Gym bunnies in their 80s turn back the clock in new £25,000 care home gym
Care home residents in their eighties are getting physical in their new state-of-the art gym. Hengoed Park Care Home in Swansea, a member of Care Forum Wales, has invested £25,000 in transforming two unused rooms into “high street style” gyms to promote wellbeing...
Police boss urges media to train their spotlight on commissioner elections
A police boss is urging the media to devote more coverage to the elections of police and crime commissioners. The Chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, Winston Roddick CB QC, who is also the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, believes the...
Abergele school a cut above the rest with hair and beauty salon
An Abergele school is proving a cut above the rest thanks to its own hair and beauty salon. Pupils at Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan can chose to study for GCSEs at the on-site salon - with fellow students, family and local residents all snapping up the chance for cut-price...
Sex offender scheme achieves 100% success rate
A ground-breaking scheme where members of the community volunteer to work with sex offenders has been given a major funding boost after achieving a 100 per cent success rate. The aim of the Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) programme is to keep the...
Spine-tingling start to literary festival
Spine-chilling tales of vampires and werewolves by a local author are amongst the highlights of a day-long feast of storytelling at a Wrexham shopping centre. Marie Anne Cope from Wrexham, who has been compared to master of horror James Herbert, specialises in...
Irish nurses and medics being tempted to work in North Wales
Health bosses are heading to Ireland this week to tempt nurses and other medics to work in North Wales. They are going to a jobs fair in Dublin on April 23, plus others in Manchester and Glasgow in June, to fill positions in nursing, physiotherapy, pharmacy and...
Healthcare worker shortlisted for top nursing award for his work in rural communities
A healthcare assistant working with farmers and those living in rural North Wales to tackle men’s health problems has been shortlisted for a nursing “Oscar”. Steven Evans-Jones, who is based at Dolgellau and Barmouth Hospital, is in the running for the 2016 RCNi Nurse...
Purple farewell to Mildred, the Queen of Care
Tributes have been paid to North Wales's "Queen of Care" who has died at the age of 73 after a short illness. Mildred Heyward, from Leeswood, in Flintshire retired in 2013 after 10 years working for the Pendine Park care organisation. The funeral service will be at...
Sex and the City singers bring musical fizz to Llangollen
One of the world's most celebrated vocal groups who put some musical fizz into the hit TV series Sex and the City are heading to North Wales. The critically-acclaimed Swingles have been wowing audiences around the world since 1962 and the current line-up will feature...
Top timber company wields Excalibur to beat the worst of the weather
A top North Wales timber company has helped develop a revolutionary new machine to produce extra-long lasting fence posts which defy the worst the weather can throw at them. Ruthin-based Clifford Jones Timber, the UK’s largest producer of wooden fence posts, is now...
