Biggest-ever £500 raffle launched to help pay for vital hospital equipment
A North Wales hospital charity is offering its biggest-ever Christmas raffle prize – a massive £500 – as it races to raise money for vital equipment. The League of Friends at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan says the record-breaking festive windfall has only been made...
From choirboy to King of Cons: Wales’ investiture star exposed as global fraudster
A new film charting the rise of a choirboy turned global conman is set for a world premiere in North Wales. Astonishing new revelations show how Kenner Elias Jones – who carried the cross and sang at the 1969 Investiture of the then Prince of Wales at Caernarfon...
Gwynedd gems celebrate big wins at Go North Wales Tourism Awards
A cluster of tourism gems in Gwynedd have scooped top honours at this year’s Go North Wales Tourism Awards. Rhaeadr Nantcol Waterfalls, a former hill farm perched above the West Wales coast between Barmouth and Criccieth, was crowned Glamping, Camping and Caravan Site...
Mazda MX-5 drive by Steve Rogers
Some things never change. Let’s go back to March 1990 and I am in Greece for the press launch of the Mazda MX-5. We are all eager to get behind the wheel of this sixties style roadster, a dead ringer for the Lotus Elan, and with pop up headlights to add a bit of...
Music hero Heather strikes gold at ‘social care Oscars’ for giving thousands of North Wales kids the gift of music
The founder of a pioneering music cooperative operating across Conwy, Denbighshire and Wrexham has struck gold at the social care Oscars. Heather Powell won The Sir Bryn Terfel Foundation Wales Care Award for Promoting the Arts in Social Care at this year’s Wales Care...
Cofis’ £1m stadium dream takes shape with support from backers Harlech Foodservice
A historic £1 million stadium transformation is taking shape as Caernarfon Town FC prepares to host Under 19 European Championship games next summer. The club is currently playing at Llandudno’s Go Goodwin Stadium while The Oval is being overhauled to meet Uefa...
Teen refugee from Ukraine crowned rising star of North Wales tourism industry
A teenager who fled the war in Ukraine has been crowned as the rising star of the tourism industry in North Wales. Yuliia Batrak, 19, a student at Coleg Llandrillo, won Young Person in Tourism and Hospitality prize at the prestigious Go North Wales Tourism Awards. At...
Top secret WWII secretary marks 100th birthday with party at North Wales care home
A wartime secretary who played a top secret role at North Wales RAF base has celebrated her 100th birthday. Marian Williams, who was just 14 when the Second World War broke out, went to work as a teenaged secretary at a mansion near Beaumaris that was requisitioned by...
Cupra Tavascan drive by Steve Rogers
Have we reached the stage where headlights are too bright? Should the main beam be toned down? It’s becoming a topic of conversation and all stems from the power of the Matrix LED lights system. Unlike conventional halogen headlights that dip to the left, Matrix...
Gordon Ramsay format guru signs on to take North Wales TV firm global
A pioneering North Wales TV company is aiming to sell Welsh language programmes internationally after appointing an industry high flyer to a key role. Olivia Simove, who has developed programmes for celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and the Hairy Bikers, has joined...
