Author: Rhys Gregory

The First Minister will visit Paris to meet energy and industrial companies investing in Wales, during a three day visit to France. Mark Drakeford will also host a reception to mark the start of Wales in France, a year-long celebration of cultural, business and sporting events designed to strengthen existing links and forge new connections between the two countries. France is an important partner for Wales as we look to continue to strengthen our relationships with European nations, regions and organisations. Around 80 French businesses are based in Wales, employing around 10,000 people. France is Wales’ second largest export destination…

Half a million clips from the history of Welsh television and radio are to be made available to the public thanks to the opening of the Wales Broadcast Archive Centre for the first time today. Housed at The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth – with 12 ‘Clip Corners’ opening across Wales –  it will be the first national broadcast archive in the United Kingdom, and one of the most usable broadcast archives in Europe, transforming public access to a century of Welsh broadcast history with film, video and audio in both Welsh and English digitised for discovery. The Wales Broadcast…

More and more people are going for canal holidays in Wales. It’s the perfect way to explore the best of the Welsh countryside and navigate its picturesque towns and villages. The Welsh countryside boasts lush valleys, especially in the southwest, weaving through rolling hills and several acres of woodland. Below, check out the top locations in Wales attracting people to canal holidays. Montgomery  Montgomery is one of the most beautiful places you’ll see on a canal holiday in Wales. It’s a small town in Powys County along the scenic River Severn, close to the border of England. The historic town…

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the world’s oldest major professional sports league. It’s also a professional baseball organization home to 30 teams divided between the American League (AL) and the National League (NL).  The organization holds a series of games in the regular season annually to playoff the strong teams in the World Series to determine the best in the league. As such, many baseball fans have already witnessed hundreds of events.  However, have you ever wondered what games have presented the most significant wins? To reel you in, here are the three World Series games that have marked the…

From diverse children’s presses to climate-positive companies to publishers of Nobel Prize winners, ten small presses across the UK and Ireland were honoured today as regional and country winners for The British Book Awards 2023 Small Press of the Year. Selected by the judges from 48 finalists announced last month, the award, which is sponsored by CPI Books and in its fifth year, celebrates the independent presses delivering diverse, innovative and risk-taking publishing. Celebrating its 30th year anniversary in 2022, Island of Ireland winner is New Island Books, renowned for spotting award-winning debut authors. Climate-positive publisher SRLPublishing is winner in the East England…

In amongst some of the best dishes money can buy a fundraising target of a cool £1m will be on the menu at the forthcoming 2023 Chefs’ Night Out for Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice.  The evening of Saturday, March 25 will see 14 top chefs from across Wales and the UK gather at Cornerstone in Charles Street, Cardiff to cook some of their signature dishes for 140 members of South Wales’ business community to raise vital funds for the iconic children’s hospice.  Chefs’ Night Out – now on its 10th annual event after a break of three years due to the pandemic – has been a regular fundraising event on the charity’s calendar since it started in…

Swansea Building Society demonstrated its resilience despite operating in a challenging economic environment in its 2022 results. It achieved its highest ever growth in its balance sheet, supported by record profits—all following a six-year period of sustained, controlled growth. The Society’s total assets, mortgage balances, savings, capital and profits all reached record highs in the 12 months to December 31, 2022. Its total assets, mortgages and savings balances all increased by a growth rate of 14% compared with the same period a year earlier. Total assets increased to £529.8 million, growth of £66.3 million. Its savings balances reached £492.9 million,…

A former North Wales detective has been recruited by one of the region’s leading law firms. Tim Wynne Evans, who worked on cases including Wales’s worst serial killer Peter Moore, has joined Gamlins Law as a case worker and investigator. Tim will work with the firm’s Crime Department, assisting them with the preparation of defence cases for clients. This includes several complex conspiracy cases, a specialist area for Gamlins Law. Tim worked for North Wales Police for over 30 years, including more than 25 as a detective in the CID team, investigating some of the region’s highest profile cases. He…

Outpost, a new bar and kitchen promising laid-back dining & drinks from breakfast until 5pm – and a ‘small plates’ menu every Thursday to Saturday evening – will be opening in Cardiff later this summer. The 85 cover, all-day venue promises to take visitors from their morning coffee right through to working lunch, dinner and drinks. Outpost will join the new Laundry Quarter development in Pontcanna. The man behind the new venture is Nick Saunders, founder of Cardiff’s successful DEPOT venue. Nick is also behind DEPOT’s spin-off, live events arm DEPOT Live (responsible for bringing acts like Tom Jones, Blondie and Bastille to Cardiff Castle this summer), and…

A North Wales woman whose one-year-old daughter is living with a rare brain tumour has welcomed news of a research centre. Mum-of-three Corinne Wardle, from Flint, has called the launch of the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) “amazing”. It’s after her baby daughter Molly Wardle-Hampton, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive ependymoma (a type of high-grade glioma) after a radical change in the size of her head. She said: “Molly endured surgery before completing almost a year of chemotherapy. At one point, doctors didn’t think she’d make it through the night.…