Water experts called in to safeguard Wales’s finest gardens from floods
A team of water experts is helping safeguard three of Wales’s greatest gardens from flood damage. Denbighshire-based Waterco are working with the National Trust on plans to protect the iconic properties at Bodnant Garden in the Conwy Valley, Dyffryn Gardens in the...
Call for urgent action to reduce number of women dying from drug overdoses
A police boss has called for urgent action to reduce the number of women dying from drug overdoses in North Wales. Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Ann Griffith spoke out after hearing that 19 women died from overdoses in just two years. According to Ann Griffith,...
Top builders team with Prince’s Trust to beat construction skills shortage
Leading construction firm The Anwyl Group are teaming up with The Prince's Trust to help get more young people into construction. The Flintshire-based construction company will this month run a three-week course to give 11 unemployed young people from North East Wales...
Former ‘Downton Abbey’ housemaid toasts good health thanks to revolutionary treatment
A great-grandmother who once worked as a housemaid at the ‘real’ Downton Abbey has praised the doctor who gave her back her life following pioneering gynaecological treatment. Shirley Green, 72, was one of the first women in Wales and the North West to undergo the...
Store staff come steaming in with effort for Macmillan’s World Biggest Coffee Morning
Big-hearted staff at a Wrexham store are brewing up another special day of fundraising for a cancer support charity. After raising hundreds of pounds from the popular event over the past few years, the team at Boots at the Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre the will be...
Chef running one of country’s most decorated restaurants will show off skills to food lovers
The Dee Valley chef in charge of one of the finest restaurants in Wales will be demonstrating his culinary mastery at a top food festival. Michelin starred Bryan Webb has just seen his Tyddyn Llan restaurant with rooms in the picturesque Denbighshire village of...
Choir hits high notes to celebrate fifth birthday
A community choir that's celebrating its fifth birthday has been hailed as the "eighth wonder of Wales". The Wrexham Community Choir was formed in 2012 and has transformed the lives of its members who come from all walks of life. As part of their anniversary...
Taking care of football stars of the future
The junior football team where ex-Wales international and TV pundit Robbie Savage started out is stepping out in style thanks to a leading social care organisation. The Llay Under 8s team, which plays in the Wrexham District Mini League, were in need of a kit so their...
New bakers honoured as drive is launched to recruit another batch
A talented group of newly-qualified apprentices at a bakery have been hailed as stars of the future by the UK's top trainer. According to Yvonne Evans, who was crowned Assessor of the Year by the Times Educational Supplement, the seven apprentices at the Village...
Top vocal group will hit the high notes at music festival
One of the world’s top a cappella groups will bring an eclectic mix of classical music, folk, jazz and pure pop to the North Wales International Music Festival. British ensemble VOCES8 are heading to St Asaph Cathedral on Thursday, September 28 and it will be one of...
