Peter helps others to speak after losing voice box to cancer
A former engineer who lost his voice box to cancer is helping others facing the same operation learn how to speak again. Peter Holloway runs the North Wales Laryngectomy Club, which counsels and supports those facing the traumatic treatment. The 70-year-old from...
Cyclist tackles Swedish classic for hospice in memory of cancer victim
A cyclist from a North East Wales-based self-storage company is to tackle a gruelling 186-mile overnight cycle race in Sweden this summer to raise money for a hospice charity. Nick Powell, from Lock Stock, who have sites in Wrexham, Saltney, Flint and Mold, one of the...
Young barista brews up success by qualifying as a Coffee Master
A YOUNG Wrexham barista is savouring the heady aroma of success after officially reaching the highpoint of his trade. Billy Paterson, who admits he didn’t even like coffee before starting work at Starbucks in Wrexham’s Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre, has just won the...
Paté pioneer to spread secret of his success
A paté entrepreneur who has launched the world’s first dairy-free chicken liver parfait will spread the secret of his success to members of an influential business group. Rufus Carter, commercial director of Patchwork Paté, is one of the keynote speakers at the next...
Sixth formers get measure of career in medical physics
High-flying sixth formers from North Wales have been getting the measure of a career in medical physics. Science students from Abergele’s Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan, St Asaph’s Ysgol Glan Clwyd and Flint’s St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School were given an insight into the...
Help on the way for mums-to-be facing agony by acute pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy
Mums-to-be suffering acute pelvic pain are being offered help by a North Wales businessman who was inspired to design a special support girdle following his wife’s agony during her pregnancy. Ruth Roberts was unable to walk and forced to use a wheelchair to get around...
Thousands raised for medical equipment after teen struck down by serious virus
Family and friends of a teenager waiting for a heart transplant have raised thousands to fund specialist medical equipment for a Wrexham hospital. The fund-raising campaign was launched after Amy Willis was struck down by a sudden virus infection, leaving her...
Physiotherapists up for top award for back pain scheme that’s cutting waiting lists
A pilot scheme for people with severe back pain, which is cutting GP workload and hospital waiting lists, is in line for a top health award. The project, by Gwynedd-based physiotherapists Cathy Wynne and Rob Caine, has been shortlisted in the Advancing Healthcare...
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...
