Author: Rhys Gregory

The First Minister will represent Wales at the Celtic Forum and the Interceltique Festival in Brittany this week. The inaugural Celtic Forum will take place in Rennes on Thursday 3 August, ahead of the start of annual Interceltique Festival in Lorient, which begins on Friday (4 August). The Celtic Forum will bring together leaders from the Celtic nations and regions – it will be an opportunity to strengthen relationships and discuss areas for potential collaboration. The First Minister will hold bilateral meetings with other Celtic leaders during the Forum. Festival Interceltique de Lorient is the largest annual celebration of Celtic…

The 2023/24 season could be a rather memorable one for Wayne Hennessey. The goalkeeper is just three international caps shy of Gareth Bale’s Welsh record – with a stack of Euro 2024 qualifiers and friendlies ahead, the 36-year-old could overtake Bale and become the most capped player in Wales’ history. At club level, Hennessey could be set to enjoy his final fling as a Premier League player – his Nottingham Forest contract expires at the end of the campaign which, given he turns 37 in January, seems a long-shot be renewed. In customary Hennessey fashion, the Bangor man will no…

A newly refurbished GO Outdoors store was officially opened on Saturday 29th July, by TV presenters and outdoor enthusiasts Gethin Jones and Sean Fletcher. Just before 9 am, Gethin and Sean cut the ribbon at the store’s opening event, welcoming in eager customers who had been queuing outside, and greeting them with goody bags and vouchers to spend inside the newly kitted-out store. Shortly after this, there was a Q&A session with the two brand ambassadors, in which Cardiff-born presenter Gethin said: “It’s fantastic to be back home here in Cardiff. On my way I passed by Cardiff Bay and…

Concerns were raised about the family of nine who were unable to escape from a disused lock, with the water around 30 to 40 feet down from the top, at Cardiff Bay near the Norwegian Church. Although the nine swans had plenty of room to swim in the disused lock and had a nest on the banking – concerns were raised by several members of the public and also by South Wales Swan Rescue as they were unable to leave to a larger body of water. There were concerns that the flightless cygnets – who were around eight weeks old…

Following months of anticipation, leading British Home, Leisure and Gardens retailer, The Range is delighted to confirm that it will be opening it’s new Brynmawr store this Friday on the 4th August. It will be located at Lakeside Retail Park and the doors will be thrown open to the public during the grand opening at 9:00am. The store will provide the local area with all the Home, Leisure, and Garden offerings of the range alongside a dedicated outdoor garden centre and Iceland Foods department. The new store has created a total of 62 new jobs, providing a fantastic boost to…

Waterspring Ventures, an award-winning early-stage venture capital firm based in Wales, today announces its first investment into Operati Limited, which has built the first Software as a Service (SaaS) estimating solution of its kind for the SME market. Waterspring Ventures is investing £280k of its first tranche into the business. It has partnered with The Development Bank of Wales for the deal, which is investing £150k from the Technology Seed Fund, whilst the founders of Operati Limited have also invested £50k. Small and medium-sized businesses that make ‘install-to-order’ or ‘make-to-order’ products struggle to configure and estimate complex products, plan and…

Staff on Morriston Hospital’s children’s ward have dialled canine, canine, canine for a spot of pedigree pet therapy. Help arrived in the form of Mark Kennedy from Carmarthenshire Therapy Dogs and his 7-year-old bullmastiff, Olga. Although she looked a beast, weighing in at 10 stone, Olga was as gentle as a lamb and lapped up pats and cuddles from all who met her. The visit was arranged to put a smile on the face of the young patients and reduce some of the anxiety that may surround a hospital stay but the staff were equally lifted by Olga’s visit. Mark…

Award-winning housebuilder, St. Modwen Homes, has opened the first of its showhomes at its highly sought-after Hendrefoilan Park development in Swansea. Situated in Killay, Hendrefoilan Park is a stunning development currently boasting a variety of 3 and 4- bedroom homes, with prices starting at £374,995. Close to popular schools, beautiful beaches, and the great local amenities of nearby Swansea City Centre, the development is an idyllic location for new homeowners and growing families to enjoy. The 3-bed Eustace and 4-bed Gregory showhomes give prospective buyers the opportunity to get a feel for the homes and the thriving atmosphere within the…

Hive Mind Mead & Brew Co has been awarded the highest three-star Great Taste award rating for its Wye Valley Traditional Mead.  The Guild of Fine Food rates three star products as “extraordinarily tasty food and drink” and only 2% of the thousands of products submitted for Great Taste judging every year achieves three stars.  Hive Mind brews meads and beers at its meadery in Caldicot with natural ingredients and honey from its own local hives, where its beekeeping supports habitat  conservation and important pollinator populations.  Hive Mind’s Traditional Mead reflects the flavours from the hills, meadows, hedgerows and woodlands…

Fay Jones MP recently joined up with some of the Openreach engineers that have been busy building a new Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband network across her Brecon and Radnorshire constituency. She was given a tour of the work, which is making faster and more reliable ‘full fibre’ broadband available to homes and businesses in the local area. Nearly 40% of premises across Powys can already benefit from Openreach’s investment which when complete will total around £12.4 million* and bring some of the fastest and most reliable broadband speeds to the area. The tour started with a quick visit to the telephone exchange in Builth…