Christmas comes early for Welsh farmers on S4C show

Christmas comes early for Welsh farmers on S4C show

A Lampeter farmer is celebrating a change of luck that's brought him an early Christmas present. While chatting to friends on a recent visit to Llanybydder market David John Evans had to admit that his 12-year-old trailer was showing signs of wear and that it was time...

Indy shops in Wrexham support Small Business Saturday

Indy shops in Wrexham support Small Business Saturday

SMALLER businesses at a shopping centre are thinking big to give their strong support to a major event aimed at throwing the spotlight on independent companies. Although major firms with multiple branches are often seen as the powerhouse of Britain’s economy, a...

Bodnant Welsh Food Centre celebrates tourism award

Bodnant Welsh Food Centre celebrates tourism award

A North Wales company is celebrating winning a major tourism award by offering discounts to other firms. Bodnant Welsh Food Centre scooped the North Wales Tourism Award at the prestigious Achievement Wales ceremony, held by the Daily Post at Bangor University’s...

Dynamic bowlers strike their way to independence

Dynamic bowlers strike their way to independence

A group of disabled young people have been striking their way towards independence at a Wrexham bowling alley. The crew from Wrexham-based charity Dynamic, which provides out of school activities for children and young people with special needs, have been rolling into...

Colts clinch title with help from two World Cup stars

Colts clinch title with help from two World Cup stars

A football team have won the league with the help of two talented players who've returned from the Homeless World Cup in South America. Leon Knight, 21, and Yasmin Mills, 18, both play for Cartrefi Colts in the Street Football Wales League and were selected to...

School choir brings sounds of Christmas to Bodnant

School choir brings sounds of Christmas to Bodnant

A Llandudno school choir brought the sounds of Christmas to Bodnant Welsh Food Centre. Youngsters from Ysgol Bodafon, sporting fun Christmas hats, were applauded by shoppers along with friends and family as they performed a medley of festive tunes at Bodnant’s...

North Wales lettings agency doubles in size in a year

North Wales lettings agency doubles in size in a year

An ambitious lettings agency is celebrating after doubling in size in the last year. Elwy Lettings says that being able to tap into the successful Jobs Growth Wales programme played a vitally important role in its expansion. Two members of staff, Katie Wynne, 23, and...

Construction firm supports emergency doctors service

Construction firm supports emergency doctors service

A highway construction firm from Bangor has helped provide a medical charity with its very own bags for life. Hogan Construction, which also supplies construction material, has given £4,000 to pay for special life-saving rucksacks for the North Wales Emergency Doctors...

Mum Kate confronts driver who killed her daughter

Mum Kate confronts driver who killed her daughter

A heartbroken mum has told how she went to a prison to confront the man who killed her daughter through dangerous driving. Kate Morgan, whose 22-year-old daughter, Lona, died in a car crash in 2012, received a standing ovation at a conference organised by North Wales...

Care home manager ‘overwhelmed’ by national award

Care home manager ‘overwhelmed’ by national award

A care home manager was "overwhelmed" to win a top national award. Tracey Cuthill, 46, registered manager of Pebybryn care home, at Pendine Park care organisation, Wrexham, won Silver in the Leadership and Management in Residential Care Services category sponsored by...

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