Budding designers out in front thanks to top trailer maker
Four school pupils have come up with an innovative design for a new kind of industrial pallet which is set to be made into a prototype by the UK’s leading trailer maker. The quartet from Denbigh High School won a top prize in a national engineering competition after...
Welsh language can boost the bottom line and create jobs for young people
A £300,000 campaign has been launched to encourage businesses in Wales’s Welsh-speaking heartlands to use Welsh to boost their bottom line. Bwrlwm ARFOR – bwrlwm means buzz or chatter – is reaching out to companies and businesses, from village shops to multi-million...
Helping hand for city’s homeless charity as more women and elderly sleep rough
A Chester homeless charity dealing with a dramatic rise in the number of women and older people knocking on its door is getting a helping hand from a leading food wholesaler. Chester Aid to the Homeless (CATH), which is currently dealing with up to 50 people a week at...
Council’s “tinpot dictator” urged to resign after muting critic in care home fees row
A council leader has been urged to resign after acting like a “tinpot dictator” in silencing a member who objected to setting the lowest care home fees in Wales. Denbighshire County Council supremo Cllr Jason McLellan hit the mute button to prevent Cllr Bobby Feeley...
Reality TV star Gwen campaigning to raise awareness of excruciatingly painful and incurable “invisible illness
The smiles and quick wit of a reality TV star are hiding the trauma of an excruciatingly painful incurable disease that’s blighted her life. Gwen Roberts, 45, is a popular regular on Gogglebocs Cymru – the hit Welsh version of Gogglebox - but viewers are totally...
Spectacular new forest slide unveiled at North Wales eco-park that’s recruiting 100 workers
A top eco tourist attraction is gearing up for the new season with a brand new ride and is taking on 100 workers. GreenWood Family Park, in Felinheli, near Bangor, in North Wales, has invested more than £100,000 in importing the giant Forest Glider slide from the...
Hummingbird group wings its way out with a delivery of Easter Eggs
A consignment of Easter eggs will help struggling families celebrate the holiday weekend along the North Wales coast thanks to a local community group. The Hummingbird Project, has just taken delivery of 100 of the chocolate treats from Denbigh-based storage giant...
Falklands War vet teams up with sisters of lost comrade in fight for justice
A Falklands War veteran and the two sisters of one of his lost comrades are campaigning to win justice for 32 Welsh Guards killed in the bombing of British ship RFA Sir Galahad. Not a day goes by without Rhyl businessman Les Peake re-living the horrific firestorm...
Fast-growing bakery kneads 20 new apprentices
A trio of rising stars are spearheading a search for a new generation of bakers in North Wales. Managers Tom Breeze, 35, and Jac Griffiths, 29, along with trainee product developer Tilly Squire, 18, are the faces of the campaign to take on 20 apprentices at the...
Welsh whisky galore for Llandudno’s Swiss twin
Welsh whisky, beer and cheese could soon be on the menu in Switzerland thanks to a North Wales seaside resort twinning with a world famous skiing village. New trade links are being established after Llandudno and Champéry, part of the giant Porte du Soleil skiing...
