New £2m crumpet line creates 36 jobs at Village Bakery
A top bakery has invested £2 million in a state of the art production line to make crumpets - creating 36 jobs in the process. The new line at the Village Bakery in Wrexham is making the first sourdough crumpets on the market in the UK at the rate of 15,000 an hour....
Bereaved Wrexham mum toasts gala event for hospice
A heartbroken mother who lost her daughter to an aggressive cancer has toasted a gala event to raise money for a children’s hospice. Rose Hamlet, 37, whose eldest daughter Rebekah died when she was six-years-old, mingled at the stylish occasion at Debenhams at Eagles...
Top DJ returns to his roots in Deeside
A radio DJ who's worked with music legends like Bob Marley and the Four Tops is returning to his roots with a guest slot at a Deeside Northern soul night. Ian Gibbons, who goes under the DJ name, The Barron, is guesting at The Soulnights at Connah’s Quay Navy Club on...
Top band hoping for festive treat at shopping centre
One of the region’s top brass bands is hoping for a festive treat of its own when it performs some seasonal favourites for Christmas shoppers. The historic Royal Buckley Brass Band will be accepting donations to help pay for the upkeep of their band room and to...
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...
