Engineering firm celebrates 25 years of silver service
A leading engineering firm with an enviable reputation for quality is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Microtech Precision was founded at Bersham Enterprise Centre, near Wrexham, in 1989 and the high tech company now employs 17 people. They not only survived but...
Care organisation raises cash for burns victim Catrin
A care organisation has raised cash to help an inspirational young woman who suffered terrible burns after a coach crash. Staff, residents and families at Pendine Park, in Wrexham donated £500 to Catrin Pugh, 20, who was trapped in a blazing coach in the French Alps...
Welsh producers take on top shops like Harrods
Artisan producers from across North Wales are celebrating after landing a deal to supply a luxury hamper company taking on Harrods and Fortnum and Mason. Apples from Anglesey, honey from hives on the Clwydian Range, fruits from orchards in Flintshire and Wrexham,...
Christmas comes early for job-seekers in Wrexham
Christmas has come early for job-seekers at a department store in Wrexham. Debenhams at Eagles Meadow shopping centre has taken on 17 Christmas temps in in the run up to the busy festive period. It’s expected a number of the seasonal workers could be kept on...
North Wales Police in top five at recording crime
North Wales Police is one of the top five forces for recording crime figures accurately, it's been revealed. A new report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary showed that 94 per cent of crimes in the region were recorded properly. The news was welcomed by...
New police post opened at Bangor University
A new police post has been opened at Bangor University which has a population of around 12,000 students. The initiative has been welcomed by North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Winston Roddick CB QC who visited the university police team which is based at the...
Community heroes honoured for “amazing” contribution
A retired chef with a heart of gold has been honoured for being a "brilliant" neighbour. Great grandmother Gwyneth Davies, from Old Colwyn, is in her seventies and keeps a watchful eye on her older neighbour and cooks food for her. Gwyneth received the Outstanding...
Appeal for more people to use free cancer service
A specially trained pharmacist is offering a free one-to-one information service for people whose lives have been touched by cancer. Sian Barber, who works at Boots at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham, is urging more people to take advantage of the service...
Builders thank historic football club Chirk AAA
A local football team with an illustrious history will be looking their best in brand new tracksuits thanks to a sponsorship from an award-winning building company. Chirk AAA, one of Wales’s oldest football clubs and founder members of the Football Association of...
Youngster can bearly believe it when he meets Pudsey
LITTLE Johnjoe Evans could bearly believe who he met while he was out shopping with his mum. Because as wandered around the perfume department at Boots in the Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre in Wrexham, casually walking up to him came his hero, none other than Pudsey...
