Sarah still drawn to care after 20 years
Wales’ first ever care home artist in residence is celebrating two decades in the role. Staff and residents at the Pendine Park care organisation threw a special celebration party in honour of the pioneering Sarah Edwards. She was engaged as a consultant by arts...
Starring role for soaring soprano Meinir
One of the UK's most talented young singers is preparing for a starring role in the New Year. Soprano Meinir Wyn Roberts, from Caernarfon, will be among the highlights at the Viennese Gala Concert at St Giles’ Church, in Wrexham, on January 2. The concert will also...
Pioneering approach to breaking cycle of crime in “chaotic” families
A pioneering approach to dealing with "chaotic" families in Flintshire has been developed by the police to break a vicious circle of crime. The initiative was explained to North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Winston Roddick during a visit to Connah's Quay....
Clarinettist Hepzi is the business
A top theatre and conference centre has somebody new to blow its trumpet and help raise funds - a talented clarinettist. Musician Hephzibah Leafe, 22, is working with Venue Cymru in Llandudno to drum up new business and sponsorship opportunities. Her appointment as a...
Jingle tills herald Christmas bonanza
TILLS have been playing a merry tune at a Wrexham shopping centre that's having a pre-Christmas sales bonanza. According to Torrey Winter, manager of the Debenhams department store at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre, sales have been going “incredibly well” with the...
Flagship dementia centre sets new UK standard for care say leading experts
A NEW £7 million flagship dementia centre in Caernarfon has set the standard in the UK for others to follow. That was the verdict of leading experts in the field of social care who gave the seal of approval to Bryn Seiont Newydd following a guided tour. The...
Star Wars movie is a huge hit – oh yes it is!
A pantomime fairy godmother transformed herself into a stormtrooper for the historic first screening of the new Star Wars blockbuster movie at a Wrexham cinema. Professional actress Lindsay Goodhand, 40, dashed from Mold’s Clwyd Theatr Cymru stage where she's...
Son of Llangollen Eisteddfod founder remembers festival’s heady early days
The son of the man who founded the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is to be a guest of honour at the 70th festival next July. Peter Tudor, now 84, remembers how his father, visionary Welsh journalist Harold Tudor, came up with the idea of a grand cultural...
Sunshine in a cup at world famous Bodnant Garden
Visitors to one of the UK's most popular gardens can now enjoy a solar-powered cuppa. An array of 175 solar panels is now providing energy for the Pavilion café at the internationally-renowned Bodnant Garden in the Conwy Valley. The state-of-the-art panels, which have...
Modest Michelle turns down London treat to look after hospital patients
A popular healthcare assistant who started her working life as a cleaner is now celebrating 21 years at Spire Healthcare’s Yale Hospital in Wrexham. But despite being offered an expenses paid trip to London to celebrate the special anniversary, modest mum of two,...
