve the massive recruitment crisis in the sector. The call from Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales, came after a campaign...
Housing association in running for hat-trick of UK awards
A housing association that’s investing £60 million in upgrading existing homes and building 250 new ones is in the running for a hat-trick of major UK awards. Cartrefi Conwy is the only organisation from Wales to be shortlisted in three categories at the prestigious...
Go ahead to demolish old Wrexham police station
A conservation body has given the go-ahead for the demolition of the former police station in Wrexham. CADW had been considering listing the high-rise building which would have blocked plans to knock down the concrete brutalist structure to make way for a supermarket....
Welsh children’s TV show Deian a Loli joins Peaky Blinders as finalist at global awards
A hit children’s TV series made in North Wales is in the running for a major international award. Deian a Loli, which recounts the adventures of a pair of mischievous twins with magical powers, has been shortlisted as a finalist at the prestigious 2019 New York...
Former royal harpist keeps promise to festival after recovering from cancer
A world renowned harpist who was forced to pull out of a major festival last year, because she was battling breast cancer, is keeping her promise to perform at this year’s event instead. Former Royal Harpist, Catrin Finch will have a starring role at the Wales Harp...
Europe’s top trailer maker in running for international innovation award
Europe’s top trailer maker is in the running for an international innovation award for its cutting-edge design. The trailblazing brand has been nominated in the Vehicles and Trailers category of the Equitana Innovation Award 2019 for the new awning that can be...
New Denbighshire gin “just the tonic” for Ruthin food networking event
An exciting new gin producer whose lovingly made tipples are already on the menus of some of North Wales’ finest restaurants has chosen Denbighshire’s flagship food connections event to unveil her latest creation. Lesley Haythorne, who launched Pant y Foel Gin this...
Rescued greyhound racer Dexter loves life in slow lane at care home
A retired racing greyhound called Dexter is enjoying life in the slow lane after being adopted by care home residents in North Wales. Five-year-old Dexter is now part of the family at the Woodside Grange Care Home in Rhos-on-Sea where he brightens the mood of...
One in the sty for celebs as they enjoy “pork life” down on farm
A group of Welsh celebrities made a pig’s ear of things when they got stuck in to some “pork life” down on the farm. The other stars of the new series of Fferm Ffactor Selebs were a pair of pigs and a livestock trailer from Ifor Williams Trailers into which they were...
Leading law firm launches on Anglesey
One of Wales’s oldest and most established law firms has opened its first office on Anglesey as part of a major expansion. Swayne Johnson, which was founded in 1853, celebrated the launch of its new Menai Bridge office in the Old Bank Building in the town’s Uxbridge...
