Budding illustrator uses artistic talent to support hospice
AN ABERGELE schoolboy with designs on becoming a professional comic book illustrator is using his artistic talent to help a lettings agency raise money for a children’s hospice. Eleven-year-old Lincoln Roberts is so crazy about comics that he spends most of his spare...
School choir makes public debut with carols in Wrexham
CUSTOMERS at a shopping centre were treated to Christmas carols with their coffee courtesy of the talented choir from a Wrexham primary school. The young songsters from Ysgol Alexandra were invited along to the Costa coffee shop at the Odeon at Eagles Meadow shopping...
Trailer firm delivers Christmas tree to Downing Street
A top trailer maker has branched out to help deliver the iconic Christmas tree which stands outside 10 Downing Street. A sturdy 18ft flatbed trailer made by Ifor Williams Trailers was used to transport the splendid 22 foot Nordmann Fir from its grower in Herefordshire...
Denise tastes success in new theatre of operation
A former operating theatre nurse has been hailed as "one of the best" after tasting success in a new field. Denise Roth, 54, has now been honoured at an awards ceremony after swapping to work in a care home in Wrexham. She worked for 25 years at Wrexham Maelor...
Sweet charity night from Denbigh Chocolate Shop
A sparkling combination of chocolate and fine wine has raised money for a mental health charity. The event in aid of Vale of Clwyd MIND was organised by Denbigh Chocolate Shop to celebrate their fifth anniversary. Proprietors Mark Young and Mary Tetley launched the...
Denbigh students in Apprentice-style challenge
Budding entrepreneurs have been encouraged to "think outside the box" if they want to follow in footsteps of TV tycoon Alan Sugar. Around 100 pupils from Year 9 at Denbigh High School took part in an Apprentice-style event designed to hone their business skills. The...
New £2m crumpet line creates 36 jobs at Village Bakery
A top bakery has invested £2 million in a state of the art production line to make crumpets - creating 36 jobs in the process. The new line at the Village Bakery in Wrexham is making the first sourdough crumpets on the market in the UK at the rate of 15,000 an hour....
Bereaved Wrexham mum toasts gala event for hospice
A heartbroken mother who lost her daughter to an aggressive cancer has toasted a gala event to raise money for a children’s hospice. Rose Hamlet, 37, whose eldest daughter Rebekah died when she was six-years-old, mingled at the stylish occasion at Debenhams at Eagles...
Top DJ returns to his roots in Deeside
A radio DJ who's worked with music legends like Bob Marley and the Four Tops is returning to his roots with a guest slot at a Deeside Northern soul night. Ian Gibbons, who goes under the DJ name, The Barron, is guesting at The Soulnights at Connah’s Quay Navy Club on...
Top band hoping for festive treat at shopping centre
One of the region’s top brass bands is hoping for a festive treat of its own when it performs some seasonal favourites for Christmas shoppers. The historic Royal Buckley Brass Band will be accepting donations to help pay for the upkeep of their band room and to...
