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...
Mario’s talk at old school is a roaring success
A social care pioneer from Denbigh told enthralled pupils at his old school about his father’s life as a lion tamer and how he was christened in a circus tent in South Africa. Mario Kreft’s childhood memories were rekindled when he paid a return visit to Trefnant...
Bakery walks on the wild side to help save rare butterfly
A bakery is helping to transform one of the UK's biggest industrial estates into a haven for wildlife - and halt the decline of a rare butterfly. The Village Bakery has planted the verges and grassed areas around its two bakeries on Wrexham Industrial Estate with...
Top trailer firm helps Wrexham AFC kick off new football season in style
Wrexham AFC have teamed up with Europe's biggest trailer maker to unveil their new kit for next season. The strip made its debut on the Ifor Williams Trailers stand at the Urdd National Eisteddfod in Flint today. Thanks to a new sponsorship deal the iconic company's...
AM hails “fabulous” Euro 2016 collage made by patriotic young football fans
A shopping centre’s campaign to back Wales’s bid for glory in Euro 2016 has kicked off in style with the unveiling of a huge collage. And the artistic masterpiece created by youngsters from two local primary schools has been hailed by the town’s Assembly Member as a...
Top apprentice Emily keeps fingers crossed for awards hat-trick
A top apprentice is on course for a hat-trick of awards. Cartrefi Conwy employee Emily Jones, 20, scored a double triumph after scooping two Apprentice of the Year awards. She beat off competition from nearly 2,000 apprentices to win the main Grwyp Coleg Llandrillo...
Pioneering kidney care project set for UK-wide roll out
A ground-breaking project to help hospital patients monitor their own kidney health is set to be rolled out Wales-wide, thanks to innovative research undertaken in North Wales. Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor has pioneered the use of two potentially life-saving diagnostic...
Wing wizards retain the Lock Stock Reserve Division League Cup
Four goals from predatory striker Carl Lamb helped Colwyn Bay retain the Lock Stock Reserve Division League Cup as they held off a brave Llanberis side 4-3 in a thrilling final at Bangor City’s Nantporth ground. While Lamb was the chief executioner for Chris...
