Wales should get as much cash help after Brexit as it did from the European Union, Cabinet Secretary tells business leaders
It's vital that Wales doesn't lose out as a result of Brexit and that we carry on having access to the single market in Europe, according to a leading figure in the Welsh Government. Professor Mark Drakeford, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, says...
Specialist treatment helps top drummer give pain the elbow
A top drummer from Anglesey who feared unbearable elbow pain would force him to give up playing for good is aiming to get back on stage after specialist treatment. After years of working as a session musician in the UK and abroad, Mark Thompson was distraught to think...
Gemma scores victory over alopecia thanks to netball
A sales assistant has overcome the devastating effects of losing her hair because of alopecia - thanks to her love of netball. Gemma Nelson, 22, who works at the Next store at the Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre in Wrexham, is now a Level 2 netball coach and helps run...
Drumming sessions are a big hit
Care home residents are drumming up their energy levels with a new high intensity exercise class. Using drum sticks to knock out rhythms on rubber exercise balls while they enjoy some snappy tunes is proving a bit hit with the people who live at the Pendine Park care...
New portable CCTV cameras put criminals in the frame
A crime-fighting group has bought a network of portable CCTV cameras to protect communities across Flintshire - using money seized from villains. The money given to the Flintshire and Wrexham Online Watch Link Association (OWL) came from a fund set up by North Wales...
Welsh Government invites utility firm to showcase money-saving ideas at energy show
A switched-on Wrexham company that’s saved more than £50 million for clients is to showcase its work at a major energy event. Utilities Connections Management Ltd (UCML) will join other innovators at the Welsh Government stand at the All-Energy international...
Daughter thanks finance firm for £20,000 support of hospice which looked after her dad
THE daughter of a much-loved Wrexham man who died suddenly from lung cancer has thanked a finance firm for raising £20,000 for the hospice which cared for him. Ema Pennington met with Medwyn Edwards, Director of Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management, based in Regent...
Film fans singing in the aisles at Theatr Colwyn’s dementia friendly screening
A theatre is breaking new ground as the first venue in Wales to join a UK-wide project with dementia-friendly screenings of musical movies. The sessions at Theatr Colwyn in Colwyn Bay are already proving a massive hit, with older film fans singing and dancing in the...
Strongman Oli and Lois to lift radio show
Strapping radio presenter Oli Kemp is preparing for a double challenge - fronting a new breakfast show and attempting to become the world's strongest man. Oli is moving to the breakfast show on Heart FM so the 6ft 5ins tall presenter, will have to change his super...
Lord Newborough invites schoolchildren to test out new Rhug Estate playground
THE Rhug Estate’s Lord Newborough asked a group of Corwen schoolchildren to be the first to test out a new £11,000 playground built outside his award winning farm shop. The new adventure area was designed, manufactured and installed by Chester-based firm Creative Play...
