St Gerard’s School £150k sports facility completed ahead of summer
A LEADING independent school completed work on a new £150,000 multi-use sports facility. Already generating interest among prospective learners and the local community, the state-of-the-art pitches at St Gerard’s School in Bangor have been completed ahead of the summer. The site includes a ‘next generation’ artificial grass surface which can be used for five-a-side football, netball,…
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Oscar winner Lol Crawley on his love for Wales and advice for next generation of college filmmakers
WALES played a major role in Lol Crawley’s journey to Oscars glory. Having been raised in Powys, the acclaimed cinematographer went on to study for a BTEC National Diploma in Audio Visual Studies at NEWI Cartrefle in Wrexham – now Coleg Cambria – and has thanked the lecturers and colleagues who played a part in…
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Artists wanted for multi-million pound sea defence mural that will symbolise Our Rhyl
AN INSPIRATIONAL art project will symbolise the regeneration journey of a beloved seaside town following the completion of multi-million-pound flood defence works. Artist and facilitator Ffion Pritchard is appealing for up to 10 creatives from across Denbighshire to come forward and produce a mural for the Ein Rhyl/Our Rhyl campaign. Supported by Rhyl Neighbourhood Board and Balfour…
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Cambria launches new football academy with Champions League finalists PSG
Coleg Cambria and Paris Saint-Germain Academy UK Launch ‘Open to All’ Football Academy in North Wales. Paris Saint-Germain Academy UK is proud to announce an exciting new partnership with Coleg Cambria, bringing world-class football training to North Wales through the launch of a brand-new PSG Academy programme based at the college. Launching in September 2025,…
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Growth of Fresh and Tasty (FT) Microgreens leads to rebrand and new HQ
THE spectacular growth of a multi award-winning family business has seen it lay down new roots in Wales. Fresh and Tasty (FT) Microgreens is relocating to a larger, three-acre site at Glanllyn Farm in Wigfair, near St Asaph. Husband and wife team Steve and Laura Holland launched the company in 2021 and have never looked…
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Coleg Cambria hosts series of activities to mark Mental Health Awareness Week
COLEG CAMBRIA is doing more than ever to promote and prioritise the health and wellbeing of students, staff and its communities. Since Monday – in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation and Colegau Cymru – the college has been hosting informative sessions and fun activities for students and staff across its sites in Wrexham, Deeside,…
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CCTV boss in cancer battle records landmark anniversary business growth
A CCTV company recorded a landmark anniversary with new clients, a surge in turnover and plans for further growth nationwide. Based in Mochdre, Active CCTV was founded in 2000 by Adrian Standerwick, who admits at the time he “couldn’t even wire a plug”. Quarter of a century later and the business is in better shape…
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Soccer star swaps student life for the Championship following ‘Hollywood Reds’ promotion
A FORMER student has swapped college life for Championship glory. Harry Ashfield, who this year completed a Level 3 Sports qualification at Coleg Cambria Yale, is celebrating promotion from League 1 with Wrexham AFC. Having signed a new contract earlier this year, taking him to the end of the 2026/27 season, the marauding midfielder can’t…
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‘Childcare Show’ to celebrate industry and meet surge in demand for workers
AN INAUGURAL childcare expo celebrating learner achievement and the “best of the industry” will be hosted by Coleg Cambria. The Childcare Show is to be held on Wednesday May 14 from 5.30pm-8.30pm in the new £14m Nant building at Yale in Wrexham, a health and wellbeing Centre featuring the popular Iâl Spa, simulated hospital wards…
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Organic farm estate forges new partnership with iconic department store
A PROMINENT organic estate will further strengthen its ties with one of the UK’s most iconic high-end department stores. The 12,500-acre Rhug Estate, based near Corwen in North Wales, already supplies its award-winning Wild Beauty range to Fortnum and Mason in London’s Picadilly. With a history dating back to 1707, the independent retailer – famed…
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