Author: Rhys Gregory

ABERAVON BEACH has been named as one of country’s best beaches by environmental charity Keep Wales Tidy which has awarded it the prestigious Seaside Award for 2023. The annual Seaside Awards play a vital role in protecting Wales’s precious marine environment and are recognised around the world as a symbol of quality and good beach management. From popular resorts to hidden gems, all award-winning beaches must meet and maintain the highest environmental and safety standards. Announcing the 2023 awards on Tuesday, May 16th, Keep Wales Tidy Chief Executive Owen Derbyshire said: “Some of the world’s best beaches are on our…

Pembrokeshire’s Public Services Board (PSB) has published its second Well-being plan, which aims to improve well-being for people and communities in the County. The PSB is a statutory strategic partnership established under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act.  The board is made up of representatives from a wide range of organisations that deliver services across the County. The Act requires that members of the PSB work together to improve well-being by thinking more about the longer-term, working better with people, communities and each other; and looking to prevent problems before they happen. The Plan sets out how public and…

A new Deputy Chief Executive of Caerphilly county borough council has been appointed to help deliver an exciting programme of change and improvement across the organisation. Dave Street, the council’s former Director of Social Services, has been formally appointed to the role yesterday (Thursday 18th May) and is looking forward to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. “I’m delighted to be offered this key position, which will help shape the direction of the council in future,” said Dave Street, “I’ve worked for Caerphilly for over 27 years and my experience in social care means that I know our county…

A county councillor from Presteigne has been appointed the new Chair of Powys County Council. Cllr Beverley Baynham, who represents the Presteigne ward, was elected chair at the council’s annual general meeting on Thursday, May 18, succeeding Cllr Gareth Ratcliffe, local member for Hay-on-Wye. Cllr Baynham, who was elected as a county councillor for the Presteigne ward in 2017, held the position of Chair of Powys County Council during 2019/2020. Elected Vice-Chair of the council at the same meeting was Cllr Jonathan Wilkinson, local member for Llangyniew and Meifod, and Cllr William Powell, local member for Talgarth, was elected Assistant…

Funding worth more than £620,000 has been awarded by Swansea Council over the last year to organisations across the city which help tackle poverty and the cost of living crisis. Thanks to Welsh Government funding, organisations and schools to have benefited include those that provide period dignity support in Swansea by providing free products. Also thanks to Welsh Government funding, there were 150 successful applications to the household support and direct food support grant schemes for organisations which tackle food poverty and food insecurity. Between April 2022 and March 2023, organisations have also benefitted from other Welsh Government funded schemes…

Voting is now open to decide on a shortlist of potential bands to open Green Man’s  iconic Mountain Stage in August. Welsh bands Hyll, Mellt, SHLUG, Rona Mac and Papa Jupe’s T.C. have made the long list of 23 potential finalists in the Green Man Rising emerging artist competition and it’s now down to you to vote on who makes the shortlist of five final acts. All five finalists will record a professional session ahead of the live streamed virtual final, which will run across Green Man’s digital channels in the summer. Green Man Festival has a worldwide reputation as…

A PIONEERING ice cream parlour and pizzeria is encouraging businesses to share its appetite for a net-zero future.  In partnership with sustainability experts Greener Edge, Glaslyn has a vision to work with farmers, suppliers, and the community to make Eryri/Snowdonia National Park a carbon-free area. The Beddgelert venue managed to achieve net zero status while retaining the skilled, traditional methods that made its popular ice cream a multi-award winner, including two titles at last year’s Great Taste Awards. Following an initial assessment by Stu Meades, managing director of Greener Edge – also based in the Gwynedd village – they came…

Aimee Hill was six months pregnant when she was diagnosed with a rare cancer behind her eye. 34-year-old Aimee had no symptoms and found out she had the disease after a ‘freckle’ was spotted in the back of her left eye during a routine optician’s appointment. Further scans showed the mum-of-one had ocular melanoma – an eye cancer found in around 750 people in the UK each year  In January 2021 Aimee from Port Talbot started treatment at St Paul’s Eye Clinic in Liverpool. She had plaque radiotherapy – a high dose of radiation to a small area. A small…

Ian Woosnam, the 1991 Masters Champion and 29-time DP World Tour winner, will return to his Welsh roots when he tees it up in The Senior Open Presented by Rolex at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club from July 27-30. The South Wales venue will host Europe’s only Senior Major Championship for the third time, having welcomed the event in 2014 and 2017, and Woosnam will join already-announced fellow Major winners Darren Clarke and Pádraig Harrington in the field at Royal Porthcawl. The 65-year-old is Wales’ most successful golfer of all time with 52 professional wins to his name during a glittering…

Clinical trials of an easy-to-use home therapeutic treatment for SARS-CoV-2 (coronaviruses) are underway following a £1.52 million investment led by the Development Bank of Wales alongside Science Angel Syndicate members and the KBA Group, an angel consortium of high net worth individuals co-led by Dr Nikolaos Kostopoulos and Paras Barot. Based on world-class research carried out at Bristol University, Halo Therapeutics was established as a spin-out company in 2020 by Dr Daniel Fitzgerald, Professor Christiane Schaffitzel, and Professor Imre Berger. Halo Therapeutics has been attracted to Wales following an £1,000,000 equity investment by the Development Bank of Wales and will…