Neil Prior

1 week ago | bbc.com | Neil Prior

The teatime snack helping save the planetLa Creme PatisserieLa Creme Patisserie has found an unusual way to deal with waste product in the manufacturing process They say your pudding will spoil your tea, but it turns out cream cakes could also save the salmon in your sandwiches. Waste water from a south Wales patisserie is being used to grow bacteria which can replace chemical fertilisers in farming, reducing both water and air pollution.

2 months ago | bbc.com | Neil Prior

Enduring mystery of New York icon with Welsh ownerGetty ImagesAerial view of Ellis IslandThe Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in New York harbour remain two of the world's iconic sites - and sights. And remarkably, two American men of Welsh origin with the same name can lay claim to being the founder of Ellis Island. But all these years on, the question remains: which Samuel Ellis was it?

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Neil Prior

The contents of a historic country mansion where band Girls Aloud went ghost hunting are to be auctioned off. Plas Teg near Mold, Flintshire, has a more than 400-year history - it was constructed in 1610 as was said to be one of the most advanced houses in Wales at the time.

Dec 8, 2024 | yahoo.com | Neil Prior

One hundred and fifty years ago Able Seaman Thomas Lewis became the hero of one of the most grisly shipwrecks in British maritime history - which included drowning, fire and even cannibalism. In the autumn of 1874 Twm Pen-Stryd, as he was known locally, from Moelfre on Anglesey, was serving onboard the Cospatrick, transporting emigrant labourers and cargo to New Zealand.

Nov 10, 2024 | yahoo.com | Neil Prior

As people gather at war memorials across Swansea for Remembrance events, many thoughts will be on the devastating three-night blitz of February 1941. As devastating as that bombing was, the story of the Swansea home front - or how civilians cope during war - is much more diverse. In a new account, author and local historian Bernard Lewis aims to provide a wider perspective on the city's World War Two experience.