Denbigh: Artists design dream homes in aid of children’s hospice
ARTISTIC youngsters at a Denbigh school are helping a lettings agency to raise money for a children’s hospice. Pupils from Ysgol Twm o'r Nant have designed their own dream homes as part competition to create new To Let Boards for Elwy Lettings in Vale Street. For...
Wrexham FC scores big hit with record sales at pop-up shop
WREXHAM FC have scored a record-breaking success with their latest pop-up store - with takings up 25 per cent on last year. Steve Cook, commercial manager of the Vanarama Conference side now being successfully run by its own fans, says the shop at the town's Eagles...
Flower power will inspire estate’s youngsters to tell enchanting tales
A new nature trail and a famous children's novel will be used to inspire youngsters on a housing estate to write enchanting stories about their environment. The plan was revealed to Lesley Griffiths, the Welsh Government’s Minister for Communities and Tackling...
Swans stars at HMV for DVD launch
The incredible back from the brink tale of Swansea City’s rise from near extinction to Premier League glory is being celebrated at the city’s Quadrant Shopping Centre with the launch of the DVD ‘Jack To A King: The Swansea Story’. Stars from that glorious era will be...
Construction firm fly the flag for Wales with a double win at UK awards
There was a double celebration for builders Anwyl Construction at a construction industry ‘Oscars’ in London. The Rhyl-based company are no strangers to winning awards and have previously been nominated for UK building awards but this time they took home two top...
Terror fears put extra pressure on police
A crime tsar has warned the terror outrages in France have highlighted the increasing demands on the police at a time of austerity. According to North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Winston Roddick CB QC, the massacre of 17 people in the French capital is an...
Pioneering arts training at Welsh care organisation is a UK first
A care organisation has developed a pioneering training course thanks to a musical collaboration with one of the world’s top orchestras. All members of staff at Pendine Park in Wrexham are being trained to use the arts as a way of improving the quality of life for the...
Falkland Islands sheep may safely graze thanks to fence posts from Wales
Fence posts made from North Wales timber are keeping sheep from straying in the far-off Falklands Islands. Every year a consignment of 4,000 fence posts weighing 20 tons from Clifford Jones Timber in Ruthin is trucked down to Portsmouth on the first stage of an 8,000...
Wrexham shoppers tackle beer goggle challenge
Shoppers in Wrexham tackled an obstacle course whilst wearing beer goggles designed to recreate the effects of being drunk. Members of the Caia Park Health Team threw down the gauntlet to shoppers at the town's Eagles Meadow shopping centre as part of a campaign to...
Ruth’s Asian adventure raises £15,000 for baby hospice
A kind-hearted businesswoman from Deganwy has raised £15,000 for a hospice for babies with a gruelling charity bike ride in Asia. Ruth Macbryde, a director of Macbryde Homes in St Asaph, cycled the 272 miles from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to Angkor Wat in Cambodia,...
