Author: Rhys Gregory

Morriston Hospital’s coronary care unit is set to receive a donation of £1,500 from a former patient. [aoa id=”1″] After recovering from a heart attack, Nic Smith has completed a sponsored cycle ride of more than 200 miles from Newcastle to Edinburgh. The 65-year-old and seven friends rode through torrential rain – which struck despite the heatwave – and up countless steep hills to complete the coast and castles stretch of the North Sea cycle route in just four days last month. The party rode up the coast passing Warkworth, Dunstanburgh and Bamburgh castles, battling against slippery steep routes, falls,…

Leading specialist recruiter Acorn has been awarded a contract to provide a range of temporary production workers to leading South West dairy company Yeo Valley.  [aoa id=”1″] Acorn has worked with Yeo Valley for several years already, with the new contract involving supplying all temporary production workers to various Yeo Valley sites around south-west England, including Blagdon, Cannington, Highbridge, Crewkerne and Newton Abbot. Yeo Valley and Acorn will be working together to continue to provide attractive vacancies for people throughout the South West, and will also provide relevant training and key support for people looking to progress into longer-term roles.…

Homeowners in the Corwen area could save themselves some cash while saving the planet and boosting the local economy. [aoa id=”1″]They are being invited to sign up to a community project to take advantage of the energy generated by the town’s very own hydro-electric power plant which started generating last year. It could be worth over £300 a year to some households in savings and provide the community with up to £2,000 a year to spend on local good causes. Energy Local Corwen is being run by the South Denbighshire Community Partnership who are keen to sign up 37 households…

A North Wales solicitor has hit out at a Supreme Court ruling which means legal permission will no longer be needed to withdraw treatment from patients in permanent vegetative state. [aoa id=”1″]The judgment means it will now be easier to withdraw food and liquid to allow such patients to die across the UK, with the final decision being left to the patient’s family and doctors. Sian Thompson, from Swayne Johnson which has a base in Llandudno, and offices in Bangor, St Asaph, Denbigh, Ruthin and Tattenhall in Cheshire, isn’t happy with the decision. She said: “Rather than leaving this matter…

The birthplace of Wales’s greatest ever footballer, the home of its last prince and its most famous shrine are three of North East Wales’s most iconic locations being brought to life in a world first project. A network of Digital Trails accessible to mobile phones and tablets has been set up across the rural areas of the three counties of Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham and they link goalscoring winger Billy Meredith, Welsh revolutionary hero Owain Glyndwr and healing saint Winefride. The project is the brainchild of rural regeneration agency Cadwyn Clwyd and at present there are 12 Digital Trails, all…

A police boss has hit out over the number of inmates from North Wales being sent across the border to prison in England when there’s one right on their doorstep. [aoa id=”1″]North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones says it’s a nonsense that Altcourse Prison in Liverpool houses twice the number of North Walians than the UK’s biggest jail, HMP Berwyn in Wrexham. Mr Jones was speaking after a new study showed that 37 per cent of prisoners from Wales were being held in 104 different prisons across England. All of the 261 female prisoners from Wales were incarcerated…

An award-winning builder is nearing completion on three state of the art extra-care housing schemes across North Wales which have boosted the regional economy by over £40 million and created more than 150 jobs. Flintshire-based Anwyl Construction have been engaged on two major projects for the Pennaf Group, in Flint and Llangefni, worth over £17 million in total and one for Grwp Cynefin, at Porthmadog, costing another £8 million. The company estimates that the three projects have created more than 30 apprenticeships in various construction trades across North Wales and strengthened locally-based building supplies companies. Anwyl Construction Director Tom Anwyl,…

THE time is now to put aside political differences and drive a North Wales Growth Bid that will benefit future generations. [aoa id=”1″] A cross-party approach to economic development has been welcomed by MPs and Assembly members in the region, who are fully behind the Bid aiming to secure more than £1billion of investment for programmes that will improve infrastructure in areas including digital connectivity, transport, skills, adventure tourism, and land and property for commercial use and housing. Representatives of Labour, the Conservative Party and Plaid Cymru came together with members of the North Wales Economic Ambition Board in June…

A Swansea City Centre bridal shop, which has helped to create thousands of fairytale weddings, has been recognised with a Swansea BID (Business Improvement District) Extra Mile Award for outstanding customer care. [aoa id=”1″] Chic and Elegant, based in Mansel Street, has been giving stellar service to brides, grooms and their families before the big day for more than 20 years and going over and above to help create an enjoyable experience. Swansea BID’s Extra Mile Awards were launched this year to recognise businesses of all kinds throughout the Swansea BID area whose staff go the extra mile to keep…

Residents of a Gwynedd care home are showcasing their artistic talents with a display of their work for visitors – and it has even uncovered a rare Welsh nursery rhyme. [aoa id=”1″]The exhibition at Plasgwyn Care Home, near Criccieth, run by the award-winning Cariad Care Homes, displays a huge array of work done there from multimedia images to paintings, cards and decorations. It has even unearthed a rare Welsh nursery rhyme recalled by 92-year-old Will Hughes from his childhood in Penrhyndeudraeth which was even unknown to other residents.[/aoa] Will, from Blaenau Ffestiniog, who worked for over 40 years in the…