Author: Rhys Gregory

Today, the use of drinking straws keeps soaring higher. While this is good, it may also threaten the environment if they are not disposable. Using disposable drinking straws helps in fighting climate change to some extent. Based on reports, Europe alone is estimated to use several billion straws per year. Drinking-Straw. com also contributes to this significant demand, with a considerable portion of their production sites located in Asia and Europe.  When finding disposable alternatives to plastic drinking straws can be tough, paper straws are often the go-to option. However, there are several other sustainable alternatives available that offer similar functionality…

Cardiff residents are being given the chance to show off their creative flair and develop new artistic skills as Cardiff Metropolitan University’s School of Art and Design opens its doors to the public for its annual Community Day. On Sunday 11th June 2023, members of the public can have a go at some of the skills taught within Cardiff Met’s School of Art and Design including laser cutting in the digital technology workshop, FabLab; using the potter’s wheel; and learning new stitching techniques with textile experts. The Community Day is open from 12-4pm, with free workshops running until 3.30pm. Activities…

Cardiff Bay’s new outdoor food court, Tiger Yard, will throw open its doors for the first time on Thursday 8th June, kicking off an initial 12-week summer run. After months of work, Tiger Yard sees the site of the former Dr Who Experience in Cardiff Bay transformed into an outdoor food court, featuring six permanent shipping container kitchens and two purpose-built bars. By using 22 rainbow-coloured shipping containers to create the bars, kitchens, toilet blocks and some seating areas, Tiger Yard is now ready to welcome a total of 1,000 covers at a time. The new venture comes from the…

A sensory room has been opened at a care home in memory of a much-loved former Bangor City football legend and retired teacher. After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and dementia, Cedric ‘Cid’ Pritchard spent the last 18 months of his life at Pendine Park’s Bryn Seiont Newydd Care Home on the outskirts of Caernarfon. In his younger days Cid was a highly talented all-round sportsman who captained Bangor City during their glory days at Farrar Road, as well as skippering the city’s cricket team and being an excellent golfer. Off the sports field he was a primary school teacher…

Wales’ largest music, science and arts festival, and the first UK festival to sell out all its tickets, Green Man, today announces new line-up additions and day-by-day schedule of its 2023 event. The festival takes place in the epic surroundings of the Black Mountains deep in the heart of Bannau Brycheiniog from the 17th – 20th of August. Self Esteem is announced as the final headliner for Green Man 2023, following a phenomenal breakthrough for the artist since the release of her universally acclaimed, Mercury Prize-nominated second album Prioritise Pleasure. She previously played Green Man in 2021, delivering a triumphant…

The Blaina Wharf pub in Newport has reopened with a new look following a £211k investment. The pub’s refresh has seen the introduction of new wallpaper, stylish lighting, new seating, and uplifting colour palettes. With an updated bar area and investment in team training, the pub has now officially reopened with a fresh new look. Tracey Jones who runs local project, “Pride in Pill”, Newport’s multi-award winning environmental voluntary group and Darren Rice, a local resident who organises litter picking, canal clean ups and fundraises for the area’s food banks, were chosen as the pub’s community heroes to pour the…

Specialist Wales-wide training provider, Itec, has opened its 12th base in Wales with a new dedicated training facility in Port Talbot to support unemployed 16-19-year-olds in the area. The new centre, located at the YMCA in Port Talbot, will provide support learners from Sandfields, Aberavon, Goytre, Penycae, Cwmafan, Pontrhydyfens and the surrounding area who may otherwise be at risk of becoming one of the thousands of teenagers across Wales not in employment, education or training. Learners at the Port Talbot centre will be able to gain new skills, earn qualifications, and explore employment opportunities in customer service, beauty, hairdressing and…

A group of Drama, Theatre and Performance Design students from Aberystwyth University will have an unrivalled opportunity to work alongside global artists, designers and theatre makers at a world-renowned festival in Czechia this month. Taking place from 8–18 June, the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space is the world’s largest exhibition of theatre design, scenography and theatre architecture. The festival will present over 250 artworks from more than 100 countries, showcasing live performances, scenographic models, multisensory installations, costumes, theatre and performance spaces, and digital technologies. The 15 students from Aberystwyth University’s Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies will…

This year 5th-11th June is Child Safety Week, and St John Ambulance Cymru has put together some top tips to help keep children and young people across Wales safe. Child Safety Week is an annual community education campaign run by the Child Accident Prevention Trust. This year’s theme is ‘safety made simple’. According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents  (ROSPA) very year in the UK year an average of 370,000 children need treatment in the Emergency Department due to an accident at home, and an average of 55 children under the age of five die every year…

RCT Council’s Cabinet Member for Education has visited staff and pupils in Hawthorn, and saw the progress being made towards constructing first-class new education facilities which will be completed next year. Councillor Rhys Lewis visited the site on Thursday, May 25, along with a group of pupils from Hawthorn Primary School, Heol y Celyn Primary School and Hawthorn High School. They were joined by the headteacher of the new 3-16 school and representatives from contractor Kier and partner AECOM. Cllr Lewis joined the pupils in signing the steel which will be used in the new school building, to celebrate the…