Top orchestra helps children get in tune with science and engineering
ONE of Wales’s premier chamber orchestras has been using music to help youngsters cue up a possible career in science and engineering. As part of an outreach programme designed to inspire the technocrats of the future, Ensemble Cymru has visited three primary schools...
Woman who cared for grandmother with dementia to run £7 million care centre
A manager has been appointed to run a new £7 million centre of excellence for people with dementia - and hundreds of others have applied for jobs there. Sandra Evans, 36, an experienced care home manager, was inspired to apply for the position at Canolfan Bryn Seiont...
New eco-friendly police station is a step closer
A new state-of-the-art police station for Llandudno is a step closer. The planning application for the £2.75 million development has now been submitted to Conwy County Borough Council. The old police station was previously a Divisional Headquarters and had a custody...
Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan celebrates its exceptional A Level results
STAFF and learners at Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan in Abergele are celebrating what the delighted head teacher says are an “exceptionally good” set of A Level results. Lee Cummins says the results are a “significant improvement” on last year and have seen almost all the...
Young fans come flocking to meet Shaun the Sheep
ADORING young fans had a lamb-tastic time when they came flocking to meet their woolly hero Shaun the Sheep in Wrexham. It was a ewe-nique experience for scores of his followers when their fleecy friend made a series of public appearances throughout the morning as...
Training scheme builds a bright future for young people in construction
A Prince’s Trust training scheme to help give young people a foothold in the construction industry has secured jobs for six of them. Among the successful candidates is young joiner Chris Rogers, 21, who has been working with Anwyl Construction on a £2.3 million...
Care home Kung Fu in Wrexham
Care home residents in Wrexham have found a new way to get their kicks - after being taught how to do Kung Fu. The residents from the Highfield care home, which is part of the Pendine Park organisation, were treated to martial art masterclass by Shaolin Monk Pol Wong....
“Poetic justice” as crime-fighting scheme hits villains where it hurts – in the pocket
Community groups across North Wales are being urged to bid for a pot of money seized from criminals in a move described as "poetic justice" by a crime tsar. Up for grabs is a total of £42,000 for the successful organisations who pledge to run projects to tackle...
Bishop launches £5,000 appeal for top festival on a knife-edge
The Bishop of St Asaph has launched a £5,000 appeal to help a top music festival that's on a financial "knife edge" because of unpaid ticket sales. The box office for last year's North Wales International Music Festival in St Asaph was run by the Scala Cinema in...
Culinary kids get a pizza the action at Eagles Meadow
CULINARY whizz kids got in on a pizza the action when a Wrexham restaurant was transformed into a classroom for the morning. As part of its education programme, Pizza Express in the Eagles Meadow shopping centre invited along a group of budding master chefs from Plas...
