Author: Rhys Gregory

The RSPCA has released its groundbreaking inaugural report in partnership with the Scottish SPCA – the Animal Kindness Index* – which looks at the nation’s attitude towards animals. The charity’s figures, released today, show there were 756 reports of animal abuse on social media last year (2021) across England and Wales compared to 431 in 2020 and just 157 in 2019. The RSPCA logged an average of 63 reports of cruelty on social media a month last year, compared to just 35 a month during the previous year. Elaine Spence, Chief Inspector for South Wales, said: “It is very worrying…

Coed Cadw, The Woodland Trust in Wales, has reopened applications for its free tree packs for schools and community groups. Last spring, more than 40,000 trees were distributed to 205 organisations across Wales; the trust wants to smash that target in spring 2023. Applications for trees to be delivered in 2023 are now open, and Woodland Trust senior project lead Vicki Baddeleyhopes even more schools and groups will take up the offer of free saplings and get planting in the coming year. She said: “This year our communities have really felt the impact of climate change first-hand, and many are…

The Good Food Cardiff Autumn Festival returns from 10 September to 18 October with dozens of events planned across the city. Community groups, schools, gardens and businesses will run a wide range of events centred around cooking, sharing and growing food. Many events this autumn will focus on how communities are coming together to help people to continue to access healthy and nutritious food through the cost of living crisis. Food Cardiff and C3SC have provided grants to 20 schools and community groups to run events as part of the Autumn Festival’s programme, with many other community organisations also joining…

Wales Junior Wheelchair squad enjoyed a successful School Games National Finals 2022, returning with five medals across all five events entered. A legacy from the London 2012 Paralympic and Olympics Games and delivered by the Youth Sport Trust, the School Games National Finals welcomed 1,000 young athletes from across the UK to the weekend-long event held in Loughborough. The Welsh wheelchair tennis squad brought home one gold, three silvers, and a bronze. The gold medal came in the Girl’s Singles, where 15-year-old Lilly Folland, from Cardiff, was crowned champion – even managing to ‘move up’ a medal from her silver…

Cardiff-based Finboot has announced that Thomas Iseler has joined as their new North America Partnerships & Business Advisor for the United States and Canada. Thomas brings 30 years of experience leading marketing, product management and business development organisations for multimillion-dollar, global organisations across diverse customer communities and industries. Thomas is an expert in developing new businesses, alliances and partner ecosystems utilising multi-channel programs across global geographies and varied product mixes. In his new role, he will be responsible for initiating and forming new partnerships, managing existing partnerships and maintaining relationships with local, regional, and national stakeholders. His responsibilities will also…

It all still feels like a dream, doesn’t it? But it’s true – Wales will play at this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar, beginning at the end of November. Not many of the best online betting sites have Rob Page’s men to go very far in the competition. But even with only some of the Red Wall cheering them on, Wales will attempt to go further than ever before. Only two nations will progress from Group B, meaning that Wales will probably have to win at least one game against England, Iran or the US – and probably pick…

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With England and Ireland featuring heavily in many new gaming and iGaming releases in recent years, you could argue that the unique culture of Wales is something that developers in these sectors should explore more in their games. There is plenty of evidence that Welsh culture hasn’t been utilised in gaming. Let’s explore how developers could take advantage of this, and what games they could create. It’s also worth examining the impact of the media. Could strong Welsh representation in the media play its part in improving the Welsh gaming scene? How to target Welsh gamers? Looking at recent statistics,…

When Saul “Canelo” Alvarez had his hand raised in what was an incredibly close and hard-fought rematch with Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin at the T-Mobile Arena in 2018 – some believed that the Mexican had put their rivalry to bed. However, provided the controversy that surrounded the pair of fights between the two middleweights, there were just as many who felt a draw and a loss for Golovkin wasn’t a true reflection of how he performed. With their trilogy bout scheduled to take place on September 17th in Las Vegas, read on as we look at their first two encounters and…

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