Chocoholic Vicky chucks favourite sweet to raise cash for charity
A MOBILE phone shop sales adviser and self-confessed chocoholic made the supreme sacrifice of giving up her favourite treat for a month in aid of charity. Vicky Tymz says she has such an insatiable sweet tooth that she eats a large quantity of chocolate every day and...
Partnership creates 140 apprenticeships and attracts £10m in fuel poverty funding
A pioneering partnership in Denbighshire and Conwy has created 140 apprenticeships and attracted nearly £10 million in funding to combat fuel poverty. The Local Service Board (LSB) for the two counties brought together public sector organisations like local...
Entrepreneur is aiming to make a big splash with Hollywood-style hot tubs
An award-winning entrepreneur is aiming to make a splash after officially launching his new business. Gareth Jones, the boss of the growing St Asaph-based Carbon Zero Group, has launched UK Leisure Living which sells and hires out hot tubs. The company's new showroom...
Dancing grannies strut their stuff
A GROUP of dancing grannies from an amateur stage society stopped shoppers in their tracks with routines from their new show. The high-stepping troupe from Llangollen Operatic Society staged a pop-up performance at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham to...
Snowflakes recall their Llangollen glory almost 70 years on
MEMBERS of a Cardiff children’s choir that won at the first ever Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod are still going strong as the 70th event approaches. Back in 1947, the Cardiff Snowflakes took the inaugural festival by storm, being crowned the champion...
Young carer who looks after mum, brother and sister thanks health workers for fun day
A teenager who looks after his younger brother and sisters, after their mum was left unable to walk following a chance fall, is helping shape future health services for other young carers. Will Lewis Brown was among dozens of family carers from across North Wales who...
Restaurant staff serve up treat for children’s charity
BIG-HEARTED staff at a Wrexham restaurant served up a treat for a charity which makes dreams come true for seriously ill children. The team at Frankie & Benny’s in the Eagles Meadow shopping centre went out of their way to raise as much cash as possible for Rays...
Big funding boost for pioneering scheme to steer women away from life of crime
A pioneering scheme to turn round the lives of women offenders and steer them away from a life of crime has been given a massive boost. The £200,000 in funding to extend the project is testimony to the resounding early success of the Pathfinders Diversion scheme,...
Construction workers help Phyllis turn hospital green for patients and visitors
Generous construction workers have come to the aid of a pensioner keen to brighten up the lives of hospital patients and visitors. Phyllis Tomlinson is well known at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan, where she devotes hours of her spare time as a Robin volunteer,...
Biomedical scientist set to raise Titanic with record-breaking powerlifting attempt
A biomedical scientist from Rhyl is aiming to "Raise the Titanic" as part of a world record bid to raise money for a cancer charity. World champion powerlifter Nicola Polley, who manages the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s blood transfusion service for the...
