Author: Rhys Gregory

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…

Hundreds of thousands of trees have been planted across Wales thanks to the Welsh Government’s My Tree Our Forest project, delivered by Coed Cadw, the Woodland trust in Wales, and Llais y Goedwig. In 2022, My Tree Our Forest was launched to help mitigate the effects of climate change with trees available through a number of routes. The project saw thousands of households across Wales collect a tree to plant at home, free of charge, helping to kickstart a National Forest for Wales. In a pilot phase in March 2022, five collection hubs facilitated by Coed Cadw and Llais y…

HUNDREDS of customers and special guests attended the grand opening of a much-anticipated pet store. PetPlace unveiled its revamped 25,000 sq ft Llangefni site at the weekend. There was plenty for curious canines and their two-legged friends to enjoy including an obstacle course, face painting, free ice cream, special offers, micro-chipping clinics, brand discounts and a host of games and activities. World-renowned animal psychologist Roger Mugford – who trained the late Queen’s corgis – held free behaviour sessions, and the RSPCA and independent businesses and suppliers were on hand to share information and showcase unique products, centred on health, wellbeing,…

A 32-year-old man has been arrested as part of an investigation into a fatal road traffic collision which happened on the A48 in the St Mellons area of Cardiff on Saturday 4th March. The man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and driving while disqualified on the M4 at around 10pm on 3rd March. He has been bailed pending further inquiries. The offences for which the man has been arrested are not connected to the fatal collision which happened at 2.03am on Saturday 4th March which resulted in the deaths of the driver Rafel Jeanne and passengers Darcy…

Bluestone National Park Resort is investing £30million to expand its facilities and further support its efforts in meeting high environmental and sustainable standards that protects and enhances the local area and community. The multi-million-pound investment projects at the luxury holiday destination include the launch of 80 new platinum lodges, transformation of a disused 19th century mill into a heritage restaurant, and development of an 11-hectare solar farm. As well as enhancing guest experience, the exciting developments are set to boost the Pembrokeshire economy, with the new lodges alone estimated to increase visitor spend in the area by £1million a year.…

At first glance this picture looks like a dog with two heads…..but it’s actually two inseparable dogs who are currently looking for their forever home! Staff at RSPCA Newport Animal Centre have fallen head over heels with Jack Russell terriers Shiloh and Shadow. The duo, who are the best of friends and curl up to sleep together, are looking for a home together. They came into the RSPCA care as sadly their owner was unable to cope with their needs. Shiloh enjoys playing with her soft toys, exploring the paddock off lead area and cooling off by paddling her paws…

Cogan Gardens, a small green space at the heart of the Cathays community has officially re-opened to the public following some big improvements. Children from Cardiff Muslim Primary School joined local ward councillors, and Cabinet Member for Culture, Parks and Events, Cllr Jennifer Burke, last Friday (12thMay), to celebrate the completion of works, which are part of an ongoing £3.2 million programme of investment in parks and play areas across Cardiff. Improvements to the park, developed in consultation with the local community, include: a new play area. outdoor exercise equipment. a chess table and chairs. new bins, picnic and park…