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A 28-year-old Flintshire man died after taking Class A drugs, an inquest heard. Ryan Alan Roberts, of Queens Park, Mold, died at a flat on Chester Street in Mold on August 30, 2020. On Friday (March 12) at County Hall in Ruthin, an inquest was held into the circumstances surrounding Mr Roberts death. It heard that in the days leading up to Sunday, August 30, Mr Roberts, a groundworker by trade, had been taking heroin and crack cocaine on "numerous" occasions alongside his short-term par...

Caernarfon man, 39, died from a blood clot minutes after arriving at hospital Kevin Schudlack passed away two days before Christmas after complaining about a pain in his leg for a week Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor (Image: David Powell / North Wales Live) Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newslett...

Mursion Adds New Board Members Ushering in Next Phase of Growth News provided by Share this article SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  Mursion, the industry leader in immersive virtual reality training for emotional intelligence in the workplace, today named three distinguished industry professionals to its Board of Directors to guide its next phase of growth. Education and workforce investor Susan Cates, c-suite human capital executive Joseph High, and private equity leader, Ezra F...

The best value places to buy property in the countryside – where prices are rising fastest You can get more house for your money in the countryside, but with prices rising post-Covid this value gap may not last much longer 22 February 2021 • 6:00am South Shields, which has a popular beach, offers particularly good value Credit: P A Thompson/P A Thompson Home buyers used to flee to the countryside to get more for their money and avoid eye-watering city prices.  Yet the demand for more spac...

THERE are plans afoot for vaccine passports to be introduced to allow people to travel to foreign countries, but also to the pub and other public venues, if they can prove they have received a vaccination against Covid-19. The plans have divided opinion nationally as some have said they feel they should not have to prove they have had the jab, whereas others feel that if it warrants them to go on holiday, then they definitely would carry the passport. Readers of the Hexham Courant general...

 Courtesy company What if virtual-reality avatars could teach humans empathy--in the real world, not in the realms of gaming or science fiction? In some workplaces, thats already happening. Mursion, a San Francisco company, offers VR-based training to help employees improve their people skills. By interacting with avatars in realistic simulations, managers can learn to give constructive feedback, salespeople can polish their negotiating skills, and call-center agents can practice calming dow...

Bubbly son found dead by his dad just one day before his 33rd birthday Anthony James Ventre, who had a daughter aged 12, was discovered at a holiday park Updated Anthony Ventre, of Dee Close, Kirkby was found dead at Robin Hood Holiday Park in North Wales on October 1 (Image: Facebook/Liverpool Echo) A bubbly man from Liverpool was found dead by his father the day before his 33rd birthday, an inquest heard. Anthony James Ventre was discovered at a North Wales holiday park on October 1 after sen...

Man who sent ex-girlfriend concerning messages was found dead at North Wales holiday park Anthony James Ventre was tragically found the day before his 33rd birthday 18:16, 16 FEB 2021 Anthony Ventre, of Dee Close, Kirkby was found dead at Robin Hood Holiday Park in North Wales on October 1 (Image: Facebook/Liverpool Echo) Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now! When you s...

The corner-carving scalpel has turned into a straight-line speedster London-based product designer Mehmet Doruk Erdem is well-known for bringing out some of the most outrageously creative imaginations to life in visual form. One of his creations is the Phantom, a custom BMW S 1000 RR land-speed racer concept. The precise corner carver has undergone a massive metamorphosis into a straight-line machine built to smash speed records. The extremely low-slung design is complemented by an equally aggr...

Alliance Trust PLC - Portfolio Update: Alliance Trust Stock Picker Change Portfolio Update: Alliance Trust Stock Picker Change Alliance Trust PLC today announces that the appointment of Lomas Capital Management LLC (Lomas), one of its nine Stock Pickers has been terminated. Lomas is being wound-down following the decision of two of its senior portfolio managers to retire. Willis Towers Watson, the Company’s investment manager, is in the process of reallocating the part of the Company’s port...