Author: Rhys Gregory

Carmarthen Athletic RFC and award winning Learning Technology company, Aspire 2Be are thrilled to announce that funding for a groundbreaking project aimed at preserving and promoting its historic Sports Museum, has been secured. The collection of sporting memorabilia, which boasts national and international significance, will undergo a transformation that will make it accessible to a global audience while engaging the local schools community in a unique heritage initiative titled; The Early in the Morning Project. The museum, founded in 1967 after the UK ‘Foot & Mouth’ epidemic restrictions prevented the New Zealand All Blacks touring rugby team from returning home…

A DAD of three who discovered a cancerous lump under his nipple while training for a marathon is urging people in Wales to support Stand Up To Cancer this Autumn.   Mike Rossiter from Whitchurch, Cardiff, didn’t know men could get breast cancer until he was diagnosed with the disease almost 10 years ago.   Keen runner Mike noticed the lump while training for the Manchester Marathon in 2013.   “I thank running for saving my life,” said Mike. “My nipples were sore after training, so I used some Vaseline on them and that’s when I felt a lump under my nipple.   “I…

Caerphilly-based freelancer platform Revolancer has reached a significant milestone in its early-stage growth, surpassing 120,000 active users from across the world. The platform, which allows users to exchange their services for cash or credits which can then be exchanged with other users, is growing rapidly and is currently seeing over a thousand new users sign up daily. The company was founded in 2021 by CEO, Karl Swanepoel as an Aberystwyth University dorm room project, and is now entering its second fundraising round where it expects to raise a further $1.9m to its initial $700k raise. The platform has a unique…

Youngsters from across age groups at Valley Ravens Rugby Club are set to benefit after local energy company, Pennant Walters, has provided money which will fund winter training costs for all players. With the dark nights quickly approaching, the club, sought to move weekly sessions to floodlit and indoor facilities so that the 160 registered youngsters don’t miss out on training opportunities during the winter months. Also mindful of not increasing fees for parents, the Club looked to Pennant Walters for its for support. The company has provided £2,100 to cover the winter venue hire from a fund linked to…

Lliswerry Pond in Newport, South Wales, is the only Green Flag Community Award winner to make this year’s People’s Choice Top 10. More than 21,000 members of the public cast their vote in this year’s People’s Choice Awards, naming Lliswerry Pond in their top ten Green Flag Award green spaces in the UK. The volunteer run fishery and green space on the outskirts of Newport is the only site with a Green Flag Community Award to make the Top 10 this year. Lliswerry Pond was one of 2,216 UK parks and green spaces which met the standard of the Green…

retired teacher has made a remarkable recovery and was walking unaided less than 48 hours after robotic surgery to replace her knee and is now back doing the school run with her grandchildren. Supergran Janet Carroll’s active life included walking, cycling and swimming as well as taking three of her six grandchildren to primary school and looking after the youngest, 16-month-old Dylan. But an arthritic knee had slowed down the sprightly 66-year-old from Wallasey until she was barely able to walk the half a mile to the school or keep up with little Dylan. She’s back on duty now after…

Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society will once again host one of the county’s biggest festive events next month when the annual Christmas Fair returns on Sunday, 10 December 2023. The Parkhouse building on the Haverfordwest Showground will be transformed into a Christmas paradise. There will be even more stalls this year with a wide variety of quality local businesses exhibiting as well as festive music, Santa in his Grotto and a food court. Judith Roach and Emma Thomas, the event organisers, said, “We are excited to be able to once again hold our Christmas Fair and build on the success of last…

A top food wholesaler that employs ex-service personnel is on a special mission to support the annual Poppy Appeal. Harlech Foodservice are displaying the emblem of the Royal British Legion’s annual appeal on over 40 lorries of their distribution fleet which delivers across Wales, the North West and the Border Counties. The company, which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary, is also signing up to the Armed Forces Covenant at a special ceremony at Caernarfon Castle on Thursday, November 30. It’s a special commitment which means a lot to former Welsh Guardsman Daniel Jones, from Llanystumdwy, who spent 14 years…

More businesses are showing their support for a campaign aimed at raising awareness of everything there is to see and do in Swansea city centre. Led by Swansea Council, the Enjoy Your City Centre campaign started in September and will run until the spring of 2024. Videos forming part of the campaign on the council’s Facebook and Instagram pages have already been watched close to 50,000 times. Some of the businesses to have recently featured in the campaign include Founders and Co on Wind Street, Basekamp on Kings Lane, The Entertainer in the Quadrant Shopping Centre, and The Gamers’ Emporium…

National Trust Cymru are seeking a new tenant for the Dolaucothi Arms in the village of Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire. The conservation charity is looking for tenants who are passionate about heritage, people and the local landscape to develop a new business at the centre of a rural Welsh community. The Trust are promoting the vacancy as an open opportunity, which could include continued use as a pub. They are inviting expressions of interest from anyone with a vision that will give the building a bright and sustainable future. The traditional Grade II listed Inn is at the heart of the village…