Comedian swaps Edinburgh Festival for food festival
Top standup comedian Silky will swap jokes for yolks when he gives a cookery demonstration at a food festival. The red hot gig at Hamper Llangollen in October will be a first for the comedian and musician who says simple egg dishes and exotic spices are among his...
Global appeal launched to secure iconic festival
An urgent global appeal is being launched secure the future of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. Organisers are hoping to raise £70,000 because this year's event is heading for a financial loss as a result of disappointing ticket sales. With the 70th...
Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall to officially open pioneering baking academy
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will officially open a pioneering baking academy in Wrexham. The £4 million academy and innovation centre has been built by the Village Bakery at their site on Wrexham Industrial Estate. The complex is the only one of...
Rocky horror beckons for Bodnant Welsh Food Centre’s triple gold cake designer Hayley
A talented cake decorator from a centre of excellence for Welsh food has been picked to help celebrate cult musical The Rocky Horror Show. Hayley Roberts, who works as a supervisor at the farm shop at Bodnant Welsh Food Centre in the Conwy Valley, is part of a UK-team...
Royals join the hordes thronging to Wales’ international hub
Thousands of people from around the world - as well as a Royal couple - will descend on the little town of Llangollen as it celebrates the 69th annual International Musical Eisteddfod. The visit of the Prince of Wales on Tuesday afternoon, will make this a special...
Sales of summer clothes hotting up at Wrexham shopping centre
Sales of summer clothes are hotting up at a shopping centre as the temperature in Wrexham continues to soar. Shoppers are flocking to Eagles Meadow to snap up summer wear to make the most of the scorching weather. Debenhams at the centre has been particularly busy,...
Hard work of finance chief adds up to top Welsh learners’ award
A finance chief has copped a top award for her efforts in learning to speak Welsh. Chartered accountant Kate Jackson, chief finance officer with the team supporting North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Winston Roddick, felt that learning Welsh would be a big help...
Wrexham stores fly the flag for Independents’ Day
Smaller businesses at a shopping centre are helping to fly the flag for independent stores. The outlets at Eagles Meadow in Wrexham are backing the UK Independents' Day campaign on July 4 to help local businesses to prosper and grow, and boost town economies. They say...
Blooming marvellous as Swansea youngsters get busy in the garden
Green-fingered youngsters from Swansea schools are busy putting the finishing touches to their gardens for the annual Swansea in Bloom competition. The schools competition is sponsored by the Quadrant Shopping Centre and Premier Leisure Parks, and each year it...
Bereaved mum enlists choir’s help to raise funds in memory of her daughter
A choir will burst into song to help a bereaved mum raise money for the hospital that treated her daughter who died tragically young aged just 40. Cantorion Porth-yr-Aur are organising a concert sponsored by the Pendine Park care organisation to raise funds for the...
