Theatre company off on Wales summer tour – from a storage unit in Gwynedd
A theatre company are dusting off their acclaimed production of tales from The Mabinogion, Wales’s stories of myths and magic, to set off on a nationwide tour – from a storage unit in Gwynedd. Struts and Frets are taking their Welsh language Y Mabinogi back on the...
Dylan Thomas’s radio masterpiece brought back to life 70 years on
A famous radio broadcast by poet Dylan Thomas about Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is being recreated to mark its 70th anniversary. The reading from actor, writer and director Celyn Jones will form the centrepiece of a mini programme of events to...
Josie’s rapid rise from fish fingers to the top of the food chain at Harlech
A young woman has climbed from the front line to senior management at a top food wholesaler in just two years. University of Chester graduate Josie Swift, 29, has been appointed as the new Head of Purchasing at fast-growing Harlech Foodservice, which has bases in...
Community minded youngsters get stuck in to clean up estate
Fifty community-minded volunteers took part in a litter pick to kick start a summer campaign to spruce up a housing estate. The two month long project on the Parc Peulwys estate in Llysfaen, above Colwyn Bay, is being organised by housing association Cartrefi Conwy...
Seat Leon Estate drive by Steve Rogers
Remember this? The good old reliable estate car. It’s what we used to transport the family to the seaside, for some it doubled up as a workhorse. If you could stretch to a big Volvo there was even room for furniture. Antique dealers loved them, apparently. Then Nissan...
Wrexham’s Paul Mullin joins fan fundraiser for autism charity
Wrexham AFC’s Paul Mullin has joined forces with a popular fanzine and podcast to raise much-needed funds for and autism charity. Fearless in Devotion (FiD) have produced a set of A4 and A3 prints capturing the star striker celebrating Wrexham’s promotion from the...
Trailer firm is a “national treasure”, says Welsh Secretary
A Welsh trailer maker has been hailed as a “national treasure” for flying the flag for Wales across the world. The praise came from the Secretary of State for Wales, David TC Davies MP, during a visit to Ifor Wiliams Trailers, accompanied by Clwyd South MP Simon...
Lucy’s army of woodland wonderland volunteers is transforming lives
A woodland wonderland created by a former social worker is transforming lives as well as the countryside on the borders of Denbighshire and Flintshire. Outside Lives is the brainchild of Lucy Powell whose team of almost 200 volunteers is repurposing the land around...
TV show saved my life, says chapel minister Dylan
An overweight chapel minister who tipped the scales at 26 stone says that a new eating and fitness regime saved his life. The Rev Dylan Parry, who hails from Caernarfon, was one of the stars of a life-changing TV show, FFIT Cymru, on S4C. Dylan admitted at the start...
Two choir members with an age gap of 78 will line up together to sing at 90th birthday concert
Retired teacher Ednyfed Williams was only three when a famous male voice choir was formed in 1933 – 90 years later they’re both still here and still singing. Ednyfed joined Côr Meibion Trelawnyd in 1955 and on Saturday, July 1, he will take his place in the bass...
