Trailer firm helps young footballers reach for stars like Wales and Anfield legend Ian Rush
A trailer maker is championing a football youth academy at one of the world’s oldest clubs. Flint Town United has secured a sponsorship deal with Ifor Williams Trailers (IWT) which has factories in Deeside and Denbighshire. It sees the famous IWT logo emblazoned on...
Scrooge council awarded giant wooden spoon for being “lowest of the low”
A council has been awarded a giant wooden spoon for paying the lowest care home fees in Wales and refusing to hand out free personal protective equipment even though it’s been paid for by the Welsh Government. According to social care champions Care Forum Wales (CFW),...
Young Wrexham football star Lili lights up care home for Christmas
Wrexham football heroine Lili Jones has secured a host of new fans after switching on the annual Christmas lights show at a care home. Lili, 18, was delighted to officially launch the festive season celebrations at Pendine Park’s Hillbury House care home in Wrexham....
WRU “frittered away” an £84m rights windfall on a hotel and a zipwire
The Welsh Rugby Union is being blasted for “frittering away” an £84 million TV rights windfall. They used the cash to help buy a Cardiff hotel and build a zipwire attraction on the roof of the Millennium Stadium when Wales’ cash-strapped regions were struggling to...
North Wales company bosses told to channel their “inner pirate”
Company bosses are being urged to work together and be “more pirate” to keep the Welsh pound in Wales. Entrepreneur Geraint Hughes, who runs a leading artisan food company and a business consultancy, believes that creating local supply chains can kick-start an...
Bakery pioneer’s palace date is “biggest honour”
A bakery pioneer said that being presented with his MBE at Buckingham Palace was the “biggest honour” of his life. Alan Jones, 80, a founder of the Wrexham-based Jones Village Bakery, was being recognised for his contribution to the food industry and the economy of...
Ex-strikers invited to premiere of film to mark 20th anniversary of historic dispute
An appeal has been launched to find ex-strikers to invite them to the premiere of a documentary to mark the 20th anniversary of one of Britain’s longest industrial disputes. The hard-hitting film, Y Lein: Streic Friction Dynamics (The Line: Friction Dynamics Strike),...
Kia ProCeed drive by Steve Rogers
This is a bit mean but the first thing I do when reviewing a car is try and find a fault. In years gone by you could draw up a list but it is not so easy now. There are no bad cars these days and so there shouldn’t be after more than 120 years trying to get it right....
Big-hearted Dewi wins award after smiling through the pain
Team leader Dewi Williams has won an award for going “the extra mile” despite suffering hard times and losing his beloved mum. According to colleagues at the Pendine Park care organisation in Wrexham, Dewi has a life-enhancing personality that can light up a room. As...
Show celebrating courage and songwriting genius of Sbardun was “bittersweet” for his widow
The courage and genius of a Welsh music legend is being saluted nearly a decade after his untimely death. Alun “Sbardun” Huws, a founder member of the trailblazing group, Y Tebot Piws, in the 1960s and early 70s, wrote a raft of the most memorable folk and pop songs...
