Arrival of women’s elite pro cyclists to give £2 million boost to Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay is set to receive a £2 million boost when the elite riders fight out the final stage of the UK’s premier women’s cycling event on the sea front next month. It’s a first time in Wales for the Ovo Energy Women’s Tour, a gruelling five-day 423-mile race, part...
Police boss wants more mobile drugs testing units at music festivals and clubs
A police boss is calling for drug testing to be extended at music festivals and clubs in a bid to avoid more tragic deaths. Ann Griffith, the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner of North Wales, spoke out after a mobile testing unit was set up at the popular Gottwood...
Caring Ann mingles with royalty at garden party
A training boss from Flintshire was among hundreds of community heroes from across the UK as she mingled with royalty at a garden party in the regal surroundings of Buckingham Palace. Ann Farr, who runs the Pendine Academy of Social Care in Wrexham, was honoured for...
Big-hearted tenants keep their estate spic and span
Community-spirited tenants have jumped into action to give their estate a spring clean. The residents of the Fron estate in Old Colwyn rolled up their sleeves and took to the streets wearing high vis jackets and armed with litter grippers for a morning of collecting...
New police station going for hat-trick of awards
A new eco-friendly police station is in the running for a hat-trick of awards. The North Wales Eastern Command and Custody Facility being built in Llay has been shortlisted in three categories at the Constructing Excellence Wales Awards. One of the nominations is for...
Nursing home company takes care of business with £120K investment
An award-winning Gwynedd care company is making a £120,000 investment to upgrade its facilities and services. Cariad Care Homes, which employs 115 mostly local staff at its two nursing homes in Porthmadog and Criccieth, is continuing a programme of improvements which...
Power to the people as Minister opens town’s hydro-electric scheme
A Denbighshire town’s very own renewable hydro-electric scheme promising power to the people has been hailed a success by Wales’s energy minister. Lesley Griffiths AM, the Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, visited Corwen to...
UK’s poshest hostel is ready to rock under new owners
A couple from London have quit the life of finance and fashion to relaunch the £1 million Snowdonia backpackers hostel dubbed the UK’s poshest. Proud North Walian Christian Wynne gave up his financial services career in London along with his fashion designer wife...
Aloha! Store will be turned into Pacific paradise for charity event
A department store in Wrexham will be turned into a Pacific paradise for an event to raise much-needed funds for a cancer charity. The Debenhams store at Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre is holding a Summer Beauty Club Evening next Thursday (June 7) and staff are hoping...
Mercedes-Benz X-class road test
THE SUV boom shows no signs of slowing and with it has come an interesting spin off. Pick-ups, always looked on as workhorses, are sneaking in on the side with plush double cab versions providing alternative family transport. The last year or so has seen a surge in...
