Charlotte the skateboarding dairy cow ‘living the cream’ thanks to trailer firm
A trailer firm has come to the rescue of an unusual beast - Charlotte the fibreglass dairy cow. Ifor Williams Trailers responded immediately to the plea from a charity who wanted to transport Charlotte around schools to help teach children where food comes from. The...
Police crackdown on anti-social behaviour
The police are cracking down after complaints about anti-social behaviour near a school on Deeside. They have increased patrols and issued "yellow cards" to a number of the youths who were congregating in the evenings at Wepre Hall School in Connah's Quay. The...
Search for world’s best young singers given a massive boost
AN ICONIC competition to find the world's best young singers has been given a massive boost by a pioneering care organisation. Pendine Park has agreed to more than triple the prize money up for grabs in the prestigious Voice of the Future competition at the Llangollen...
TV baker Beca drops in
A popular TV baker has told how appearing on the Great British Bake Off and striking up a friendship with Paul Hollywood changed her life. Beca Lyne-Pirkis, 34 was speaking during a visit to the Village Bakery who sponsor her own baking programme, Becws, on S4C. She...
Two years of intensive training equals accountancy qualification for Gruffydd
A YOUNG man who decided to follow a career working with figures rather than joining the family media business has just scooped a major accolade. While his father and his brother, Ceidiog and Gareth Ceidiog Hughes, spearhead public relations company Ceidiog...
Big-hearted baristas win award
Caring baristas at a coffee shop in Wrexham have won an award for their community-spirited approach. The team at Costa at the Odeon Cinema in Eagles Meadow shopping centre were presented with the Community Engagement Award at a glittering prize giving ceremony at...
Peter goes through pain barrier to raise money for charity
A Wrexham restaurant manager has endured a hair-raising body wax for charity. Peter Cross, manager of Frankie and Benny’s at Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre, Wrexham, grimaced his way through a torso tormenting chest wax, back wax and – worst of all – an under arms wax....
Late Christmas party for cinema staff because of huge Star Wars success
The new Star Wars blockbuster is on course to become the most successful film ever at a Wrexham cinema. The latest episode of the hit movie franchise, The Force Awakens, has already been seen by 30,000 fans since it opened at the Odeon at the Eagles Meadow shopping...
Ironman Jon back in running after pioneering hip surgery
A fitness fanatic who was left barely able to walk due to a hip condition completed an ironman triathlon just 14 months after pioneering key-hole surgery. Jon Stead, 37, from Llandudno, suffered severe hip pain that prevented him doing any exercise whatsoever until he...
Plans unveiled for UK’s biggest craft bakery
Plans have been unveiled for the UK's biggest craft bakery which will create 100 new jobs and safeguard existing ones. The Village Bakery have submitted a planning application to Wrexham County Borough Council for the super-bakery which would cost £16 million. If...
