New Welsh snacks pop up with iconic treats from Snowdonia

It’s an all-American classic with a couple of Welsh twists.
Jones Popcorn is part of a newly launched range of snacks and is flavoured with Halen Môn sea salt from the coastline of Anglesey and Blodyn Aur (Golden Flower) rapeseed oil from hills above Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr in Conwy.
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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.
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£5.2m housing scheme is a class act

Three ex-pupils have played key roles in a £5.2 million scheme to redevelop a former school into specialist housing – creating a major boost for the local economy in the process.
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Social care leader slams council for “hypocrisy” over pay rates

A “hypocritical” county council pays its own staff £1,700 more a year than they are willing to shell out for carers doing the exactly the same work in privately-run care homes.
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