Fashion Frenzy comes to Wrexham
The town of Wrexham will be transformed into the fashion capital of the UK - just for one day. Celebrity stylist Suzy Makin, who’s worked with chart-topping bands Liberty X, Blue and Atomic Kitten, will be masterminding a fashion spectacular at the Eagles Meadow...
Top timber company celebrate ten years of magical children’s playgrounds
A Welsh wood products company are celebrating ten years of helping create magical playgrounds for children to enjoy up and down the country. In that time Ruthin-based Clifford Jones Timber have supplied Hampshire playground experts Handmade Places with almost £1...
Abergele school on target with new archery club
An Abergele school has become the first in North Wales to offer classes in archery. Students at Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan are on target to gain Duke of Edinburgh awards with their bow and arrow skills. The after-school classes were started by two teachers after they went on...
Golden generation honoured at one of the best companies in Wales
A "golden generation" of apprentices have been honoured for helping to turn a family run bakery into a massive success story. The apprentices past and present from the Village Bakery were given special silver and gold pins commissioned from leading jewellers Boodles...
David spearheads plan for 150 new affordable homes
A former property developer is spearheading a housing association's ambitious plans to build more than 100 affordable homes and buy 50 more. David Kelsall, 49, a qualified chartered surveyor, has been appointed by Cartrefi Conwy as their Development and New Business...
Here comes the sun – Wales’s first solar-powered abattoir switches on
Wales’s first solar-powered abattoir has been switched on. The G R Evans and Co Abattoir, near Corwen, is now using 120 solar panels on its roof to help power the plant and cut its £2,000 a month electricity bills. The business, which processes over 25,000 livestock,...
Alfie shares his turmoil and triumph
Rugby legend and gay icon Gareth Thomas spoke movingly about how he contemplated suicide rather than tell his mum and dad the truth about his sexuality. The former Wales rugby union captain and North Wales Crusaders rugby league player told a packed audience in...
Sassy nuns from Llangollen surprise shoppers with musical performance
Sassy nuns from Llangollen surprised shoppers when they broke out into song. The harmonious group from the Llangollen Operatic Society was at Eagles Meadow shopping centre, in Wrexham to promote their production of the hit musical, of Sister Act. They sang a heavenly...
Bringing out the poetic side of shoppers
A celebrated wordsmith who worked with Hollywood star Michael Sheen was in Wrexham to bring out the poetic side of shoppers. Peter Read inspired poetry from bargain-hunters at a pop up shop at Eagles Meadow shopping centre, to promote the town’s first ever literary...
Caught on camera
Villains in North Wales will be caught on camera. North Wales Police are introducing body worn video equipment so that evidence of crimes can be captured as they happen. A total of 128 video camera kits will be deployed across the force area and will be worn by...
