Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas serves up family recipe for St David’s Day
Politician Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas will be serving up a treasured old family recipe at a St David’s Day celebration at a Welsh centre of excellence. The former Plaid Cymru leader is joining forces with Dai Chef at Bodnant Welsh Food Centre on March 1 to mark the feast...
School pupils visit bakery after their “Great Crumpet Crisis”
School pupils were given a tour of the Wrexham bakery that came to their rescue after their "Great Crumpet Crisis". Youngsters who attend the breakfast club at Wood Memorial Primary School in Saltney were stunned when heartless thieves pinched their crumpets. When he...
Talented Robert conquers childhood deafness to conduct orchestra
A young orchestra conductor has spoken movingly about how he overcame childhood deafness to forge a successful career in music. Robert Guy, 27, from Wrexham, was not able to hear a note when his grandmother started teaching him to play the piano at the age of three....
£10m training scheme is on TRAC
Training providers in North Wales are being urged to bid for work on a new £10 million scheme to give youngsters access to education and employment. The TRAC Project is aimed at 11-24 year-olds across the six counties who are at risk of disengaging from education....
Top orchestra on a roll with Swiss choir
A top chamber orchestra from North Wales has linked up with a Swiss choir to launch a new international cultural exchange programme. As part of the project, Ensemble Cymru will jointly commission a new choral work with orchestra that will be sung in Welsh and Romansch...
Gem of a friend donates hair to sick youngsters
A gem of shop assistant was inspired to donate her hair to sick youngsters by her friend who overcame leukaemia. Bella Miotti, 19, who works at jewellery store Mococo, at Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham, followed in the footsteps of pop star Jessie J and had...
Top DJs mix it up in big Boogie Nights party
A DJ praised by legendary doyen of the decks FatBoy Slim will top the bill at a music event in Cardiff. Two times UK DMC scratch champion JFB heads an impressive list of guest performers at Boogie Nights which will take over the Buffalo Bar nightspot in Windsor Place,...
Care home residents pampered by beauty queen Kerie
Care home residents in North Wales are going to be pampered by beauty queen. Miss Conwy and Denbighshire, Kerie Reveley, 22, from Prestatyn, will be running beauty sessions at Pendine Park care organisation, Wrexham. Kerie, a beautician at Bora Bora salon in...
We have to change the DNA of Wales says social care leader
A social care leader has welcomed new legislation to beef up regulation of the sector but warns it will not work unless there is a "fundamental change of culture". Mario Kreft MBE, the Chair of Care Forum Wales, it was vital to "change the DNA in Wales to ensure...
Concerts are a real tonic for older people in Caernarfon
Older people in Gwynedd are being given a tonic every month. Arts loving care organisation Pendine Park has formed a new partnership with Galeri in Caernarfon to put on a season of monthly concerts. A new partnership between Galeri Caernarfon and Pendine Park Care...
