Elliot brings baking skills to his work as a family lawyer at one of Wales’s oldest firms
A young Mold-based lawyer who loves baking is promising his colleagues they can look forward to sampling his chocolate brownies after joining one of North Wales’ oldest legal firms. Elliot Lacy, from Wrexham, recently qualified and is the latest addition to the Family...
North Wales firm Lock Stock opens first Cheshire site as part of major expansion
A fast growing storage company from North Wales is expanding with its first site in Cheshire. Lock Stock, the UK’s largest container-based storage company, has opened a new, eco-conscious park in Winsford. The company sees the opening of the Nat Lane site as the...
Honda CR-V plug-in hybrid drive by Steve Rogers
This is an embarrassing admission having reviewed cars for 44 years but I couldn’t work out how to move off in the Honda CR-V. It is not as if I haven’t come across buttons instead of a gear lever before, but the Honda is a bit complicated. At the top of a pad between...
Maltese maestro hailed as “world’s greatest tenor” looking forward to singing at North Wales festival
A music festival has pulled off a major coup and signed up the “world’s greatest living tenor” to perform at this year’s event. Joseph Calleja, whose voice has been compared to opera legend Luciano Pavarotti, says he’s looking forward to singing at the opening concert...
Popular North Wales restaurant expands by adding Airbnb to the menu
A couple who defied the odds and survived after opening their restaurant just before Covid struck are expanding with an Airbnb rental. Talented chef Rob Dowell-Brown and his wife, Vicky, who run the Nant y Felin, in Llanrhaeadr YC, between Ruthin and Denbigh, were not...
Award-winning music cooperative recruits tutors for “excellent” new service in Conwy
A pioneering cooperative has been chosen to provide a new music service in schools in Conwy. The North Wales Music Cooperative will be launching the service in September and is already recruiting tutors to work with them. The organisation already works in Denbighshire...
Tributes to Elsie who died just days after 100th birthday party “fit for a queen”
A former magistrate who once met Princess Diana and attended two royal garden parties has died just a few days after celebrating her 100th birthday. The funeral service of Elsie Galley, a former magistrate and respected community figure, was held at Pentrebychan...
Health board’s “fag packet” sums are forcing frail elderly people out of their communities
Frail elderly people in North Wales are being forced out of their communities because of a stand-off over funding their care. That’s the warning from Kevin Edwards, managing director at the Meddyg Care Group, who says Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is...
Hospice launches new fundraiser five years on from global goat campaign
In the summer of 2020, Wales had been in lock down for three months and counting, and lots of traditional office workers had started working from home. For a hospice in Llandudno however, lockdown life was far from the new ordinary as they had to seek innovative ways...
New bakery “rises from the ashes” as part of £47m investment to create 150 new jobs
A double investment of £47 million at a fast growing bakery in North Wales will create 150 new jobs. The Jones Village Bakery has revealed it’s going to be installing a £20 million state-of-the-art production line to make bread and rolls at its headquarters site on...
