Care home residents mesmerised by stunning performance of top Russian harpist Valeria
One of the world’s greatest harpists took time out from an international festival to perform for residents of a care home in Caernarfon. Russian Valeria Voshchennikova was one of the stars of the opening concert at the Wales International Harp Festival in...
Sunday Times journalist’s views are “morally repugnant”, says police boss
A police boss is reporting Sunday Times columnist Rod Liddle to the newspaper industry watchdog because of his “morally repugnant” views about the Welsh language and people. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has been inundated by complaints about...
TV film goes viral after Ifor Williams Trailers horsebox is surprise star of Top Gear SUV showjumping showdown
A hilarious TV film showing a horsebox made in North Wales being raced around a showjumping course by Top Gear star Matt LeBlanc has gone viral with more than four million views. The horsebox made by Ifor Williams Trailers proved the surprise star of the Top Gear...
Volkswagen T-Roc review
By Steve Rogers FOR a company with so much SUV know-how it has taken Volkswagen long enough to come up with the T-Roc. The compact SUV is almost last on the scene and facing a veritable army of well established rivals, some of them outstanding. Volkswagen's sport...
Young woman who beat blood cancer to give talk at charity ball sponsored by Wrexham financial firm
A YOUNG woman who had a rare blood cancer as a little girl is to give an inspirational talk at a fundraising ball which is being sponsored by a Wrexham financial firm. Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management is the main sponsor of the 1960s themed ‘Groovy Kind of Ball at...
Battle group plan massive splash at Colwyn Bay’s Forties Festival
A World War Two battle re-enactment group is set to make a massive splash at Colwyn Bay’s 1940s festival next month. The supercharged display will be put on by North West Military Collectors group (NWMIL), whose pyrotechnic experts strive to make the action as...
Remarkable paintings by artist with dementia to go on show
A fundraising exhibition will showcase the paintings of a Wrexham pensioner who rediscovered her artistic talent while living with dementia. Pat Rayfield did not take up watercolour painting until she was aged 85, after she was diagnosed with dementia. She went on to...
North Wales garden rooms company could provide quick fix for housing problems
Zero maintenance garden rooms, made by a North Wales company using aviation technology, could be used with other measures to tackle the housing crisis, according to an AM. Rubicon Garden Rooms managing director John Lyon outlined to newly-elected Alyn and Deeside AM...
Sional team take to the sky and streets of London to raise funds for children’s hospices
Staff from a North Wales company are set to fling themselves from the sky and pound the streets of London to raise funds for a charity caring for seriously ill youngsters. Tŷ Gobaith Children’s Hospice in the Conwy Valley and Hope House in Oswestry will benefit from...
Food firms come together to create Wales’ first pesto sauces for home cooks
Three North Wales food producers have come together to create the first commercially-available Welsh-made pesto for home cooks. Calon Lân and Blodyn Aur are working with Anglesey-based Plas Farm on the new sauces, which are already proving popular with shoppers. Calon...
