Crooks’ cash boosts pioneering crime-fighting radio network
A pioneering scheme is clamping down on shoplifters in Flintshire – thanks to cash confiscated from crooks. Flintshire Against Business Crime (FABC) was set up just over a year ago to help its members keep track of sneak thieves by swapping vital information using a...
Drastic action needed to stop more nursing home closures
A social care boss has warned that 2018 will be a bleak one for nursing homes with more closures expected across North Wales at a time of increasing demand. New figures from the Care and Social Services Inspectorate show there has been a loss of 423 places in Wales...
Pioneering dementia expert wins award
A COUNCIL worker who introduced a pioneering training programme to help care home staff transform the lives of people living with dementia has won a silver award. Beverley Larkins, who is a staff development and training officer at Wrexham County Borough Council, has...
Travel firm scores highly after signing stand sponsorship deal with Wrexham AFC
Promotion-chasing Wrexham Football Club are going places after having their title challenge boosted by a major sponsorship deal. The Dragons have netted £25,000 from Hays Travel North West, the UK’S fastest growing independent travel agency, which has its head office...
Heroic fans help club generate record sales
A pop-up shop generated record sales over the holiday period for Wrexham AFC, it’s been revealed. Takings were up by 20 per cent over the previous year after the temporary outlet opened at the town’s Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre The shop has just closed after a...
Caring gran honoured for her compassion
A care home nurse hailed for her devotion in looking after people nearing the end of their lives has won a prestigious award. Grandmother Karen Wilcox George was honoured for her dedication at the Wales Care Awards at City Hall in Cardiff. Karen was in the company of...
Pioneering luxury apartments in running for top UK award
A pioneering £3 million luxury care complex that's creating more than 40 new jobs in Gwynedd is in the running for a major UK award. The Parc Bryn Seiont scheme of 16 companion living apartments in Caernarfon has been nominated in the prestigious Pinders UK Health...
Tell me how much you’re prepared to pay for cops
A police boss is urging people in North Wales to take part in a survey to gauge how much voters are prepared to pay for policing the region. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has launched the online poll as police across the country digest the...
Plucky grandmother gets back on the saddle after hip replacement – and raises £20,000 for charity
An "inspirational" grandmother completed an epic cycling challenge in Cambodia three months after undergoing a hip replacement operation. Keen cyclist Ann Owen, 60, was in training for the gruelling Global Adventure Challenge from Vietnam to Cambodia at the start of...
Manager who rescued her care home from a bleak future takes gold in prestigious awards
A manager who successfully battled to turn around the fortunes of a struggling Pembrokeshire nursing home has struck gold in major national awards. Two years after taking over CareInn Ltd’s Rickeston Mill home in Haverfordwest Sue Lanceley found herself facing the...
