New foodie tours feed growing appetite for all things Wrexham
The growing worldwide appetite for all things Wrexham is feeding the demand for walking tours which reveal the city’s tasty foodie treats. With the city and its football club basking in the global limelight thanks to the Welcome to Wrexham TV documentary series,...
Acrid smoke caused by “dirty coal” used by steam railway invading homes and putting health at risk, residents claim
Fuming residents fear their health is being put at risk because of thick acrid smoke from a major railway attraction invading their homes. According to homeowners in Segontium Terrace in Caernarfon, the “overpowering pollution” is coming from the Welsh Highland...
Audrey’s “grin and tonic” wins award at Gwynedd care home
A cheerful care home worker in Gwynedd has won an award for going the “extra smile” in everything she does. Colleagues and residents say that Audrey Phillips’s “smile lights up the room” at Pendine Park’s Bryn Seiont Newydd care home in Caernarfon Her dedication and...
Emotional concert to celebrate legacy of Welsh musical giant William Mathias
The work of one of Wales’s greatest composers will be celebrated at a concert to mark the 90th anniversary of his birth. Professor William Mathias, who died aged 57 in 1992, won global acclaim during his lifetime and tribute will be paid to his musical legacy at the...
Delightful Divya wins award after going the “extra smile”
A cheerful care home worker has won an award for going the “extra smile” in everything she does. Dedicated Divya Baskota, described by colleagues and residents as a “ray of sunshine”, says she treats the people she cares for at Pendine Park’s Highfield Nursing Home in...
Storage giant helps Keep Wales Tidy lead the way on litter picking
A small army of public-spirited litter pickers is keeping the streets of North East Wales tidy from their base on Wrexham’s Ruabon Road. Wrexham Litter Pickers, part of the national Keep Wales Tidy (KWT) organisation, has an impressive total of 2,300 members on its...
Viewers will be keeping up with the Joneses on Gogglebocs Cymru
A family from Aberystwyth are all set for a starring role on a reality TV show. Michael and Anwen Jones and their son, Gwion, are among the new cast members on the new series of the hit S4C programme, Gogglebocs Cymru, The first programme in the run, starting at 9pm...
Volunteers use flower power to make village blooming beautiful
A Denbighshire village is blooming beautiful thanks to the work of some green-fingered volunteers. During the past few weeks the Cynwyd in Bloom group have placed 14 smart new metal framed wooden planters in the village. The planters replace flower-box type planters...
Hard-hitting Welsh TV drama tackling children’s mental health issues sold to Czech Republic
A Welsh TV production company has sold a hard-hitting programme tackling mental health problems affecting children and their families to the Czech Republic. Two series of the ground-breaking drama, Bex and BEXtra, which were first shown on S4C have been snapped up by...
New disability champions will help companies in Wales tap into £274 bn “purple pound” bonanza
A search has been launched in Wales to recruit a team of young disability champions to improve access at tourism and hospitality venues. Leading the campaign is a community interest company called PIWS (which means purple) which is looking for disabled people to...
