Author: Rhys Gregory

Bridgend-based, renewable energy developer, Infinite Renewables Ltd has successfully leveraged funding from Bridgend County Borough Council and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to accelerate its green technology development, securing critical funding that will drive local economic growth and sustainable innovation. Through support under the Business Development Grant, the business has made significant strides in developing mobile renewable energy solutions. The funding has enabled Infinite Renewables to purchase a BestWatt 15kW Mobile Wind Turbine and additional critical infrastructure, including solar panels, battery systems, and a commercial trailer.  This support has been transformative for Infinite Renewables, allowing the company to develop prototype…

AerFin, the aviation asset specialist that buys, sells, leases and repairs aircraft, engines and parts, has acquired a package CFM56-5B Performance Improvement Package (PIP) engines from a major European customer The PIP engines, featuring the latest hardware configuration, represent an exciting pipeline of material for AerFin’s customers and further strengthen the company’s technical expertise in supporting new-generation configurations. With the teardown now well underway at AerFin’s expanded engine shop in South Wales, high-quality used serviceable material (USM) from these engines is becoming available to operators, lessors and MROs worldwide. Customers are encouraged to contact AerFin’s sales team to discuss availability.…

A major Welsh food wholesaler has delivered a festive lifeline to struggling families on its Llŷn Peninsula doorstep. Harlech Foodservice, based near Cricieth, loaded up one of its delivery vans for a special run to Pwllheli Food Bank at St Peter’s Church, dropping off urgently needed supplies. The family firm – which supplies schools, hospitals, care homes and businesses across Wales – has supported the food bank since it was launched 13 years ago. Its latest donation included staples such as pasta and sauces alongside Christmas treats like mince pies and chocolates. Representatives Ursula Scurrah-Price and Mel Amor handed over…

Human behavior has long been a puzzle with too many missing pieces. We comfort strangers yet clash with family; expand human possibility while remaining strangers to our own psychology. And despite more than a century of breakthroughs — from Freud’s theories of repression to behaviorism’s stimulus–response models, from evolutionary psychology’s focus on survival strategies to neuroscience’s maps of brain circuitry — the central riddle remains: why does the human mind so often feel divided against itself? Each framework has illuminated a different corner of the room. Freud highlighted unconscious drives but couldn’t explain their origin; behaviorism stripped the mind down…

For almost three decades, Stereophonics have proven themselves masters of the album opener. From gritty early-career statements to widescreen anthems and swaggering later-era bursts of energy, each record’s first track has always set the tone. Here are five of their best opening songs, moments that captured the band’s essence from the very first note. 1. “A Thousand Trees” – Word Gets Around (1997) Few debut album openers hit as hard as “A Thousand Trees.” From its instantly recognisable guitar riff to its urgent storytelling, the track announced Stereophonics as a band with both grit and narrative depth. Kelly Jones’ lyrical…

Oasis have been named the most in demand live act in Wales for 2025, according to viagogo’s latest Year in Live Experiences Report. The ticket marketplace has revealed the artists Welsh fans searched for and bought tickets for most over the past year, with Oasis topping the list thanks to their huge reunion tour, The Oasis Live ’25. The band played two sold out nights at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium as part of a global run of 41 dates across Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. Coldplay take second place, with their high energy shows continuing to attract huge…

Expectations for the housing market in Wales remain positive despite a slower market in November as uncertainly around the UK Budget impacted on confidence, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey. A net balance of -23% of survey respondents said that there was a fall in new instructions to sell in November, down from the 6% seen in the October survey.  It was a similar story with new buyer enquiries with the net balance also moving from positive into negative territory in November. There was also a marginal slowdown in sales last month, with…

Cymru fans are being urged to secure their seats early as the FAW confirms the ticket sales process for the 2026 FIFA World Cup play-off pathway. Rob Page’s side will face Bosnia and Herzegovina in a crucial semi-final on Thursday 26 March, before meeting either Italy or Northern Ireland on Tuesday 31 March in a play-off final or international challenge match. Both fixtures will take place at the Cardiff City Stadium with a 7.45pm kick off. The FAW has introduced a new pricing structure for the play-off fixtures, with all profits from international matches now being reinvested into grassroots football…

An ex-husband and wife who oversaw a drugs operation supplying large quantities of cocaine to dealers in Swansea and Ammanford have both been sent to prison. 44-year-old Phillip Jones, from Brynhyfryd, Swansea, and 53-year-old Lisa Regan, from Portmead, Swansea, laundered their illegally gotten cash through a café in Blaenymaes. Images obtained from mobile phones owned by the pair showed Phillip Jones cutting up one kilo of cocaine. Regan was arrested after officers conveyed her off a plane post-flight. Jones pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine, two counts of possession with intent to supply cocaine, concealing criminal…

A 19-year-old Gwynedd man has been jailed after admitting to deliberately driving his car into another male outside a café in Bethesda. Thomas Baker, of Glan Ogwen, Bethesda, appeared at Caernarfon Crown Court for sentencing earlier yesterday (Wednesday, 10 December). The incident occurred outside Caffi Seren on Bethesda High Street on the afternoon of Monday, 18 August. The 37-year-old male victim was left lying unconscious on the pavement after a white Audi A3, driven by Baker, collided with him at speed. Prior to the collision, the victim and his friend had been involved in a physical altercation with Baker and…