Food wholesaler aiming for record sales at biggest ever trade fair
A fast-growing North Wales food wholesaler is forecasting record sales approaching £1 million when it stages its biggest ever annual two-day trade fair. Harlech Foodservice’s Expo 24 at Llandudno’s Venue Cymru will see over 120 exhibitor stands and expects crowds of...
Singalong at Caernarfon care home hits right note for deputy minister
A Welsh Government deputy minister is singing the praises of a care organisation that uses the power of music to bring joy to people with dementia. Julie Morgan MS, the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, said she was impressed by what she saw and heard...
Police crackdown bags more shoplifters in North Wales
A police crackdown on retail crime across North Wales has led to a “hugely positive” 9% increase in the detection rate for shoplifting that’s bucking the UK trend. But the officer running the campaign, Supt Jon Bowcott, says he’s not resting on his laurels and is the...
Snap happy fans keep asking TV brothers for selfies
A retired engineer from Flintshire and his two brothers are getting used to being asked for selfies after becoming reality TV stars. Huw Williams, 63, travels every week from his home in Mynydd Isa to his home village of Brynaman, in Carmarthenshire, to take part in...
More North Wales men are having Botox injections to “age gracefully”
Image conscious men are flocking to a North Wales clinic to have Botox injections and fillers, according to one of the stars of a hit series on S4C. Ex-nurse Nayema Khan Williams, who specialises in non-surgical cosmetic treatments at her bases in Colwyn Bay and...
Toyota C-HR drive by Steve Rogers
Meet the new Toyota C-HR, a bobby dazzler if ever I saw one. This is the car that had everyone talking when it was launched in 2017, its futuristic, razor sharp styling catching the imagination. The biggest shock was that it was a Toyota who had gone from dull to...
Call for urgent action to combat social care staffing crisis in Wales
A social care champion has called for urgent action to combat the staffing crisis affecting care homes across Wales. Mary Wimbury, the chief executive of Care Forum Wales, says one of the main reasons for the shortage is underfunding of private and third sector run...
Chorister Mair still has Passion for singing after nearly 60 years
A retired nurse will be chalking up a remarkable musical milestone at Easter by singing in a choir’s annual concert every year since the first one in 1965. Mair Dowell, 76, will once again join the ranks of the Tremeirchion Bach Choir and Orchestra for the gala...
North Wales TV company where staff got free pizza and £500 cost of living bonus is one of best places to work in UK
A pioneering North Wales TV production company is celebrating a quadruple dose of good news – including being lauded as one of the best places to work in the UK. Staff at Caernarfon-based Cwmni Da (which means Good Company) say they were delighted but not surprised by...
Wands, wizardry and Fizz Whizz Punch as Myddelton College goes Hogwarts for Harry
There were wands, wizardry and weird and wonderful food when pupils at a Hogwarts lookalike school celebrated boy magician Harry Potter. Myddelton College, in Denbigh, was shortlisted as a possible location for filming the books of author J K Rowling and the...
