Fire hit Sports Direct store re-opens after double-quick clean-up
A sports shop has reopened for business less than a week after a fire broke out there. The blaze at Sports Direct at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham on Sunday, October 30, was caused by a faulty light fitting but the clean-up got underway in double quick...
Work begins on a new residential development in Hawarden
Anwyl Homes has commenced work on a new residential development of 41 homes on a five acre site just off Old Hall Road in Hawarden. Formerly farmland, the stunning new build development will be known as Springdale Meadows and comprise an attractive mix of three, four...
Police bosses join forces to seek public’s help in creating new blueprint
A police boss is appealing for the public's help in drawing up a new blueprint for the policing of North Wales. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones is joining forces with Chief Constable Mark Polin for a series of consultation meetings across the...
Pyjama party to raise money for new dad Ceri and his family
Big-hearted bakers have risen to the challenge to raise money for the family of a young man with inoperable cancer. The team at the Village Bakery's two sites in Wrexham and Minera donned their pyjamas in aid of Ceri Dawson, 28, and his family. Ceri, from Coedpoeth,...
Award-winner hailed for £50 million boost to Flintshire economy
A leading construction company has been hailed for pumping £50 million into the Flintshire economy after picking up a major award. The Anwyl Group have been chosen as Flintshire's Best Business for over 10 Employees at the Flintshire Business Awards just ten months...
Top athlete and TV star on the starting blocks to celebrate success of Abergele students
Commonwealth athlete and TV star Will Sharman is to help students from a North Wales school celebrate their achievements. The former BBC Gladiator time-keeper will be handing out prizes at Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan’s prize-evening at Rhyl’s Pavilion Theatre. He will hand...
Nurse celebrates double award success thanks to the patient she helped treat
A nurse who goes “beyond the call of duty” to improve the health and wellbeing of her patients has been shortlisted for a top health award – thanks to a patient she helped. Sister Ffion Pursglove from Bangor’s Ysbyty Gwynedd works tirelessly on behalf of her patients...
War hero Bill, 92, on a new mission urging people to support Poppy Appeal
A Second World War hero who helped liberate Brussels in 1944 is on a new mission - urging people to support this year's Poppy Appeal. According to Bill Evans, 92, a resident of Gwern Alyn care home which is part of the Pendine Park care organisation in Wrexham, the...
Police boss aims to break vicious cycle of crime passed from father to son
A police boss is aiming to break a vicious circle of crime that sees 65 per cent of boys whose fathers are in prison going on to offend themselves. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones says it's vital to ensure families ties are maintained even when...
Waste not, want not for timber titans
Businesses from across Wales are heading to Denbighshire to learn more about innovation from one of Welsh industry’s experts in the field. Top wood products company Clifford Jones Timber are holding a special event next Wednesday (November 2) to showcase their...
