First Minister urged to improve transport links to Wrexham
First Minister Carwyn Jones will be urged to improve Wrexham's transport links so it can benefit from being hooked up to the "northern powerhouse". According to Wrexham Business Professionals, the town should also be given city status to cement its position as the...
Chocs away for jobs fair to inspire young people into world of work
A newly-crowned High Street Hero is aiming to inspire hundreds of young people to get on the career ladder. Mark Young, who runs Denbigh Chocolate Shop, is organising the second South Denbighshire Careers and Jobs Fair which will be on Friday, October 16, at Denbigh...
Shopping night for Swansea students
Thousands of bargain-hunting undergraduates are expected to storm Swansea’s busy Quadrant Shopping Centre on its annual autumn Student Lock-In night on Thursday (October 8). Retailers at the busy centre will close as usual at 6pm that afternoon and then re-open for...
Musical treat for care home residents
A care home in Wrexham echoed to the sweet sound of a classically trained mezzo soprano and classical pianist thanks to a musical outreach programme. Live Music Now supports professional musicians to use their talents for the benefit of those that might otherwise be...
Great Village Bake Off to raise cash for cancer charity
Big hearted bakers have risen to the challenge of making money for a cancer charity. Staff at the Village Bakery at their sites on Wrexham Industrial Estate and in Minera organised a cake bake off in aid of Macmillan. The event was organised by Supply Chain &...
Career change pays dividends for Chris
A change of career by an Anglesey man has paid dividends not only for him but for residents of a Bangor nursing home. For the dedication shown by Chris Balahura in the five years since he started work at the Glyn Menai Dementia Care Centre in Treborth has now put him...
Crackdown on boy racers
A crime tsar has promised a crackdown on "boy racers" and speeding drivers in Bangor after complaints from members of the public. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Winston Roddick CB QC met with community leaders and officers to discuss the issue of...
Caring Stacey has the X-Factor
A Kinmel Bay woman who changed jobs “because she wanted to make a difference” can take pride in having achieved her aim. And the effort put in by 24-year-old Stacey Moore has now earned her a place on a shortlist for a prestigious award. She has been nominated in the...
Starring role for record-breaker Aled and top dog Llangwm Cap
The world's top sheepdog handler had a starring role in a popular TV programme. Record-breaker Aled Owen, from Tŷ Nant, near Corwen, took centre stage in the filming for the farming and countryside series, Ffermio, on S4C. Aled was the natural choice when Ffermio...
Store staff get on their bikes to support campaign to prevent male suicide
INTREPID staff from two fashion stores in Wrexham are getting on their bikes to support a campaign which aims to prevent men taking their own lives. Suicide is now the single biggest killer of men aged 20 to 45 in the UK and in 2013 male suicide accounted for a...
