Mazda3 upgrade by Steve Rogers
How is this for thinking outside the box? When rivals are going small one car company goes big, dropping a 2.5 litre petrol engine into a family hatchback. The trend is small turbocharged hybrid engines, but Mazda does what Mazda does and takes a different route. We...
Care and repair agency’s return to Penygroes will provide a “significant economic boost”
An agency that helps older people live independently is returning to its roots and providing an economic boost for a village in Gwynedd. The 26-strong team at Canllaw is relocating from its current base at Parc Menai in Bangor to Penygroes, between Caernarfon and...
Inspirational teenager Gracie and police champion bilingual access card in UK first
A teenage singer-songwriter who has one of the rarest conditions in the world has joined forces with the police to launch an access card for disabled people. Inspirational Gracie Mellalieu, 18, is championing the innovative scheme that’s being unveiled in North Wales...
Rescue donkeys clear the way for one of Wales’s rarest fungi to thrive
Rescue donkeys grazing at a sanctuary near Bangor are providing an ideal habitat for one of Wales’s rarest mushrooms, the Crimson Waxcap. Snowdonia Donkeys was set up in 2013 by retired teacher Ruth Stronge and her husband, Chris, and their growing herd of donkeys now...
Youth club boxes clever thanks to kind trailer company
A youth club’s storage problem has been eased thanks to thoughtful bosses at a leading trailer firm. Not only has Ifor Williams Trailers loaned Corwen open access youth club a box van trailer to store its equipment, it also wrapped the vehicle in an eye-catching...
Ground-breaking art project helps ex-soldiers find new purpose
The descendant of a Rorke’s Drift Victoria Cross winner is among ex-soldiers fallen on hard times who are finding a new purpose to their lives through art. The weekly classes held at the Alabaré Home for Veterans in Colwyn Bay have uncovered new talent whose work is...
UK first fires green energy drive at hotel that will be “close to off grid” in summer
A combination of clever tech and common sense will enable an eco-friendly hotel in North Wales to be “close to off-grid” during the summer months. As well as achieving a massive reduction in carbon emissions, the energy bills at the historic seafront Llandudno Bay...
Lexus LBX drive by Steve Rogers
Times are changing at Lexus with sights set on a younger audience. And here is the car they think will win them over. The LBX is a compact crossover and the smallest car yet from the premium brand. It has even got a new face, losing the huge grille that has been the...
Loving Cyril and Shirley delighted by surprise 65th wedding anniversary party at care home
A loving couple who’ve enjoyed 65 years of marriage got the surprise of their lives when a Wrexham care home threw them a bumper anniversary bash. Cyril and Shirley Williams were bowled over by the touching celebration organised in secret by staff at Pendine Park’s...
Awards will showcase best of Welsh tourism
Tourism businesses from across Wales will be given their chance to shine at a prestigious awards ceremony. The Welsh Government is staging The National Tourism Awards for Wales to showcase the best of the best in the industry that employs nearly 12 per cent of the...
