Ysgol Awel y Mynydd turf cutting at Llandudno Junction
Pupils and staff from Ysgol Maelgwn and Ysgol Nant y Coed and representatives of Conwy County Borough Council joined contactors Read Construction to celebrate the start of work on the new Llandudno Junction Area...
Community Art Therapy Group to be held in Bangor
A new community art therapy group is due to start in February for the benefit of Arfon residents who are experiencing mental health difficulties.
The ‘New Directions’ initiative will be delivered by the arts therapy...
Crime tsar gives go ahead for new Llandudno police station
Llandudno is set to get a new police station.
As part of the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner’s current five year Estate Strategy, a new station will be built on the site of the...
Couple provided silver service foster care for Gwynedd children
A Llanllyfni couple have recently retired after a quarter of a century as foster carers, having welcomed more than 50 children into their home over the years.
Victor and Glenys Chocalingum have been fostering since...
Top orchestra helps children get in tune with science and engineering
ONE of Wales’s premier chamber orchestras has been using music to help youngsters cue up a possible career in science and engineering.
As part of an outreach programme designed to inspire the technocrats of the...
Gwynedd schools battle it out in swimming galas
School pupils from the Arfon area’s school recently showed off their prowess in two exciting swimming galas.
Swimming galas for pupils in years 3 to 6 from the area’s primary schools were held at the...
North Wales police boss honours community hero who turned his back on life of...
A FATHER-OF-TWO who turned his back on a life of crime and has gone on to help scores of disadvantaged people in his beloved Caernarfon has received a special award from a policing czar.
Kenny...
Firm pulls plug on £7m care home and 150 new jobs amid fears scores...
Scores of care homes in South and West Wales will go bust and be forced to close unless there is a significant increase in funding from local councils.
That’s the grim warning from Mohammad Mazhar...
Caring ex-builder strikes gold
A FORMER builder is laying the foundations for a strong future in the care industry after striking gold at the Welsh social care ‘Oscars’.
Wayne Barry, who works as a maintenance assistant at Ysguborwen Care...
Eight aim to generate cash for hospice by tackling Snowdonia challenge
An eight-strong team of friends are to tackle one of Wales’s toughest mountain walking challenges – the awesome Welsh 3000s – in aid of St David’s Hospice in Llandudno.
The band of brothers, all from...
