Author: Rhys Gregory

Glamorgan Cricket will host a minimum of 12 Men’s Internationals and five Women’s Internationals between 2025 and 2031 The venues hosting England Men’s and England Women’s International matches over the seven-year period from 2025 to 2031 have been announced. Glamorgan Cricket are delighted to be hosting 17 fixtures at Sophia Gardens including welcoming back India and Australia in bumper International encounters. Glamorgan will host India in One Day International action in 2026 and then for an IT20 match in 2028. With International With a minimum of five Women’s Internationals at Sophia Gardens across the next seven years, the venue hopes…

Welsh tennis club, the Cardiff Baseliners, will make history today (June 16) — as they play host to Wales’ first UK-wide LGBTQIA+ tournament, just ahead of the Pride Cymru weekend.  Supported by Tennis Wales, the ‘Court My Attention’ tournament will serve up the skills of LGBTQIA+ tennis clubs from across the country — from the North London Lob-sters, to the South London Smashers and the Newcastle based Geordie Grand Slammers.  Taking place at Cardiff Metropolitan University (10am – 3pm), the tie-break-tens tournament, will present players with a fast-paced challenge, played in singles or doubles, leading to a semi-final and a…

S4C will broadcast Wales’ senior men’s international football matches until 2028 in a new deal struck with partner Viaplay. Welsh language coverage will include the next two UEFA Nations League campaigns for 2024/25 and 2026/27, the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying matches and the UEFA EURO 2028 qualifying matches. Wales’ international friendly matches will also be part of the deal that will see at least 40 live games on S4C. Aaron Ramsey, Wales men’s team Captain, said: “It’s great news that the games are going to be available for everyone to watch on S4C. It’s also a terrific boost for the Welsh language. “The…

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has been instructed to market The Lion Hotel in the heart of Criccieth, Gwynedd, for the first time since 1978. The Lion Hotel enjoys a central position in Criccieth, just a short walk from the town’s main beachfront. The four-star hotel is set in an 18th century building which has been recently refurbished and offers 34 ensuite letting rooms and six “Castle View” self-catering apartments. The property also includes a spacious reception and lounge, “Llewelyn’s” breakfast and dining area which is also used for conferences and events and a spacious 60 seat bar with an…

Residents in Ceredigion are to benefit from a shared use path, following funding from Welsh Government Active Travel Fund Grant. Transport for Wales (TfW) which administers the Active Travel Fund Grant on behalf of the Welsh Government, has awarded Ceredigion County Council nearly £1.5 million for construction of the first phase of a new shared use path for pedestrians and cyclists which will help to further connect Aberystwyth with nearby settlements of Comins Coch, and following future phase, with Penrhyncoch and Bow Street. Councillor Keith Henson, Cabinet Member for Highways and Environmental Services and Carbon Management, said: “I am delighted…

The new-look Bolesworth International has been a massive hit with visitors since doors opened on Wednesday. And there is still plenty left to enjoy before the unmissable five-day event ends this Sunday evening. Crowds flocked to the 6,000-acre Tattenhall estate – on the border of North Wales and Cheshire – and enjoyed a busy timetable of international equestrian competitions and lifestyle attractions with special guests including broadcaster, author and journalist Louise Minchin, Ernst and Young tax leader Victoria Price, and Wrexham AFC CEO Fleur Robinson, who fronted a sold-out Women in Business lunch and Q&A presented by HM3 Legal yesterday…

Plans for an upgrade of Cardiff’s Pentwyn Leisure Centre have been revealed by Cardiff Council. The scheme would see the centre benefit from: A new 20m x 8m pool, heated by a ground source heat pump. A new cafeteria. A new fitness gym on the ground floor. A new full-sized 3G pitch and mini pitch. A refurbished family-changing facility. A new hall and external space which could be leased to a third partner – potentially to create an area for padel tennis on site. Roof mounted solar panels. Cardiff Council’s Cabinet will consider the proposals in a report on Thursday,…

Harry Styles will be performing at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on June 20 and June 21, and a full city centre road closure will be in place by 12 noon. The earlier road closure time is due to the number of people that we are expecting to queue at the gates to the stadium early in the day which impacts the safety of the surrounding highway network. Castle Street and Duke Street will remain open until 4pm, to allow through flow of traffic. The M4 motorway and surrounding Trunk Road Network is expected to be very busy for this event -…

The future of popular independent Cardiff bar and music venue Porter’s, which also hosts Cardiff’s pub theatre The Other Room, is finally secure, with a 20-year lease now agreed and signed for a bigger venue, spread across three floors, at the top end of Barrack Lane. Expected to open just after the summer following extensive renovation works, the new venue aims to maintain the character and ethos of the original Porter’s – but in the words of owner Dan Porter, “do it better.” It was March 2021 when the news broke that the venue would have to leave its current…

A popular tennis scheme which has boosted the number of people taking up the sport in the Cardiff suburb of Heath, and which would see significant sums of money invested into local tennis courts, could be rolled out to six other parks across the city. Tennis Wales, the governing body for Tennis in Wales, has approached Cardiff Council with a plan which could see £750,000 invested in 29 of the city’s tennis courts. If agreed, residents would also benefit from opportunities to get involved in tennis through affordable and free tennis programmes, and activities run by local coaches. The offer…