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,...
Wrexham Half Marathon runners will be rewarded with fruity bara brith
A former world champion athlete used his loaf when he was looking for sponsorship for a half marathon that's celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. As a result, instead of getting medals, competitors taking part in the event in Wrexham receive a traditional Welsh...
Balance mind and body for a better start to 2015
A LIFE coach is offering to help beat those post-Christmas blues and kick off the New Year with a healthy and positive mind and body. Rhona Morris is an expert in helping people change their lives for the better – a New Year’s resolution many of us will be striving to...
Caring customers in Wrexham raise cash for children’s cancer charity
A store manager has paid tribute to her caring customers for raising cash for a children’s cancer charity. Ann Littler, manager of women’s clothes store Wallis, at Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham praised store-goes for supporting their drive to raise money...
Appeal to help dancers from the roof of the world come to Llangollen Eisteddfod
A major operation is underway to bring a troupe of Nepalese dancers from their home in the Himalayas to Wales for next year’s Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. The idea is the brainchild of Bristol man Todd Lochhead whose wife, Lisa, used to run a shop in...
North Wales You Tube sensations say farewell to choir master Geraint
A male voice choir that became a world-wide internet sensation with its rendition of bittersweet Welsh classic is bidding a fond farewell to its musical director. The renowned Cor Meibion Trelawnyd has now launched a search to find a successor to Geraint Roberts who...
Getting switched on to the digital marketplace in North East Wales
A campaign has been launched to get businesses in North East Wales switched on to the power of social media. The Digital Clwyd pilot project was aimed at helping members of business groups and community organisations compete more effectively in the digital...
New smoked cheese from Bodnant Welsh Food Centre ready for nationwide roll-out
A Welsh centre of food excellence is rolling out a new smoked variety of its award-winning cheese. Abermwg from Bodnant Welsh Food Centre is cold-smoked over oak and beech wood chips at a Chirk company that supplies food for the Orient Express. The new hand-tended...
Early morning sales fever hits Wrexham
Sales fever gripped Wrexham on Boxing Day. Around 1,000 bargain hunters started queuing from 2.45am outside the Next fashion store at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre. By 6am, when staff threw open the doors signalling the start of the famous sale, the shoppers...
