Get ready for some heart-stopping motorbike stunts at Denbigh Show
A heart-stopping daredevil spectacle by five-time world cycle trials champion Jack Carthy will be among the star attractions at Denbigh Show on August 29. He will be joined by motorcycle ace, Dan Clark, who has been riding high in the top echelons of the motorbiking...
Spotless record helps win award
A private hospital’s spotless record in keeping infections at bay has helped its owners win a prestigious national award for the second year running. The painstaking hygiene regime at Spire Yale Hospital in Wrexham has enabled them to achieve a zero rating for both...
Renowned pianist on mission to help autistic children
A world class concert pianist will be starring at a top music festival where she will also be staging a special concert for autistic children. Japanese pianist Noriko Ogawa will be at the North Wales International Music Festival at St Asaph Cathedral on Tuesday,...
Transformed housing estate is first in Wales to win coveted award
A housing estate in Conwy has become the first in Wales to be awarded a coveted environmental award. Housing association Cartrefi Conwy, along with local environmental groups, spent more than three years transforming the Parc Peulwys estate in Llysfaen, above Old...
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...
