Let’s hear it for Joan and her fellow volunteers
A former school meals supervisor has found a new role - helping people with hearing problems. Pensioner Joan Fisher, 77, from Wrexham, is one of the volunteers who provide assistance and advice to hearing aid users at drop-in sessions and in their own homes. The...
Starring role for top tenor Rhys Meirion and the twiddle mitts
A group of WI members have come up with a novel way of saying thanks for a series of concerts starring the likes of top tenor Rhyl Meirion. The Tonic concerts at the Galeri centre in Caernarfon are sponsored by the arts-loving Pendine Park care organisation who have...
Digital experts are one in a million thanks to global Google honour
A digital creative agency from North Wales has achieved a rare honour from internet giant Google. Llandudno-based Livetech is celebrating after becoming one of only 5,000 official full Google Partners world-wide - and the only one in Conwy, Gwynedd, Anglesey or...
Chirk Hospital patients join biggest tea party to celebrate Nutrition Week
Patients at Chirk’s Community Hospital have helped boost a bid to host the UK’s biggest tea party. They were treated to an impromptu gathering with tea, sandwiches and cake, organised as part of the national Nutrition and Hydration Week. The Association of UK...
Health visitor who gives North Wales families a flying start handed top award
A North Wales health visitor who gives struggling families a flying start has been handed a top award. Miriam Williams has been named the National Stars in Our Lives winner for Wales, after being nominated by Gwynedd families she has helped. The awards recognise the...
Green housing development wins award for top builder
An environmentally-friendly development has won a top builder a major construction quality award. Residents of Cwrt y Glowyr in the village of Penyffordd, near Holywell, stayed warm this winter and helped save the planet thanks to an advanced heating system installed...
Teenager’s health scare leads to new artwork for children’s ward, thanks to choir’s donation
An Anglesey mum whose autistic son was on the brink of death after he refused to eat or drink has helped transform the hospital ward where he was treated. Teenager Dylan Williams weighed just over five stone when he was admitted to Ysbyty Gwynedd’s children’s ward. He...
Denbigh woman to run London Marathon to raise money for North Wales cancer treatment centre
A Denbigh agricultural student is to run the London marathon to raise money for the unit where her grandfather is being treated for skin cancer. Stephanie Hughes, 20, will tackle the race in support of her granddad, George Brookes, 94, who is currently being treated...
Eco-friendly cops go green
Solar power and other environmentally-friendly measures are being used in a massive drive by North Wales Police as aims to be the greenest force in the UK. The constabulary is the first in Britain to implement an action plan for "sustainable development" and has...
Grin and tonic at pop-up pub
Residents have raised a glass to a care home’s successful scheme to serve up memories of a cheery night down at the local. Lesley Griffiths AM, who represents the area in the Welsh Assembly, had heard about the pop-up pub which regularly opens for business at the...
