Café customers enjoy flashmob Bach performance with afternoon tea
SURPRISED shoppers got more than they bargained for with a touch of café culture thanks to a top chamber orchestra. Ensemble Cymru accompanied a youth choir in a performance of Bach’s magical music in the middle of a busy Llandudno department store. To mark the 330th...
Choc-queen Sarah holds sweet masterclass at Wales’ first Chocolate Festival
An entrepreneur who funded her university studies with a fondant fountain will reveal her sweet secrets with a masterclass at Wales’ first Chocolate Festival. Bodnant Welsh Food centre is hosting the two-day Festival on March 28-29, with everything chocolate-themed,...
Sister vs sister bake off
The new boss of a bakery store has created a sister versus sister bake off. Nerys Jones, 31, from Cefn Mawr, is the new manager of Greggs at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham, while her sister Bethan Jones, 29, runs the company's branch in Mold. According...
Internet surveillance is a key weapon against cyber crime
A crime tsar has defended the use of internet surveillance to catch cyber criminals. According to North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Winston Roddick CB QC, there was always a balance to be struck between personal freedom and public safety. Mr Roddick was...
Brand new homes for life
A search has been launched for tenants for a flagship housing development of independent living homes for older and vulnerable people in Llandudno. Housing association Cartrefi Conwy is replacing two sheltered housing schemes in the town’s Trinity Avenue with the new...
Speed star car inspires art installation at Quadrant
A ceramic model of a Welsh world land speed record-breaking car goes on display this weekend at a Swansea shopping centre. ‘Babs’, the car piloted by Welshman John Parry-Thomas to the record back in the 1920s, has inspired the sculpture by artist David Cushway which...
Shoppers will get to write poem at first Wrexham literary festival
Organisers are putting the final touches to the first ever Wrexham literary festival. Among the star attractions at the Carnival of Words are rugby legend Gareth Thomas and former Home Secretary and best-selling author Alan Johnson - not to mention a murder mystery...
Savvy students are the business
A group of business-savvy students from Denbighshire beat off stiff competition from nine other teams to challenge for a UK title. The team of six from Prestatyn High school won the North Wales regional heat of the national business and accounting competition...
Couple get their dream home thanks to Help To Buy
A young couple have paid tribute to the government scheme which has helped them buy and move into their first home. Scott Woodcock and Katie Davies were one of the first to apply for the Welsh Government’s Help To Buy scheme when it was introduced just over 12 months...
All-Wales Boat Show will make £2.5m splash in Gwynedd
A boat and water sports show will create a £2.5 million economic bonanza in Gwynedd. After two years in Conwy, the All Wales Boat Show is moving to Pwllheli and organisers expect sales to top £2 million with an extra £500,000 being pumped into the local economy by...
