New centre will put the needs of victims first
A new service is being launched to improve the way victims of crime are looked after in North Wales. The Victim Help Centre is being established by the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Winston Roddick CB QC. The centre will create a one stop shop for victims...
Great start for new estate agents Elwy
A new estate agency business has got off to a flying start. Property lettings firm Elwy have set up a new operation selling houses from their offices in Bodfor Street in Rhyl and Vale Street in Denbigh. Unlike most estate agents who charge a percentage of the sale...
86-year-old woman given pamper session by beauty queen
An 86-year-old former hairdresser woman was given a pamper session by a Miss Wales contestant. Miriam Hodson, a resident of Hillbury care home at Pendine Park care organisation, in Wrexham, was given the star treatment by Miss Conwy and Denbighshire Kerie Reveley at...
We’ll be even better than Status Quo, promises UB40 legend Ali Campbell
The music legend who formed one of the world’s top reggae bands will provide a high energy climax to a top festival, it's been revealed. Ali Campbell, the voice of UB40 who sold 70 million records, has been snapped up by Llangollen International Musical Festival for...
Brave Rowan tries new drug to make sure he can sing at Eisteddfod
A TEENAGER who suffers from a life-threatening form of asthma may be one of the first children in the UK to try a new drug, to make sure he is well enough to perform at this year's Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. Chorister Rowan Gillard's family say...
Oar-some – students row The Channel at Swansea shopping centre to raise cash for Air Ambulance
A team of students rowed more than 80 kilometres without ever leaving a Swansea shopping centre and all to raise a boat-ful of cash for Wales Air Ambulance. The12 students, all University of Wales Air Cadets, tackled the four hour Quadrant Shopping Centre static...
Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas serves up family recipe for St David’s Day
Politician Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas will be serving up a treasured old family recipe at a St David’s Day celebration at a Welsh centre of excellence. The former Plaid Cymru leader is joining forces with Dai Chef at Bodnant Welsh Food Centre on March 1 to mark the feast...
School pupils visit bakery after their “Great Crumpet Crisis”
School pupils were given a tour of the Wrexham bakery that came to their rescue after their "Great Crumpet Crisis". Youngsters who attend the breakfast club at Wood Memorial Primary School in Saltney were stunned when heartless thieves pinched their crumpets. When he...
Talented Robert conquers childhood deafness to conduct orchestra
A young orchestra conductor has spoken movingly about how he overcame childhood deafness to forge a successful career in music. Robert Guy, 27, from Wrexham, was not able to hear a note when his grandmother started teaching him to play the piano at the age of three....
£10m training scheme is on TRAC
Training providers in North Wales are being urged to bid for work on a new £10 million scheme to give youngsters access to education and employment. The TRAC Project is aimed at 11-24 year-olds across the six counties who are at risk of disengaging from education....
