Author: Rhys Gregory

Brace yourself for a full-throttle day of family fun, gravity-defying stunts and edge-of-your-seat action, as Monster Jam powers back into Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on Saturday 16th May 2026. This year, Cardiff fans will be the first in the UK to witness the debut of Sparkle Smash, the six-ton unicorn with a bold attitude, known for its fierce competitive spirit and larger-than-life personality. Get ready for an unforgettable live motorsports spectacle where 12,000-pound trucks perform jaw-dropping feats -balancing on two wheels, soaring through the air, and pushing the limits of physics in competitions of speed, style, and skill. The world’s best drivers will go head-to-head in three…

The Football Association of Wales can confirm that Rodney Parade will host the 2026 JD Welsh Cup Final and Bute Energy Welsh Cup Final.  It will be the third consecutive year that Wales’ two most prestigious cup competitions will culminate in Newport. The JD Welsh Cup Final will take place on Sunday 12 April (KO 15:15), before the Bute Energy Welsh Cup Final on Sunday 19 April (KO TBC). Ticket details will be confirmed at a later date. The New Saints are the current holders of the JD Welsh Cup after beating Connah’s Quay Nomads in the final last season,…

The 33-year-old from Mumbles, near Swansea in south Wales, has been selected as the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year for 2025. The 2024 Paralympic champion completed a full set of major titles in 2025, adding both the European and world crowns to his name to achieve a notable hat-trick of gold medals. Pritchard comes from a sporting family. His father was a respected judoka and rugby player, while his mother played netball for the Welsh police force. His early sporting love was sailing, joining Mumbles Yacht Club and going on to represent Wales and Great Britain in…

Manon Steffan Ros will be the new presenter of BBC Radio Cymru’s arts programme every Sunday afternoon from the end of January. As one of Wales’s most prominent authors, she has received numerous awards for her work as a novelist and playwright. She is also widely recognised as a columnist, presenter, and singer. “It’s such a privilege to present an arts programme on BBC Radio Cymru,” said Manon Steffan Ros. “I’ve been working in the arts for over twenty years, in various capacities: acting, singing, creating visual art, and of course writing. I’m looking forward to continuing to create while…

An amber weather warning has been issued for heavy rain across large parts of Wales, with flooding possible today. The Met Office says persistent and often heavy rain will affect much of south and southwest Wales during Monday. Rainfall totals of 50 to 80mm are expected widely, with some areas seeing close to 100mm. With ground already saturated following recent wet weather, the risk of flooding and disruption is higher. The warning covers many local authority areas including Cardiff, Swansea, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Monmouthshire, Newport and the Vale of Glamorgan, along with several other…

Neath town centre Neighbourhood Policing Officers have disrupted a significant cannabis operation, which had the capability to have grown to become the “largest ever” of its kind in South Wales. The operation came as a result of intelligence gathered by the Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT). Suspicious activity had been reported around the former Marks and Spencer shop on Green Street, which had been vacant since the closure of M&S on May 18 2024. While on patrol, a 34-year-old man was spotted acting suspiciously and was stopped by the officers, then arrested shortly after on suspicion of burglary. Officers, alongside specialist…

A new framework designed to create a stronger, fairer and greener Cardiff for all has been developed to enhance the vitality and viability of Cardiff’s neighbourhoods. Cardiff Council’s ambitious draft Regeneration Strategy 2025–2030 brings together a range of council policies and strategies relating to regeneration and placemaking into a single, cohesive framework. It has been in developed in line with the authority’s Corporate Plan 2025–28 and the emerging Replacement Local Development Plan. The draft strategy sets out a structured approach to future investment and the regeneration of Cardiff’s centres and neighbourhoods. Its purpose is to identify areas of need and…

Cardiff Council is looking to secure the future of Cardiff Riding School by seeking a new operator to run the much-loved facility in Pontcanna Fields. The move, which comes against a backdrop of significant financial pressure on local authority budgets across the UK, aims to deliver much-needed investment in the facility and ensure it continues to serve the community for years to come. Councillor Jennifer Burke, Cabinet Member for Culture, Sport and Parks, said: “We know how much Cardiff Riding School means to people. Finding a new operator will secure its long-term future, deliver the investment needed to update facilities,…

Plans for a newly build school to improve education for pupils in Blaenymaes and Portmead are moving forward. Swansea Council and the Welsh Government are behind the planned investment that will hugely improve indoor and outdoor facilities for hundreds of pupils. It will also include a part-time nursery and Flying Start provision as well as a Specialist Teaching Facility for children that need additional support. The plan is for it to open in 2031. As part of the process Blaenymaes and Portmead schools will be amalgamated in 2030 creating one governing body with one headteacher before they move from their existing…

Ysgol Hen Felin pupils were among a group of visitors to the construction site for the new Additional Learning Needs School in Clydach Vale on Thursday, as the project continues towards its completion next year. The young people marked an important milestone of the construction phase with a festive twist – by signing decorations for a Christmas tree! The major investment will provide English Medium ALN facilities for 176 pupils aged 3-19. The development will respond to the increasing number of ALN learners in Rhondda Cynon Taf, along with the growing complexity of pupils’ needs and the capacity pressures at…