Author: Rhys Gregory

The man who died at an address in Cimla on Wednesday, October 2nd has been named as 66-year-old Wayne Pugh. Officers were called to assist ambulance colleagues at the property on Talbot Road at approximately 10.30pm. Mr Pugh’s family has issued the following statement:  “The family of Wayne are devastated with the sudden loss and ask for their privacy to be respected at this difficult time.” A 54-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the death has been released on bail pending further investigation. A number of local enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances of the incident. Detective…

The North Wales recruitment agency has welcomed new starters at its offices in Bangor and Colwyn Bay. Candice Chartrand joins the team as a resourcer, while Ami Jones – who previously worked for the company’s IT, executive and engineering arm, S2 Recruitment – returns as a senior recruitment consultant focused on the east of the region. Ami, from Rhos-on-Sea, will also support clients in the Construction sector, where there is significant demand for skilled and experienced candidates. “I am absolutely delighted to be back,” said Ami, who has two children, eight year-old Emily and Elliott, 4. “I really missed the…

A SOLICITOR who was living Down Under is on top after qualifying as a solicitor. After successfully achieving a Law degree at Cardiff University, Ben Jones decided to reflect on his future and experience more of the world. What followed was a year in Australia, a spell as a tour guide in Bali and time spent in the London property sector, before he returned home to North Wales with a revitalised attitude towards the legal industry. Ben, who grew up in Denbigh and attended Ysgol Glan Clwyd in St Asaph, had always wanted to follow in the footsteps of dad…

Willy Wonka famously had his chocolate factory, and now a Neath confectioner has opened his version – in his back garden.   [aoa id=”1″] When former bakery manager Gareth Davies launched his eponymous chocolate enterprise, little did he think ‘Delicious Delights by Gareth’ would mushroom into thriving full-time family business.   It all began with a raspberry ruffle Gareth made for his wife Lyn, now Gareth produces nearly 3,000 chocolates and sweet treats each week.   “I hadn’t made chocolates before, but Lyn likes raspberry ruffles, and I thought I’d give it a go,” says Gareth, who – along with…

Welsh company Road Safety Designs has scooped a prestigious national road safety award with recognition for its BriteAngle LED warning triangle as the best Fleet Safety Product 2019. The road safety charity Brake is behind the Fleet Safety Awards set up to acknowledge the achievements of those striving to reduce crashes and prevent pollution caused by any vehicles driven for work. The BriteAngle LED warning triangle came out on top as it was judged the product that does the most to improve fleet safety through innovation. It makes the motorist much more visible in the event of an unexpected stop,…

More than £100 million is being ploughed in to making North Wales an even more popular place to visit. The record levels of private and public sector investment were revealed as preparations get under way for the biggest night in the region’s tourism calendar and at a time when new figures have shown the overall spend by visitors increased to an all-time high of £3,241 billion in 2018. The statistics also show that North Wales out-performed all other parts of Wales in terms of the growth in the number of people coming to the region, with the total rocketing to…

A larger than life TV chef will be championing Welsh beef and lamb with an outdoor cookery demonstration at a top food festival. Chris “Foodgasm” Roberts, who has his own television series on S4C, will also have a starring role at the popular Llangollen Food Festival on Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20. He went from being a man who cooked on an old-fashioned spit roasting fire with his friends, without anyone watching, to overnight fame as a Facebook foodie with thousands of fans. The first TV series, Bwyd Epic Chris, produced by Caernarfon-based Cwmni Da, was a big…

The city of Cardiff has been captured for a project which saw over 40 amateur and professional photographers taking to the streets over a 24-hour-period.  Images snapped during a unique social experiment on Saturday 28th September document a day in the life of the city – as seen through the eyes of locals. The ‘A Day In The Life’ project, which has now visited six cities around the UK, showcased all that Cardiff represents – from the lively nightlife to the outstanding architecture and stunning Cardiff Bay waterfront. The campaign, headed up by award winning street photographer Mark Waugh, saw…

A police boss went back to the future when he stepped in to protect a vulnerable man being abused by a couple – earning the praise of the chief constable in the process. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones, a former police inspector intervened when he saw the man being threatened in Lord Street in Wrexham. The region’s Chief Constable, Carl Foulkes, tweeted: “Well done Arfon. Once a copper, always a copper.” Mr Jones, who retired from his role as the force’s Eastern Division operational inspector in 2008, said he wasn’t prepared to stand by while a defenceless…

A television production company in Gwynedd has recruited a trio of high-flying trainees including one who has already worked on several Hollywood blockbuster movies. All three said that the recent decision to turn Cwmni Da, based in Caernarfon, into a staff-owned company had attracted them to the award-winning firm which prides itself on “nurturing talented young people”. The new starters include trainee editor Tomos Morris Jones, 22, from Tregarth, near, Bangor, and trainee multi-skilled sound technician Dan Jones, 27, who hails originally from Cardiff but now lives in Tudweiliog, on the Llŷn Peninsula. Also, among them is Siwan Cati, 25,…