We have to change the DNA of Wales says social care leader
A social care leader has welcomed new legislation to beef up regulation of the sector but warns it will not work unless there is a "fundamental change of culture". Mario Kreft MBE, the Chair of Care Forum Wales, it was vital to "change the DNA in Wales to ensure...
Concerts are a real tonic for older people in Caernarfon
Older people in Gwynedd are being given a tonic every month. Arts loving care organisation Pendine Park has formed a new partnership with Galeri in Caernarfon to put on a season of monthly concerts. A new partnership between Galeri Caernarfon and Pendine Park Care...
Trailers sales take off in Norway
Europe's biggest trailer maker is celebrating the 20th anniversary of exports to Norway - with a 25 per cent increase in sales. Ifor Williams Trailers are planning for even more growth in the Scandinavian country by adding another five distributors to their network in...
Stone Age inspired artwork takes centre stage at 30th birthday party
An artwork inspired by Stone Age carvings was unveiled at the 30th birthday celebrations of an Anglesey company. Peninsula Home Improvements commissioned artist Hannah Wardle to create her Lightcatcher design, based on carvings made 4,000 years ago by Neolithic...
Horse-whispering group in Gwynedd gets a leg up thanks to villains’ confiscated cash
A pioneering Gwynedd project using ‘horse-whispering’ has been given a major boost - thanks to cash confiscated from criminals. The Welsh Institute of Therapeutic Horsemanship, a registered charity based at Treflys, near Porthmadog, has been awarded £3,000 from a...
Bodnant’s Dai Chef helps Colwyn teenager take on bid for culinary crown
A teenager bidding to win a culinary crown has been getting top tips from a Welsh centre of excellence’s king of the kitchen. Niamh Davies will be cooking up with Aberwen cheese and other North Wales produce when she takes part in a young chef contest on February 20....
Pupils join upper crust at Village Bakery
Food technology students have been given a taste of life at a top bakery. A dozen Year 11 pupils from Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, in Wrexham, went on a visit to the award--winning Village Bakery, the fastest growing manufacturer in Wales. They were taken on a guided tour of...
Historic Dee community reclaims its own tales of the riverbank
A scheme to restore and reclaim a neglected section of historic riverbank has been praised by the mayor of the community which has earned its living there for centuries. The River Dee at Saltney was once the hub of thriving shipbuilding and seafaring industries and a...
Green light for £13m housing scheme
An award-winning house-building firm has hit out after delays to £13 million development that will create 80 new jobs and boost the local economy in Conwy. Macbryde Homes say there is strong demand for the 76 homes scheme at Dolwen Road, in Old Colwyn, that's finally...
Chef brings taste of Chinese New Year to Wrexham
A chef will be bringing a taste of the Chinese New Year to Wrexham. The Chinese New Year - or the Year of the Goat - begins on Thursday, February 19 and it will be a big day for Rong Wang, 41, head chef of the Real China restaurant at the Eagles Meadow shopping...
