Pupils get hands on with construction
Toy building blocks helped youngsters at a Flintshire primary school get hands-on when a top construction company paid a special visit. Award-winning builders Anwyl Construction are currently building 58 new properties at Glan-y-Don, Bagillt, for leading social...
Record tickets sales for Star Wars blockbuster are out of this world
A cinema in Wrexham is bracing itself for an invasion of Star Wars fans in fancy dress as it looks forward to the biggest night in its history. Demand for tickets for the new blockbuster, The Force Awakens, at the Odeon at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre is even...
Village Bakery staff jump to it for charity
Kind-hearted bakery staff will jump to it to raise money and put on their festive finery for worthy causes. The Christmas Jumper Day at the Village Bakery at their bakeries in Wrexham and Minera on December 18 is being organised by Kath Ashcroft, the company's supply...
Biking Santas bring festive joy to care home residents
More than 40 Santas on superbikes helped care home residents get revved up for Christmas. Members of Wrexham Riders Motor Cycle Group roared into the Pendine Park care organisation's site in Summerhill Road, Wrexham, dressed in their bright red Father Christmas suits....
Caring ex-barrister wows judges to win gold award
A qualified barrister who’s swapped courtroom drama for a life caring for children amid the beauty of Snowdonia has won a top award. Louise Irving, 57, faced “judges” again - but this time as a finalist at the prestigious Wales Care Awards, billed as the social care...
Rural coppers shine a light on poachers
A crackdown has been launched to trap poachers who use high powered lamps to flush out rabbits and hares for their dogs to hunt. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Winston Roddick CB QC and his deputy, Julian Sandham, heard about the campaign during a visit to...
Sian dances her way to gold award
A Wrexham care worker has danced her way to a gold award. Sian Roberts from Cefn Mawr was shocked to receive the prestigious honour at a ceremony in Cardiff’s City Hall. A support worker with Wrexham County Borough Council’s Community Living Service, the 34-year-old...
Lowering taxes would help put Wales on path to prosperity
The right to lower corporation tax in Wales would be a major step on the road to prosperity, according to one of the world's top accountants. That was the message from Brian McEnery, the incoming global president of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants...
New station will provide 21st century policing
The decision to give the go-ahead to build a £13.5 million divisional police HQ on the outskirts of Wrexham will help give the area the 21st century policing it deserves. That's the message from North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Winston Roddick CB QC who was...
Historic band will create musical magic
One of the UK's most historic brass bands will providing some "musical magic" at a Christmas carol sing-along in Wrexham. The Royal Buckley Town Band will be playing at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre from 6.30pm on Thursday, December 17. They will be accompanying...
