Top orchestra on a roll with Swiss choir
A top chamber orchestra from North Wales has linked up with a Swiss choir to launch a new international cultural exchange programme. As part of the project, Ensemble Cymru will jointly commission a new choral work with orchestra that will be sung in Welsh and Romansch...
Gem of a friend donates hair to sick youngsters
A gem of shop assistant was inspired to donate her hair to sick youngsters by her friend who overcame leukaemia. Bella Miotti, 19, who works at jewellery store Mococo, at Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham, followed in the footsteps of pop star Jessie J and had...
Top DJs mix it up in big Boogie Nights party
A DJ praised by legendary doyen of the decks FatBoy Slim will top the bill at a music event in Cardiff. Two times UK DMC scratch champion JFB heads an impressive list of guest performers at Boogie Nights which will take over the Buffalo Bar nightspot in Windsor Place,...
Care home residents pampered by beauty queen Kerie
Care home residents in North Wales are going to be pampered by beauty queen. Miss Conwy and Denbighshire, Kerie Reveley, 22, from Prestatyn, will be running beauty sessions at Pendine Park care organisation, Wrexham. Kerie, a beautician at Bora Bora salon in...
We have to change the DNA of Wales says social care leader
A social care leader has welcomed new legislation to beef up regulation of the sector but warns it will not work unless there is a "fundamental change of culture". Mario Kreft MBE, the Chair of Care Forum Wales, it was vital to "change the DNA in Wales to ensure...
Concerts are a real tonic for older people in Caernarfon
Older people in Gwynedd are being given a tonic every month. Arts loving care organisation Pendine Park has formed a new partnership with Galeri in Caernarfon to put on a season of monthly concerts. A new partnership between Galeri Caernarfon and Pendine Park Care...
Trailers sales take off in Norway
Europe's biggest trailer maker is celebrating the 20th anniversary of exports to Norway - with a 25 per cent increase in sales. Ifor Williams Trailers are planning for even more growth in the Scandinavian country by adding another five distributors to their network in...
Stone Age inspired artwork takes centre stage at 30th birthday party
An artwork inspired by Stone Age carvings was unveiled at the 30th birthday celebrations of an Anglesey company. Peninsula Home Improvements commissioned artist Hannah Wardle to create her Lightcatcher design, based on carvings made 4,000 years ago by Neolithic...
Horse-whispering group in Gwynedd gets a leg up thanks to villains’ confiscated cash
A pioneering Gwynedd project using ‘horse-whispering’ has been given a major boost - thanks to cash confiscated from criminals. The Welsh Institute of Therapeutic Horsemanship, a registered charity based at Treflys, near Porthmadog, has been awarded £3,000 from a...
Bodnant’s Dai Chef helps Colwyn teenager take on bid for culinary crown
A teenager bidding to win a culinary crown has been getting top tips from a Welsh centre of excellence’s king of the kitchen. Niamh Davies will be cooking up with Aberwen cheese and other North Wales produce when she takes part in a young chef contest on February 20....
