North Wales trailer firm helps to showcase Bentley’s speed queen
Luxury car maker Bentley hooked up with a trailer maker from North Wales when it needed to transport a superstar of vintage racing in style. The exclusive marque turned to Ifor Williams Trailers (IWT), which has factories in Denbighshire and Deeside, to carry a...
North Wales community orchard project blossoms thanks to funding boost
Visitors will be learning more about the natural wonders of a community orchard as green-fingered volunteers continue a grassroots drive to develop a haven for nature. The Harlech Community Orchard Project has seen a not-for-profit group of volunteers unite to...
Talented harpist Heledd crowned best young musician in Wales
A talented harpist taught by a former Royal harpist has been crowned as the best young musician in Wales. Heledd Wynn Newton, 20, won the inaugural Pendine Young Musician of Wales competition at the North Wales International Music Festival. She came out on top after a...
Blooming marvellous quartet of staff celebrate 20 years’ of loyal service
A leading chartered accountancy firm knows it can count on four members of staff who’ve each notched up 20 years’ of loyal service. Coxeys, which has offices in Wrexham, Saltney and Chester, presented the quartet with thank you bouquets of flowers to celebrate their...
Michaela moved to tears after being shortlisted for social care Oscar
A care home manager from Denbighshire was moved to tears when she heard she had been shortlisted for a prestigious award. Michaela Vallance has worked within the health and care sector for 15 years as a support worker, team leader, deputy manager and now as a...
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...
