Royal composer’s premiere at cathedral where it all began
A royal composer has spoken of his love for a top music festival as he prepares for the Welsh premiere of a stunning new work there. Professor Paul Mealor will be unveiling his Symphony No 1, Passiontide, at a launch concert for the North Wales International Music...
Music helps to rekindle memories for dementia patients
Music therapy is helping to rekindle lost memories for people living with dementia. The hour-long weekly sessions at Anglesey’s Cefni Hospital, run by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s music therapist Christine Eastwood, are achieving amazing results. She uses...
Artistic kids raise the standard for Wales at flag making workshop
ARTISTIC youngsters came out in force to fly the flag for Wales’s Euros 2016 challenge at a Wrexham shopping centre. Eagles Meadow has been holding a series of special events as part of its campaign to back the national team in the big international football...
Speed painter to pay homage to idol John Lennon at Go North Wales Tourism Conference in Liverpool
A speed painter from Colwyn Bay will bring to life a portrait of John Lennon in less than six minutes, at a conference in Liverpool to share North Wales’ adventure tourism expertise with Mersey businesses. Performance artist Dave Sharp will pay homage to his idol at...
Top apprentice Tom joins upper crust
A bakery apprentice from Wrexham has risen to the top win an award. Tom Jackson, 22, who works for the Village Bakery, is Coleg Cambria's Food Manufacturing Work-Based Learner of the Year 2016. It is the second year in succession for the Village Bakery to clinch the...
Welsh opera star Bryn Terfel on the trail of legendary Luciano in Llangollen
World famous Welsh opera singer Bryn Terfel has paid a visit to Llangollen – to film a new TV show and retrace the footsteps of legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti. The great bass-baritone was in the town to record a programme for Welsh language channel S4C just...
Abergele pupils get creative writing boost from former Young People’s Laureate of Wales
Raps about US presidential hopeful Donald Trump have been created by Abergele school pupils with Martin Daws, the former Young People’s Poet Laureate of Wales. The Bethesda-based performance poet has headed to the classroom at Ysgol Emrys ap Ewan for after-school...
Charity trek challenge for finance firm boss
THE director of a Wrexham financial firm is swapping his briefcase for a rucksack to take part in a charity trek through a remote Spanish mountain region which is home to a native species of brown bear. Medwyn Edwards, joint director of Hadlow Edwards Wealth...
Custody watchdogs police the police with series of surprise cell visits
A series of unannounced visits to police cells have been made by a team of volunteer custody watchdogs in North Wales. The pairs of Volunteer Custody Inspectors called at North Wales Police custody suites at Wrexham, St Asaph, Caernarfon and Dolgellau. At the same...
Top award for scheme helping families swap fast food for healthy home-cooked meals
A project encouraging families across Wales to ditch fast food and instead cook up healthy alternatives has scooped a top award. Young parents, older teens starting in their first homes, and widowed men learning to fend for themselves in the kitchen have all been...
