Chocolate Shop’s guided history walk will raise vital cash for hospice
A chocolate shop boss has arranged a delicious treat for history buffs which will raise cash for a much-loved hospice. Mark Young, who runs the Denbigh Chocolate Shop in Vale Street, has arranged a 90-minute guided tour around the town exploring some of its most...
Cash seized from criminals boosts Young Rangers
A team of young volunteers from Prestatyn High School has been set up to carry out community work thanks to cash seized from North Wales’s criminals. Staff at the school have reported a fantastic response from students keen to get involved with the Young Rangers who...
UK’s first solar-powered aquarium supplies warmth to revive rare turtle
A green energy company from St Asaph has helped turn a sea zoo into the UK's first solar powered aquarium - and the sun's rays are now helping to revive a rare sea turtle. The boost from the banks of solar panels fitted by Carbon Zero Renewables are already providing...
Football club wins cash seized from criminals
A junior football scheme which aims to help discover Llandudno’s next Neville Southall and Joey Jones has been given a major boost – thanks to cash confiscated from North Wales crooks. A partnership by local sports clubs to restore the former football pitch at the...
Health Board launches rapid response medical boxes to tackle sepsis
A new initiative to halt sepsis, a life-threatening infection, is being rolled out across every hospital ward in North Wales. New ‘one-use’ medical boxes, which hold everything needed to quickly deliver crucial treatment for the condition, are being introduced to...
NHS worker who trains nurses of the future comes top of the class
A nurse who has worked tirelessly to train the next generation has scooped a top nursing award – on the same night as winning a patient care gong. Ffion Pursglove is so passionate about harnessing the talents and skills of future nurses that she developed a new guide...
Mobiles are just child’s play for Vicky
A talented phone saleswoman has set up a fledgling business making mobiles of a different kind - to hang above babies' cots. Vicky Tymz, who works at 3 Store at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham, came up with the idea during a visit to New York. Orders are...
£3.4m economy boosting new homes scheme takes a bow
A housing association has unveiled a £3.4 million landmark development of affordable homes which have provided a major boost for the local economy. The construction of Cartrefi Conwy's Maes Glanarfon estate in Llanfairfechan supported 200 jobs, including four...
Plans to recruit 17 extra police officers and six more staff win backing
Seventeen extra police officers and an additional six staff will be recruited in North Wales after a police boss won backing for his budget plans. The proposal by North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones to increase the cost of policing by 76p a month –...
World’s first steam powered submarine to feature in TV documentary thank to British Sub-Aqua Club scuba divers
Dramatic underwater images of the final resting place of the world’s first steam powered submarine, which sank on its maiden voyage off the coast of Rhyl in 1880, have been released for the first time. It comes as scuba divers from the British Sub-Aqua Club in...
