Author: Rhys Gregory

Cardiff Metropolitan University is proud to announce the appointment of Gareth Baber as Director of Rugby System, a pivotal addition to the university’s growing rugby system. Baber has a distinguished career and remarkable track record of accomplishments. He was most recently the Assistant Attack and Skills Coach at Edinburgh Rugby. Prior to this, his remarkable tenure as the Head Coach for both Fiji Rugby 7s and Hong Kong Rugby 7s gained global attention, culminating in Fiji’s historic Olympic Gold triumph at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Furthermore, Gareth brings with him further experience, as a former Welsh international player himself and…

Struggling Welsh families battling to cope with food price inflation in double figures are being given a helping hand by a big-hearted food distributor. Harlech Foodservice are working with councils across North Wales to supply tasty and nutritious meals and snacks plus store cupboard essentials to take home. It’s part of a Welsh Government scheme which sees pupils from Anglesety, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham enjoy 12 days of activities at their schools in the first three weeks of the summer holidays. As part of that scheme children at participating schools receive free breakfast and lunch which bookend a morning of…

The Good Food Cardiff Autumn Festival returns for its fourth year in September, with Food Cardiff offering grants to community groups to celebrate the abundance of autumn and promote seasonal planet-friendly food. The festival is a city-wide programme of food events which showcases the city’s good food movement by connecting through food running from 9 to 30 September. Over the last three Good Food Cardiff Autumn Festivals community groups, gardens, local businesses and schools have 100 events and activities, attracting over 5,000 attendees, distributing more than 5,000 vegetable plants and sharing hundreds of meals. While previous festivals have focused on…

Football mad youngsters in an African village have been inspired to make their own Wrexham AFC kits by the club’s fairytale rebirth and the kindness of two philanthropists. They have even named their team Wrexham Kenya, according to Wrexham lawyer Gareth Kelly who has visited the region close to the north-east coast of the vast Lake Victoria along with Mario Kreft MBE, owner of the Wrexham and Caernarfon-based Pendine Park care organisation. The two of them first visited Bondo in the East Asembo region in 2012 and since then have become involved in helping the local community with Gareth, a…

A 1960s poster for a concert signed by the man who designed posters for The Beatles helped raise over £800 at a charity event organised by a North Wales lawyer for a top cancer charity. Lisa Harbour, who has joined the Family Law team at Swayne Johnson which has branches across North Wales, received the donation of the poster from a family member who was left the rare item by her great uncle, Tony Booth. Tony worked with Beatles manager Brian Epstein, and famously designed posters for the Fab Four in their early years. This one was for a concert…

A level results day can be the most significant event so far in the lives of students and predictions have already been made that there will be a shift in grades as Wales makes efforts to return to pre-pandemic grading. We reverted back to exams this summer for the second time since they were replaced by teacher assessments during the pandemic, with additional support put in place and advance information ahead of some exams, to ease the transition to pre-pandemic processes. While this ‘course correction,’ or grade deflation, may be more apparent next year when Wales returns fully to exams,…

Wales will be taking on South Africa on Saturday August 19th at Principality Stadium. With the kick-off taking place at 3.15pm – there will be a full city centre road closure from 11.15am until 7.15pmor as soon as it is deemed safe to do so,to ensure all ticket holders can get into and out of the stadium safely. The M4 motorway and surrounding Trunk Road Network is expected to be very busy for this event – please plan ahead – and avoid the congestion in Cardiff by using the Park & Ride facility at County Hall, in Cardiff Bay. Gates…

Pembrokeshire County Council is taking positive action to help keep our county a clean and beautiful place to live, work and visit. WISE (Waste Investigations Support & Enforcement) has been awarded the contract to carry out environmental crime enforcement across Pembrokeshire. WISE are experienced contractors who carry out enforcement for several Local Authorities across the UK. Patrols will begin in Pembrokeshire this week. WISE enforcement officers can issue Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for offences including: Littering Fly-tipping Dog fouling Graffiti and fly-posting Breaches of byelaws relating to dogs on beaches The level of FPN varies between offences but an offence…

Enjoy a fishing experience on the sparkling three-acre reservoir at Dare Valley Country Park. Dare Valley Trout fishery is an anglers’ paradise, offering exceptional fishing opportunities for all abilities, including Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout ranging in weight from a minimum of 3lb up to 20lb plus. Offering half day, full day and bespoke packages, the fishery also offers group fishing lessons and corporate packages. Prices are based on the amount of fish you can catch and keep: Two fish ticket – £40 Three fish ticket – £55 Four fish ticket – £70 Facilities on site include free parking, toilets…

A north-Powys resident has been fined £400 for dumping bags of rubbish in the cardboard recycling bank at their local community recycling site in Back Lane Carpark, Newtown town centre. Whilst conducting their routine patrols in the area, the council’s waste awareness and enforcement officers came across the pile of five black bags full of household rubbish thrown into the cardboard recycling bank. An examination of the waste found a takeaway delivery receipt, which linked the waste to a local residence. A suspect was identified and then interviewed under caution. After admitting to fly-tipping their rubbish at the community recycling…