Author: Rhys Gregory

A woman from Carmarthenshire has been jailed after she committed a series of offences against the same victim on one day whilst under the influence of Class A drugs. 26-year-old Elizabeth Jones, from Llanelli, admitted to having been using crack cocaine in the days leading up to the offences, which included threats to kill, an assault occasioning actual bodily harm, intentional strangulation and criminal damage to property of value under £5,000. Jones pleaded guilty to all of these offences, which took place at an address in Pontarddulais, on May 1. She also pleaded guilty to assaulting a constable in the…

A new community-led art installation celebrating the identity, landscape and stories of Prees has been officially unveiled at Prees railway station as part of this year’s Community Rail Week The project, titled ‘Lines Through the Land’, has been funded by Transport for Wales and led by 3 Counties Connected Community Rail Partnership (CRP) in partnership with local artist Cathy Williams, pupils from Lower Heath CE Primary School and Nursery, community members and station volunteers. Created through a series of workshops, the artwork explores Prees’s ancient Bronze Age roots, its farmland and wildlife and has transformed the station into a more…

A father and son celebrated a family double success at a leading Welsh work-based learning provider’s prestigious annual awards. Andrew Addis-Fuller, a Cambrian Training Company hospitality training officer, was named Practitioner of the Year at the Apprenticeship, Employment and Skills Awards organised by the learning provider and its partners. His son, Oliver, bar and functions manager at Glyn Clydach Hotel, Neath, working towards a Level 3 Hospitality & Management Apprenticeship won the Outstanding Individual of the Year Award. The independently judged awards recognise the outstanding achievements of employers, learners and practitioners from across Wales who have excelled in apprenticeship programmes…

Croatia arrive at the 2026 World Cup in North America carrying the weight of a golden generation’s final chapter. With England vs Croatia odds making Zlatko Dalic’s side significant underdogs in their group opener in Arlington, Texas on 17 June, this is a squad defined by the tension between an ageing but exceptional core and a promising but untested next generation. Here is a look at the squad Dalic has named for what will be a tournament of endings and beginnings in equal measure. Goalkeepers Dominik Livakovic remains Croatia’s undisputed number one, the goalkeeper who saved three penalties against Brazil…

Rental change is showing up in cleared homes Across Cardiff, Bridgend, Newport, Caerphilly, Pontypridd and the wider South Wales region, a quiet pattern has emerged in the local property market. Smaller landlords are exiting. Larger portfolios are refreshing stock. Between the two, clearing, ripping out and turning over rental properties has become one of the busiest corners of the residential property economy. In 2026, landlord-led clearance and refurbishment work across South Wales is sitting at one of its most active points in recent memory. The reasons are structural, and they point to where Welsh private rented housing is heading. Regulation…

Jellyfish Business Solutions has relocated to new headquarters at Cardiff Gate, as the South Wales technology company continues to expand its operations across the region. Located just off Junction 30 of the M4, the new office gives the business improved access to its growing customer base across South Wales and the South West, while also providing additional space for future recruitment and development. The move comes after a sustained period of growth for the company, which now supports more than 220 customers with services including IT support, cybersecurity, telecoms, connectivity, managed print and business technology solutions. For Managing Director Jack…

TOWN centres are getting a state-of-the-art digital makeover as a Welsh enterprise agency helps high streets stay visible and competitive in an increasingly online world. SMART Busnes, delivered by Antur Cymru, has created Digital Place Plans for the six towns it supports in Ceredigion, giving each one a detailed look at how it performs online. The plans examine everything from promotion, coordination and marketing to social media presence, showing where they may be losing customers and what practical steps can be taken to improve. Described as “a health check for the high street” the programme uses search data, footfall analytics,…

Savills has appointed three new planners to its Cardiff-based team, strengthening its position as one of the largest and most active planning consultancy teams in Wales. Kate Tomos joins Savills as an associate director from Avison Young. Kate has more than 20 years’ experience of environmental planning, specialising in Environmental Impact Assessment across a number of sectors, including strategic urban extensions, urban mixed-use redevelopment, industrial, energy and infrastructure. Lucy Such has been appointed as a planner, bringing more than three years’ private sector experience from Tetra Tech (formerly RPS). She gained RTPI chartership last year and has worked on a broad…

A Chepstow-based technology company developing cutting-edge tools for the global games industry has secured more than £1 million in funding to accelerate growth and bring its platform toward market launch. Founded in Chepstow, Breaking Change is developing software infrastructure that helps game studios model, simulate and maintain the complex systems that underpin modern games, such as vehicles, weapons, progression and economies, more quickly, safely and efficiently. The platform combines simulation technology with AI-assisted authoring, helping studios build deeper gameplay systems without relying on months of bespoke engineering. The funding package includes £735,000 in equity investment, led by the Development Bank…

Four men have been jailed after they were involved in violent disorder in Swansea city centre which resulted in multiple people sustaining stab wounds. Officers were called to a report of an ongoing disturbance at St. Helen’s Road, Sandfields, Swansea at around 10:15pm on Wednesday September 24. 20-year-old Mohabat Adreemzai, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan and three men from Swansea – 19-year-old Yasir Aryan from Brynmill, 24-year-old Mahfuz Uddin from Waun Wen and 26-year-old Mohammed Uddin from Townhill were all later arrested in connection with the incident, which left three people in hospital. Adreemzai and Mahfuz Uddin pleaded not guilty…