Cost of policing in North Wales goes up by 17p per week
A 3.44 per cent increase in the cost of policing North Wales has been agreed - it works out at 17p a week for Band D households in the region. The rise in the precept was unanimously approved at a meeting today (Monday, January 19) of the North Wales Police and Crime...
Jamie Oliver gives thumbs up to school chutney on sale at Bodnant Welsh Food Centre
Culinary superstar Jamie Oliver has praised chutney created by youngsters at their school, which is being sold at a Welsh centre of excellence. Pupils at Ysgol San Sior in Llandudno turned windfall apples from the school orchard into the no-cook chutney and sent a jar...
Award for housing scheme breathing new life into Snowdonia village
An eco-friendly housing development that's helping to breathe new life into a former slate quarrying village in Snowdonia has won a major national award. The £730,000 Maes y Waen scheme in Penmachno in Conwy was named as the Development of the Year at the Welsh...
Clutch of green awards for Welsh eco-entrepreneur
A renewable energy expert who was among the winners at the Daily Post Business Awards is also celebrating a hat-trick of other major accolades. Gareth Jones, Managing Director of Carbon Zero Renewables, in St Asaph, believes their emphasis on quality and customer...
Wrexham shopping centre is buzzing after slashing electricity use
A shopping centre underlined its reputation as the greenest in Wales after slashing its use of electricity - by keeping the lights on. Over the past 12 months Eagles Meadow in Wrexham has cut electricity consumption by 82,000 kilowatt, a seven per cent saving. Since...
Anniversary of Llangollen links with opera giant Pavarotti celebrated
An appeal has been launched to commemorate the double anniversaries of the late great opera singer Luciano Pavarotti’s visits to Wales’s top international cultural festival. This year’s Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in July will stage an exhibition to...
Denbigh: Artists design dream homes in aid of children’s hospice
ARTISTIC youngsters at a Denbigh school are helping a lettings agency to raise money for a children’s hospice. Pupils from Ysgol Twm o'r Nant have designed their own dream homes as part competition to create new To Let Boards for Elwy Lettings in Vale Street. For...
Wrexham FC scores big hit with record sales at pop-up shop
WREXHAM FC have scored a record-breaking success with their latest pop-up store - with takings up 25 per cent on last year. Steve Cook, commercial manager of the Vanarama Conference side now being successfully run by its own fans, says the shop at the town's Eagles...
Flower power will inspire estate’s youngsters to tell enchanting tales
A new nature trail and a famous children's novel will be used to inspire youngsters on a housing estate to write enchanting stories about their environment. The plan was revealed to Lesley Griffiths, the Welsh Government’s Minister for Communities and Tackling...
Swans stars at HMV for DVD launch
The incredible back from the brink tale of Swansea City’s rise from near extinction to Premier League glory is being celebrated at the city’s Quadrant Shopping Centre with the launch of the DVD ‘Jack To A King: The Swansea Story’. Stars from that glorious era will be...
