Men and women of Harlech bring flower power to residents of Pwll care home
Residents and staff at a Llanelli care home were treated to a fun afternoon of Sixties and Seventies nostalgia by a leading Welsh food wholesaler. Harlech Foodservice staff dropped in at Cilymaenllwyd Care Home, at Pwll, near Llanelli, bearing gifts of tasty treats...
Tears flow as relatives of victims attend emotional premiere of opera to mark 90th anniversary of Gresford Colliery Disaster
Tears flowed as relatives of the victims were in the audience for a premiere of a poignant new opera to mark the 90th anniversary of the Gresford Colliery Disaster. There was a standing ovation at the end of the emotionally charged performance of Gresford - Up From...
Natty knitter Gill makes “amazing” mini Mulberry Harbour for D-Day exhibition
Talented knitter Gill Wright is helping to make an “amazing” woollen version of the floating harbour that was key to the success of the D-Day landings, The recreation of the Mulberry Harbour in miniature will be added as an extra section to The Longest Yarn, a...
Eat your heart out Oasis! North Wales band will be playing to 40,000 school pupils
A talented rock band from North Wales is “in more demand than Oasis” and preparing to play to an audience of 40,000 schoolchildren. Over the next three weeks the group, Make Some Noise, will be going on tour to more than 30 high schools and special needs schools...
North Wales trailer firm unveils new “big beast”
An MP has hailed the ingenuity and innovation of a flagship North Wales company after it unveiled a “big beast” of a trailer. Liz Saville Roberts, who represents Dwyfor Meirionnydd, was speaking after a visit to the main group office of Ifor Williams Trailers in...
Food firm Harlech lands major schools contracts including first in South Wales
A food distribution company that’s aiming to create 150 new jobs as part of a £6 million expansion has clinched two major schools contracts worth over £2 million – including a first ever education deal in South Wales. Harlech Foodservice has a new £1.5 million...
Daughter of “luckiest man to be alive” sings in choir to mark 90th anniversary of Gresford pit disaster
A pensioner whose dad narrowly escaped being caught up in the Gresford colliery disaster is to sing in a new opera commemorating the 90th anniversary of the tragedy. Teenager Ivor Owen Bellis injured his hand while down the pit the night before an explosion and fire...
Rising stars are future of growing North Wales bakery firm
A group of rising stars at a bakery have been hailed as “the future of the company” after completing new qualifications in record time. The glowing praise came for the eight apprentices at the Jones Village Bakery in Wrexham came from their Coleg Cambria tutor Yvonne...
Lanterns will light up the memory of the 266 miners killed in Gresford pit disaster
Commemorative lanterns made by care home residents to remember the victims of the Gresford colliery disaster will be lit up at the world premiere of a new opera about it. The opening night of the North Wales International Music Festival (NWIMF) at St Asaph Cathedral...
Ex-vicar Manon swaps sermons for new stand-up routine
A priest from North Wales will be swapping sermons in the pulpit for a stand-up routine at a comedy night. Canon Dr Manon Ceridwen James, who was raised in Nefyn on the Llyn Peninsula and now lives in Abergele, will be in the spotlight during the new fringe events at...
