Pioneering RCS delivers £33m dose of wellbeing to boost North Wales economy
A pioneering social enterprise has delivered a £33m dose of wellbeing, health and happiness to keep the wheels of business and industry turning in North Wales. The news was revealed as Rhyl City Strategy (RCS Wales) prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary, since it...
Inspirational Emma wins award at social care Oscars
An inspirational nurse who started off as a care assistant with no formal qualifications has been honoured at the social care Oscars. Emma Watkins, 32, is deputy manager of College Fields Nursing Home in Barry where she has worked for the past decade and become a...
Wrexham fan Russell hopes for purple patch in form with new kit
Being the guest of honour at the unveiling of a new kit for Wrexham AFC was a dream come true for lifelong fan Russell Williams. The engineering draughtsman from Lloc, near Holywell, works for Ifor Williams Trailers who are the club’s main front of shirt sponsors....
Care home Mr Fix-it Clive hits gold standard in major national awards
A maintenance man who has fixed it for life to be a little more special for residents at the Port Talbot care home where he works has struck gold in major national awards. Apart from his regular round of looking after the 60 residential rooms plus communal areas and...
Brexit pensions bombshell could mean 133 fewer police officers in North Wales
Brexit will help blow a £5 million black hole in the pension pot of North Wales Police over the next two years – and could mean 133 fewer officers or a massive increase in council tax. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones warned there was even worse...
Exceptional Amy honoured at social care Oscars
A former factory worker who has fulfilled her dream of working with children has landed a national award just a year into her role caring for young people with autism and learning disabilities. Amy Thomas, 30, who has been hailed as “exceptional” by Ty Bronllys...
Super Mario’s lifetime achievement award
A social care champion has been given a lifetime achievement award for his “remarkable and outstanding contribution” over three decades. Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales and the owner of the Pendine Park care organisation, was honoured at the prestigious...
Nia defies doctor’s orders to take part in charity run
A Gwynedd musician-in-residence defied doctor’s orders to run a half marathon to raise money for a charity she cares passionately about. Nia Davies Williams, 46, who works at Pendine Park’s Bryn Seiont Newydd Care Home in Caernarfon, tackled the Cardiff Half Marathon...
Caroline back on stage after two decades for festival fundraiser
The manager of a top festival will celebrate a landmark birthday by singing for the first time since her school days at a special fundraising concert in her honour. Caroline Thomas, from Glan Conwy, who works for the North Wales International Music Festival in St...
BMW X3 Road test by Steve Rogers
MY BMW loving friend has got himself into a fix. David has been driving his 420d for nearly a year and although he loves it he struggles to get in and out. I should say David is nudging 80 and has had a new hip - 60 years prancing around a badminton court has taken...
