Heartbeat bears provide ‘pawfect’ memento for mums-to-be
Mums-to-be are being handed a ‘pawfect’ memento of their unborn child’s heartbeat, inside a teddy bear, thanks to an award-winning North Wales toy company. Mochdre-based Be My Bear, which has supplied Harrods, Selfrdges, Butlins, X-Factor, The Apprentice and...
Red hot quartet head for festival
A world-renowned early music group will transform itself into an imaginary gypsy band at a top festival. The Red Priest quartet will relive the wild virtuosity of early Baroque masters when they star at the North Wales International Music Festival at St Asaph...
Hospital matron Linda raises money to end stem cell lottery
A hospital matron was inspired to launch a fund-raising campaign by the daughter of a close friend who had a life-saving stem cell transplant. Linda Jones, who works at the private Spire Yale Hospital in Wrexham, was touched by the plight of Zoe Porter, 24, who is...
Horsing around helps raise money for African orphanage
A piebald horse called Bailey was the star of the show at fun day at a care home which raised money for an African orphanage. During the day the impressive steed struck up a special friendship with Rachel Clarke, who was an accomplished show jumper and carriage driver...
Ifor Williams expands with £5m investment
A top trailer firm is opening a new £5m factory to cope with strong demand for its products. Ifor Williams Trailers is setting up a new production line at a site in Sandycroft in Flintshire to create extra capacity to build its iconic livestock trailers. The move will...
Agonising wait over as Jo confirmed as fastest truffle maker on the planet
A top chocolatier has finally been confirmed as the fastest truffle maker on the planet - after an agonising wait. The record set by Jo Edwards in front of a huge crowd at last year's Llangollen Food Festival has only just been ratified by the Guinness Book of World...
Crooks’ cash funds community crimebusters
A special fund which uses cash seized from crooks to help community crimebusters in North Wales is set to take its hand-outs to over £200,000 in five years. The Your Community, Your Choice Awards are again putting up over £40,000 for local groups and North Wales...
Silver surfer Don, 82, stars with Twist and Pulse duo
Britain’s Got Talent street dance duo Twist and Pulse, fire artists, free runners and an 82 year old silver surfer were among the stars of an action-packed fun day. The dynamic London-based dancers, runners-up in the hit TV talent show, wowed the audience at the Big...
Poet revisits dementia care centre whose residents provided inspiration for his Eisteddfod crowning glory
A poet returned to a dementia care centre to say a big thank you to the residents who inspired him to write the powerful piece which won a major prize at this year’s National Eisteddfod. Gwion Hallam, whose day job is a television producer, worked on an eight-week...
Bakery set to join upper crust with awards double
A top bakery is hoping to rise to the occasion and clinch an awards double. The Village Bakery has been shortlisted as a finalist in two categories at the bakery Oscars, the Baking Industry Awards, next month. The glittering ceremony is being held at the Hilton Hotel...
