Premiere of new work by TV and film composer with X-Factor
A new work by a talented composer who orchestrated the music used in a trailer for the latest Hobbit movie blockbuster will be unveiled at a top music festival. Owain Llwyd, 30, a former pupil of Ysgol Dinas Bran, Llangollen, who's also composed for the X-Factor, Top...
Enterprising care home boss in line for award
A care home pioneer is in the running for another top award. Mario Kreft MBE, who set up the Pendine Park organisation in Wrexham, North Wales, with wife Gill in 1985, is a finalist in the St David Awards, the highest accolade bestowed by the Welsh Government. Mario,...
Red hot demand for 50 Shades of Grey in Wrexham
A cinema has had to put on extra screenings of the steamy film Fifty Shades of Grey because of red hot demand. The film goes on general release this Valentine’s Day weekend and North Wales’s premier cinema, the Odeon at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre is expecting...
Burt Bacharach to perform in North Wales for first time
Organisers of a top festival are celebrating after signing up Oscar-winning music legend Burt Bacharach to perform at this year's event. Bacharach, described by many as the greatest songwriter of the 20th century, will open the Llangollen International Music...
Restaurant manager to the stars takes on new challenge
A manager and DJ who helped tantalise the taste buds of Hollyoaks stars has taken the reigns at a top Chinese restaurant. Jason Sheehan, 33 from Wrexham, who rubbed shoulders with Sarah George, and Twinnie-Lee Moore, who play the McQueen sisters in the hit Channel 4...
Bakery is wild about new nature reserve on industrial estate
A leading bakery is creating a nature reserve - in the middle of an industrial estate. The Village Bakery will be breathing new life into six acres of woodland after signing up for a new partnership with the North Wales Wildlife Trust. The site is next to the family...
Hafwen’s memories of Pavarotti’s Llangollen Eisteddfod debut
Organisers of an exhibition to celebrate the links of superstar tenor Luciano Pavarotti to a top festival have been delighted with the ‘fantastic’ response. Among those who got in touch was retired nurse Hafwen Ryder who has vivid memories of Pavarotti at the...
Wrexham medics on mercy mission to Africa
A top surgeon is leading a specialist medical team on a mercy mission to Africa to bring expert care to one of the world’s poorest countries. Tony Da Silva, a consultant general and vascular surgeon at the Spire Yale Hospital, in Wrexham, and his fellow medics will be...
Ann makes history with top Welsh choir
The woman who led the "oldest boy band in the world" to global stardom has taken on a new challenge. Ann Atkinson has been appointed as the first ever female musical director of one of Wales's finest male voice choirs, Cȏr Meibion Trelawnyd, from Flintshire. For...
Tributes to Bodnant food boss
A centre of excellence has paid tribute to its general manager who is leaving to take up a new challenge. Bosses at Bodnant Welsh Food said Gwyndaf Pritchard had played a key role in the development of the popular centre in the Conwy Valley. Among the achievements...
