New portable CCTV cameras put criminals in the frame
A crime-fighting group has bought a network of portable CCTV cameras to protect communities across Flintshire - using money seized from villains. The money given to the Flintshire and Wrexham Online Watch Link Association (OWL) came from a fund set up by North Wales...
Welsh Government invites utility firm to showcase money-saving ideas at energy show
A switched-on Wrexham company that’s saved more than £50 million for clients is to showcase its work at a major energy event. Utilities Connections Management Ltd (UCML) will join other innovators at the Welsh Government stand at the All-Energy international...
Daughter thanks finance firm for £20,000 support of hospice which looked after her dad
THE daughter of a much-loved Wrexham man who died suddenly from lung cancer has thanked a finance firm for raising £20,000 for the hospice which cared for him. Ema Pennington met with Medwyn Edwards, Director of Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management, based in Regent...
Film fans singing in the aisles at Theatr Colwyn’s dementia friendly screening
A theatre is breaking new ground as the first venue in Wales to join a UK-wide project with dementia-friendly screenings of musical movies. The sessions at Theatr Colwyn in Colwyn Bay are already proving a massive hit, with older film fans singing and dancing in the...
Strongman Oli and Lois to lift radio show
Strapping radio presenter Oli Kemp is preparing for a double challenge - fronting a new breakfast show and attempting to become the world's strongest man. Oli is moving to the breakfast show on Heart FM so the 6ft 5ins tall presenter, will have to change his super...
Lord Newborough invites schoolchildren to test out new Rhug Estate playground
THE Rhug Estate’s Lord Newborough asked a group of Corwen schoolchildren to be the first to test out a new £11,000 playground built outside his award winning farm shop. The new adventure area was designed, manufactured and installed by Chester-based firm Creative Play...
£1m supreme court battle is an affront to the people of Wales
A social care leader has slammed a £1 million court battle between local authorities and health boards that's depriving vulnerable people of much needed care. According to Care Forum Wales the cost of the head to head that's due to end up in the Supreme Court on...
Scouting for Girls, Lightning Seeds, Toploader headline Bala outdoor festival
Multi-million selling pop rockers Scouting for Girls, the Lightning Seeds and Toploader are set to headline the first Snowdonia Outdoor Festival in Bala this August, with more to be announced very soon. SFG are best known for the UK number one She’s So Lovely and...
Pioneering research into the effects of computer games in Parkinson’s disease
North Wales neuroscientists are researching the effects of brain stimulating computer games in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The study is being led by researchers at Bangor University’s School of Psychology with experts in Parkinson’s at Betsi Cadwaladr...
Developers Anwyl given green light for £60 million eco-friendly apartments
Developers Anwyl Construction have been given the green light for a £60 million eco-friendly apartment complex which they say will help transform Liverpool into a 21st century city. The City Council today approved plans for the luxury apartment complex on a derelict...
