Author: Rhys Gregory

A TABLE tennis academy has served up success and returned strong numbers since launching earlier this year. The strategic partnership between Coleg Cambria and Table Tennis Wales is focused on providing an inclusive community club programme and dedicated grassroots coaching. Focused on all five of the college’s sites – Deeside, Northop, Llysfasi, and Yale and Bersham Road in Wrexham – the academy welcomed more than 800 people for training and fun sessions in just four months. Regional Development Officer for North Wales Aaron Beech liaised with schools, clubs, and community organisations in a bid to find the country’s next Olympic,…

A new short scifi film turns South Wales into a post-apocalyptic world. And viewers will soon be able to see it online for free. Annalium 8: Sssss is set in a world where all animal life has been wiped out. But a scientist in full bio-hazard kit and with a life-support machine in tow, discovers a young girl in a forest, apparently fit and well. Created by Robert Lancey, a writer born and raised in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, the short film was shot in and around the Welsh capital in summer 2022. After editing and post-production sound design, the film was…

Charities, community groups and other social enterprises are among those who still have a chance of benefiting from UK Shared Prosperity Funding. Pembrokeshire County Council is calling for those that may benefit from the Pembrokeshire Sustainable Communities Fund to apply. The UK Shared Prosperity Funding is financed by the UK Government under the Levelling Up Programme. The invitation for applications has reopened with grants of £10,000 to £100,000 for new projects available. There is up to £1million committed to the fund and13 projects in Pembrokeshire have already benefited. The Pembrokeshire Sustainable Communities Fund supports the development and creation activities linked…

RCT Council has completed a significant repair scheme to a river wall that supports the embankment off the A4058 at Tonypandy, near the Tylacelyn Road Roundabout. An area of traffic management on the southern approach to the roundabout, that was required to access the wall beneath the road, has recently been removed. The completed scheme has included tree and vegetation removal from the wall, clearing a 150-metre length of the collapsed section of the wall, and installing a blockstone revetment in its place. Work has also included rebuilding localised sections of the wall, repointing works, installation of wooden posts and…

Several streets in Pontypridd Town Centre will be closed to traffic on two consecutive Sundays due to work at the former bingo hall site – starting this weekend. The first closure will be in place from 8am to 6pm on Sunday, November 19, and will then be repeated on Sunday, November 26. Contractor Prichard’s will install a drainage connection across the carriageway, as part of the ongoing preparatory works at the former bingo hall site, ahead of its redevelopment. The closure will include Taff Street (from its junction with Church Street, heading south), the entire length of High Street (from…

The River Severn Partnership (RSP) has been awarded £3.75m of Government funding to support the growth of wireless innovation and technology in some of its key economic sectors. The Partnership comprises the eight English and Welsh councils that cover the River Severn catchment area, including Powys, and is one of ten UK Innovation Regions to gain funding. The Innovation Region project will engage, encourage and adopt Advanced Wireless Connectivity (AWC) technology into the heart of the RSP’s priority sectors of rural industries, water management and public services, where partners are both regional and national leaders. The award from the Department…

Patients in Rhyl are the first in Wales to benefit from a new electronic prescription service, which allows GPs to send prescriptions securely online to the patient’s choice of community pharmacy, without the need for a paper form. The new service, launched today [Friday 17 November], makes the prescribing and dispensing of medicines for patients and healthcare professionals easier, safer and more efficient. For the first time, GPs no longer have to physically print, sign and hand a green paper prescription form to the patient or wait for it to be taken to the pharmacy. Instead, the prescription is sent…

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The world is feeling the effects of climate, more so over the past months. Record-high temperatures, heat waves, extensive wildfires, longer drought periods and rising sea levels due to ice caps melting are just some of the consequences of the accumulated greenhouse gasses trapping heat energy in the atmosphere. The World Weather Attribution recently published a report stating that “climate change more than doubled the likelihood of extreme fire weather conditions” that brought about record-breaking wildfires in Eastern Canada, which started in April and continues to burn today. So far, 17 deaths have been directly linked to the fires, while…

Late one evening in July 2022 an horrendous domestic incident happened in the Penrhys area, when Jonathan Woods, 40 assaulted his partner. He knocked her to the ground and stamped on her face, leaving the victim helpless and fighting her life on the side of the road. The only witness to this horrific assault was a young child. DCI Emma Hampton said: “The scene that greeted officers was one of the worst they had ever encountered. “The response by officers was excellent, providing medical assistance to the victim and transporting her to hospital promptly as there were no ambulances available.…