New groups have been set up for foodies, putting amateur and professional growers in touch with people with an appetite for fresh, local produce.
The schemes, believed to be the first, use social media website Facebook allowing growers and buyers to post messages about who has an abundance of fresh local produce and who is ready to buy it.
Jane Clough from Caffi Florence, Loggerheads, near Mold, set up one group - "Local Food: North East Wales" - as a way to put people in touch as she is always on the look out for fresh local produce for her menu.
Meanwhile, another group, Veg in My Back Yard unites home and allotment veg growers from around Mold and elsewhere in north east Wales.
Jane said: "We actively seek local food producers with a glut of fruit and vegetables they have grown.
"Last week someone brought in four crates of freshly-picked mushrooms and almost everything on the menu the next day contained mushrooms!"
Read the rest of this entry
The pits may have long since closed but the importance of the song Gresford or The Miners' Hymn as it has become known, continues to resonate.
A new book, The Pitmen's Requiem has brought emotions back to the surface, explaining how the famous brass band composition - written to mark the mining tragedy which claimed the lives of 266 men in Wrexham in 1934 - "has become a requiem for mining communities and their way of life".
It's importance was highlighted again when BBC Radio 4's Today programme reported on Friday how:
The film The Miners' Hymns at this year's Durham Festival is causing a stir in the mining community. Controversially, the film leaves out perhaps the most important miners' hymn - Gresford. Reporter Nicola Stanbridge remembers the miners who lost their lives in the Gresford mining disaster 76 years ago and the hymn written to commemorate.
Richard Moss, the BBC's Political Editor for the North East and Cumbria, has been blogging about it too:
Read the rest of this entry
Contributor Steven has sent in a film showing three UFOs in the sky over his engineering yard in Saltney, Flintshire.
The footage is taken from his security camera and - in the top left of the picture - appears to show three objects moving in unison. The lights look triangular in shape.
Read the rest of this entry
The recent wet weather has caused Misery for a Wrexham mum, who had to have 130 litres of flood water pumped out of her front room, reports the Leader.
Related: Wrexham area hit by flash floods - BBC North East Wales
A group of historians and lecturers have been collecting signatures to oppose the building of a statue to honour explorer HM Stanley in Denbigh, accusing him of "crimes against humanity".
Petition to stop plans for HM Stanley statue in Denbigh - Daily Post
Airbus, which produces wings for the A380 super-jumbo at Broughton, says it is well on track to meet its full year's target of at least 20.
Airbus on target to deliver 20 superjumbos this year - Flintshire Chronicle
The family of a Battle of Britain hero are being invited to be guests of honour at North Wales's biggest airshow.
Rhyl Airshow to pay tribute to The Few - Rhyl Journal
Popular botanist David Bellamy has praised youngsters from a Flintshire school who have taken part in a project to mark the latest link in the All Wales Coastal Path.
Botanist David Bellamy visits Gronant Primary School - Flintshire Chronicle
Historic properties, including Chirk Castle, join super heroes, racing cars and Transformers in making it to Top Trumps status.
Historic North Wales properties become Top Trumps - Daily Post
Don't forget you can receive our daily updates via Twitter and Facebook.
This year's Great Taste Awards feature a number of local food producers, including two winners of the coveted three star awards.
Organised by the Guild of Fine Food, the awards have been described as the "Oscars of the food world" and celebrate the diverse range of quality food and drink produced across the UK.
Out of 1,576 food and drink items tasted nationally only 95 were awarded three stars, two of which are produced in Denbighshire, including beef from the Rhug Estate, Corwen, and Elwy Valley Welsh Lamb, Denbigh.
There's a full list of local award winners in Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham at the Great Taste Awards website.
Read the rest of this entry
Answer: They've all got ties with Wrexham!
First, Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke met with Wrexham rugby player Gareth Thomas to discuss the possiblity of playing the Crusaders star in a film about his life.
Gareth made the revelation himself, tweeting the message:
"Spent last night in London with Mickey Rourke. What a great guy. Went with him to J. Ross show."
Read the rest of this entry
Contributor Suzanne Matthews shares this spooky photograph taken at Bodelwyddan Castle, which is reputed to be haunted.
And Suzanne wonders if, indeed, she has captured on film a silhouette of one of the castle's spirits that led TV's Most Haunted crew to hold a live vigil on-site earlier this year.
Suzanne tells us: "To me it looks like a young girl kneeling at the side of the bed with her face in her hands. I can clearly see her eyes and nose, some kind of hat and the ringlets in her hair. Please tell me what you think."
Read the rest of this entry
An interesting report on the results of Flintshire council's food waste pilot is being discussed today by councillors as part of plans to make further changes to household rubbish collections across the county.
Or as the Daily Post suggests, Flintshire to get fortnightly wheelie bin collections in bid to recycle more food waste.
Reading the report online you can see that since April, 24,000 properties across Flintshire began separating food waste from their black bin bag collections in a pilot project - diverting 350 tonnes of biodegradable waste from landfill in three months.
The stats show an average collection of 35 tonnes per week which equates to an average of 2.58kg per participating households.
But, says the report, it's not all good news.
Read the rest of this entry
There is more jobs news this week with a report that Job cuts confirmed at Deeside Toyota - Flintshire Chronicle.
There is some good news as well:
- 300 jobs set for new Morrisons store - The Leader
- Wrexham aerospace firm wins a £40m deal with Airbus - Daily Post
- Shotton pub could create 'dozens of jobs' - The Leader
Tag: Jobs
In other news this week, Llangollen Eisteddfod's anger as Faenol Festival receives £240k - The Leader
Bosses at Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod are demanding to know why - just a week after they were denied £50,000 of external funding - another festival in north Wales has reaped a £240,000 windfall.
Related: Llangollen festival 2010 - BBC North East Wales
Read the rest of this entry
Updated 8pm, Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Here are some useful links to help you get the best coverage of this year's Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod, via the web, TV and radio.
Read the rest of this entry
It's our weekly blog highighting some of the stories in the region's newspapers. And don't forget you can receive our daily updates via Twitter and Facebook.
Supermarket will bring 350 new jobs to Wrexham - Leader
Plans for a new supermarket in Wrexham will go before the local authority's planning committee on Monday.
But do we need more supermarkets, tweets Rich What do you think?
Proposal to close Flint Magistrates' Court - Flintshire Chronicle
Flint Town Council's fight to safeguard the future of the town's courthouse has been dealt a blow - with a Government proposal to close the site.
- Magistrates' courts face closure in England and Wales - BBC News
- Rhyl Pavilion, Llangollen Pavilion, and Oriel Wrecsam see funding cuts - BBC News
Read the rest of this entry
