Builder cracks on with project to bring homes to Rhyl
Work has started on a £2.3 million social housing development in Rhyl. Award-winning builders Anwyl Construction have begun the construction of 24 homes, 16 houses and eight flats, for Wales & West Housing, on the former ITT factory site on Cefndy Road in the...
North Wales police boss promises to combat fear of crime
A police boss has pledged to put the views of older people at the heart of policing in North Wales - to help them feel safe out and about and in their own homes. According to Julian Sandham, the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, North Wales is one of safest places...
Relatives rally to show support for “excellent” care home
Angry relatives have hit out after Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood criticised a Tonypandy care home without ever going there. Since speaking out in the media Ms Wood, who is also the local AM, has been invited to visit the Taliesin home in Bridge Street but she has not...
MP hails recovery of pioneering Denbighshire hospice
An MP has hailed the remarkable recovery of a North Wales hospice which was facing closure during the recession. David Jones, the MP for Clwyd West, was blown away by the survival story of St Kentigern Hospice when he was told about it during a visit. The hospice was...
Butcher Jason is Bodnant Welsh Food’s latest recruit
Bodnant Welsh Food Centre’s new butcher Jason Fraser knows the turkeys he’s selling for Christmas are top quality - he raised them himself. The former Food Standards Agency meat hygiene technician has hand-reared the free-range birds since June - from when they were...
Hat-trick of green awards for St Asaph entrepreneur
A renewable energy expert from St Asaph is celebrating a hat-trick of major awards. Gareth Jones, Managing Director of Carbon Zero Renewables, believes their emphasis on quality and customer service has been a key factor in their success which has seen turnover grow...
Wrexham training firm with record number of learners
A training organisation is going from "strength to strength" after teaming up with a further education college. Smartcare Training, part of the Pendine Park care organisation, is working with Coleg Cambria to improve standards in social care. In the last four years...
Pupils help plant thousands of bulbs on housing estate
Green-fingered schoolchildren have been busy brightening up a housing estate. The pupils from Ysgol Tan y Marian and Ysgol Penmaenrhos helped more than 10,400 early flowering bulbs around the Parc Peulwys in Llysfaen to add a big splash of colour to the area next...
Care home residents and Mayor dance to festive tunes
Musical care homes residents and the Mayor of Wrexham danced and jigged to Christmas tunes at a harmonious workshop with world class performers. They got into the festive spirit at Cae Bryn care home, which is part of Pendine Park care organisation, in Wrexham, with...
Denbigh fashionistas come out in force for hospice
A new women's boutique turned on the style in aid of a hospice - with two volunteer models with personal reasons for wanting to help. The recently-opened Melange shop on the High Street in Denbigh organised a fashion show to raise money for St Kentigern Hospice in St...