Kia Stonic drive by Steve Rogers
You get the feeling the Stonic designers had a clear goal: Make it simple. Well, they smashed it. What a joy to get into a car and not suffer 10 minutes of confusion working out how everything works. Stonic has a touchscreen, often a source of bewilderment, but this...
Alarming decline in apprenticeships worsens health and social care crisis
Training providers and employers say a sharp decline in apprenticeships is escalating the health and social care sector workforce crisis in Wales, following this year’s unprecedented budget cuts by the Welsh Government. Data released by Medr, Wales’ Commission for...
Save Social Care, Save the NHS campaign launched to avert “national emergency” in hospitals
The “catastrophic unintended consequences” of the Budget will be a disaster for hospitals in Wales, say social care leaders. That was the warning from Care Forum Wales (CFW), which represents more than 400 private and charity social care providers, as it launched a...
Chatty care home residents from Wrexham will be Christmas stars on Radio Wales
Treasured memories of Christmases past will be broadcast to radio listeners this festive season thanks to volunteers from a Wrexham care home. Four residents of Pendine Park’s Gwern Alyn home – John Neal, 94, Beryl Fowler, 90, Susan Vaughan, 74, and Ian Thomas, 68 –...
Operation Mincemeat” brings early taste of Christmas to hospice
Big-hearted bakers are bringing some early festive cheer to a much-loved hospice with the delivery of a mountain of mince pies. Long-term supporter Jones Village Bakery is giving 1,000 of the tasty Yule Tide treats to Nightingale House which provides vital services...
Traumatised Ukrainian refugee Viktoria finds solace singing Christmas classic The Snowman
A traumatised refugee exiled from war-torn Ukraine will find solace through music this Christmas when she sings with the choir that’s been her lifesaver. Viktoria Ivanova, 52, is a member of the NEW Voices ensemble which will be teaming up with the acclaimed NEW...
Heritage railway and world’s deepest hotel go up in the world with top tourism awards
An iconic heritage railway and the world’s deepest hotel have been hailed as stars of the tourism industry in North Wales. The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways in Porthmadog and Go Below Underground Adventures in Eryri were among the big winners at the Go North...
Heroic Glyn was social care’s Top Gun in Covid pandemic
A “heroic” former care home owner who built a military-style decontamination unit to keep his residents and staff safe during the Covid pandemic has been given a special award. Ex-RAF man Glyn Williams, 63, who ran the Gwyddfor Residential Home in Bodedern in...
Party people at historic hotel raise their glasses for Wrexham food bank
Festive partygoers at a popular hotel are raising a glass and helping out record numbers of people in crisis in Wrexham this Christmas. Historic Rossett Hall Hotel have opened their annual food bank collection and already the donations are flooding in for the Wrexham...
Daredevil biker Caroline gears up for epic desert challenge in aid of charity
All-action company boss Caroline Platt is swapping her smart office outfits for biker leathers to take part in an epic charity motorbike ride through the baking desert heat. Caroline, who heads up family company Platts Agriculture, in Wrexham, is gearing up for the...
