Speed painter to pay homage to idol John Lennon at Go North Wales Tourism Conference in Liverpool
A speed painter from Colwyn Bay will bring to life a portrait of John Lennon in less than six minutes, at a conference in Liverpool to share North Wales’ adventure tourism expertise with Mersey businesses. Performance artist Dave Sharp will pay homage to his idol at...
Top apprentice Tom joins upper crust
A bakery apprentice from Wrexham has risen to the top win an award. Tom Jackson, 22, who works for the Village Bakery, is Coleg Cambria's Food Manufacturing Work-Based Learner of the Year 2016. It is the second year in succession for the Village Bakery to clinch the...
Welsh opera star Bryn Terfel on the trail of legendary Luciano in Llangollen
World famous Welsh opera singer Bryn Terfel has paid a visit to Llangollen – to film a new TV show and retrace the footsteps of legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti. The great bass-baritone was in the town to record a programme for Welsh language channel S4C just...
Abergele pupils get creative writing boost from former Young People’s Laureate of Wales
Raps about US presidential hopeful Donald Trump have been created by Abergele school pupils with Martin Daws, the former Young People’s Poet Laureate of Wales. The Bethesda-based performance poet has headed to the classroom at Ysgol Emrys ap Ewan for after-school...
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...
