New trailer distributor creates 10 jobs
Europe's top trailer firm has appointed a new distributor in Stirlingshire in a move that's creating 10 jobs. H & R Gray Ltd will start selling the market-leading products from North Wales-based Ifor Williams Trailers in June, taking their total workforce to 80...
Multi-coloured giant gorillas make debut at Llangollen Eisteddfod
A troop of giant multi-coloured gorillas will stand guard over this year’s Llangollen International Music festival. The 10 sheet metal gorillas, standing 6ft tall and weighing nearly 16 stone, will go on show for the first time when the iconic festival of singing and...
New lease of life for 85-year-old Irena
An 85-year-old from Conwy is enjoying a new lease of life after a top surgeon replaced both her knee joints using models created on a 3D printer. The cutting-edge technology at the Spire Yale Hospital in Wrexham has allowed Irena Griffiths to walk unaided for the...
Nepalese students collect at Quadrant for their devastated homeland
A GROUP of Nepalese students have been fundraising at the Quadrant Shopping Centre to help victims of the massive earthquakes that have devastated their homeland. The students, all enrolled at Swansea University, watched news reports in horror as the scale of the...
Wrexham FC pop museum is a winner after finding Dixie’s long lost shirt
A pop up museum to celebrate the history of Wrexham Football Club has been honoured with a national award. The museum was set up at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre as part of the club's 150th anniversary celebrations - and even helped find a long lost shirt...
Glittering gala event in aid of Hope House Children’s Hospice
A department store in Wrexham is putting the finishing touches to plans for a glittering gala event in aid of a children’s hospice. Over the past few years, Debenhams at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre has raised hundreds of pounds for Hope House by hosting a hugely...
Let’s copy the magic of Disney – but with real castles
Conjuring the same marketing tactics as the magic of Disney could put Wales on the world map as a top tourism destination - with the added bonus of having real castles. That was the message of Ken Skates, the Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism, when he...
New comedy play kicks off at Stiwt
A playwright and professional ghost writer who's worked with some of the biggest names in football has thrown the spotlight on the world of theatre. The Committee, a hilarious new observational drama by Peter Read, will be premiered at the Stiwt theatre in Rhos, near...
Fund-raisers have their cake and eat it!
A care home organised their own version of the Great British Bake Off in aid of charity. Staff and residents at the Highfield House care home, part of the Pendine Park care organisation in Wrexham, had afternoon tea with cakes and raised a cake tin full of cash for...
Abergele teenagers aiming to kick-start careers in football
Two Abergele teenagers aiming to kick-start careers as professional footballers have already totted up 10 international caps between them. Centre-back Billy Sass Davies has trained with Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, while defender Ashleigh Mills is planning to crack...
