Andrea’s advice for mums-to-be wins national midwifery award
A diet expert who advises midwives on helping mums-to-be to eat healthily has been handed a top award. Andrea Basu works to dispel baby myths and encourage pregnant women to only “eat for one” without missing out on vital vitamins. She trains community midwives to...
Gymnastics club’s giant leap wins high praise from Welsh Minister
A GYMNASTICS club is developing a "world class" training complex after coming up with a new business model. Olympus Gymnastics, which will triple in size when it moves into much larger facility on Llay Industrial Estate later this year, has been praised as a “real...
California choirs chase choral gold in the land of song
A choir that has backed the Rolling Stones will be in Wales, the UK’s land of song, this summer as part of a Californian gold rush. Four top choirs from the Golden State are headed for a small town in North Wales for a singing shoot-out this July. The fame of the...
Flagship £7m dementia centre in running for design “Oscar”
A NEW £7 million flagship dementia centre in Caernarfon is in the running for a care home design Oscar - and a children's hospice has landed a windfall as a result. Bryn Seiont Newydd has made it to the final three in the Best New Care Home – Elderly category of the...
Hospital is the first in Wales to offer revolutionary breast cancer balloon
A PIONEERING breast cancer treatment that will drastically cut the number of trips to hospital for patients is to be offered for the first time in Wales. The Spire Yale Hospital in Wrexham is the first in Wales to offer the ground-breaking radiotherapy treatment which...
Hospital appointment text alerts help deliver savings of more than £1.4m to health board
Text messages have helped North Wales health bosses save an estimated £1.4 million by preventing missed appointments. More than 500,000 reminders have gone out to patients in the past two years, encouraging them to keep their appointment, re-book for another date, or...
Care home residents have a hoot with Gandalf
Care home residents have been having a hoot thanks to a visit from some feathered friends - including an Indian Collared Scops Owl called Gandalf. The birds from the North Wales Owl Sanctuary visited the Gwern Alyn Care Home, which is part of the Pendine Park care...
Parents thank medical “angels” who saved her baby son’s life twice after contracting meningitis
A mum has praised doctors and nurses for twice saving her baby son’s life. Gwion Wyn Davis was just 18 days old when he became critically ill with meningitis late at night - and his mum Sarah Hughes said he only survived thanks to the fast reactions of the medical...
Top tenor’s musical date with Katherine Jenkins
One of the world’s top tenors has a musical date with classical superstar Katherine Jenkins OBE at Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, it's been revealed. Noah Stewart is set for a third appearance at Llangollen in four years as he prepares to join the Welsh...
Heroic efforts for Debenhams charity
Swansea’s biggest store has had a fantastic first week as they attempt to match last year’s incredible achievement for the armed forces charity Help for Heroes. Debenhams in the city’s busy Quadrant Shopping Centre has already raised over £2,100 for the worthy cause...
