Author: Rhys Gregory

Popeyes® UK is bringing its famous Louisiana fried chicken to Swansea, marking its fourth Welsh restaurant after Cardiff City Centre, Cardiff Bay, and Newport. The new Oxford Street location will officially open its doors at 11am on Friday 3rd October. To celebrate the highly anticipated opening, Popeyes® is pulling out all the stops for Swansea locals: The first three fried chicken fans in the queue will win free Chicken Sandwiches for a year*. The first 50 customers will bag exclusive Popeyes® UK merch. The first 100 hungry fans will be treated to a free Chicken Sandwich. Famous for causing queues around…

The Cardiff Christmas Festival returns for 2025 with its iconic Spiegel Theatre at Sophia Gardens, and this year’s headline show promises to be a frosty treat for the whole family. Step into a world of festive fun with Jack Frost, a brand-new Christmas musical packed with toe-tapping songs, dazzling dance routines and laugh-out-loud comedy. Join Jack and Gwen Frost, Mr and Mrs Claus, the villainous Toy-Tycoon, and a toy box full of colourful characters in this heart-warming winter adventure. With the help of Bryn the singing and dancing polar bear, and the much-loved gangster penguins—fresh from their hit appearance in…

Transport for Wales (TfW) continues to show an improvement in passenger service punctuality across the Wales and Borders network. The latest figures published by the ORR reveals TfW achieved the greatest improvement in punctuality among all UK train operators between April and June 2025. During this period, data shows that 83.7% of its services ran on time*- an increase of 1.5 percentage points compared to the same period in the previous year. TfW was one of only five operators to show an improvement in punctuality during this period. This improvement is following the introduction of the brand-new Class 756 trains…

Updated plans for the replacement Mynydd Cynffig Primary School have been submitted to further ensure the redevelopment delivers the highest standards in education, sustainability, and community benefit while incorporating feedback from residents. The planning application is currently under consideration by the Local Planning Authority and the changes reflect comments received during the consultation and align with the latest planning and environmental guidelines. Key changes include: •    Enhanced acoustic measures – Acoustic fencing will be installed around the school boundary, supported by planting around the all-weather sports pitch. Environmental assessments have confirmed that projected noise levels will remain within acceptable…

Denbighshire County Council’s cabinet have agreed to adopt a new economic strategy for 2025-2035. At the cabinet meeting held on 23rd of September, members were presented with the newly proposed economic strategy as well as an action plan developed to contribute towards ‘a prosperous Denbighshire’, which is one of the Councils corporate priorities. Led on by the Councils’ Economic Development team, the strategy detailed steps that the Council and partners can undertake to support economic recovery, improve access to quality employment and income and ensure that economic growth helps reduce inequality and poverty across Denbighshire. Following the decision made at…

A new community allotment plot providing support to people affected by Cancer has opened at Cardiff Council’s Forest Farm allotment site. Once overgrown and out of use, the plot has been brought back into use by the local allotment society in partnership with two Cancer support charities, Maggies and Ray of Light Cancer Support Wales. “We created a pond during lockdown,” explained allotment site representative Phil Graham, “and Maggies got in touch about the possibility of a walking group that they run taking a break by the pond. That’s where it all started. “When a plot became available, we thought…

Pembrokeshire County Council’s regeneration programme for Haverfordwest is continuing to deliver lasting benefits for the town. As part of the new Haverfordwest Footbridge and Western Quayside Phase 2 contract, community facilities at Bridge Meadow have been improved with part of the car park and footpath being resurfaced and extended. These works carried out by Walters, the principal contractor for the new bridge and western quayside public realm improvements, on behalf of Pembrokeshire County Council. The project has created more spaces for the football club users and visitors to the popular Cleddau Reaches Walk, while also upgrading the connecting path to…

A woman who survived stage four bowel cancer is urging others to support Cancer Research Wales to help fund its life-changing work. Rachel Reed was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2018 aged just 33 after 18 months seeking answers for symptoms including abdominal pain and tiredness. The diagnosis came as a shock to Rachel who said she thought herself “cancer proof” as she was always active and took care of her health. After two major surgeries and chemotherapy, Rachel fortunately received the all-clear in April 2020 and has spent the intervening years recovering and rebuilding her life. This autumn, Rachel…

Aberystwyth-based LanoTech has been crowned the Best Rural StartUp at the 2025 UK National StartUp Awards, held at Ideas Fest. LanoTech is pioneering the use of lanolin, the natural grease in sheep wool, as a sustainable alternative to soy and vegetable oil in animal feed. With the ambition of halving the feed industry’s reliance on environmentally damaging oils, the company is creating value from a low-cost, domestically available resource – British wool. Early trials have shown that lanolin has higher energy content and stability than conventional feed oils, with comparable digestibility. The business is driven by a mission to reduce agriculture’s carbon footprint, build a circular economy and…

A strategic partnership has been signed to restore one of Britain’s biggest and best raised bogs. Fenn’s Wood is an ancient bog straddling the English and Welsh border near Whitchurch in Shopshire and Wrexham in Wales. The reserve has 18 species of bog moss, as well as many other characteristic bog plants. In a groundbreaking move for nature restoration and climate action, Cheshire landowner Barnston Estate has formed a ten-year alliance with Natural England and Natural Resources Wales. The initiative stands as a testament to collaborative stewardship of a landscape that is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), a National…