Author: Rhys Gregory

Bridgend Indoor Market is set to benefit from a funding boost to help develop small business opportunities and increase consumer interest and footfall. The council has received £120,000 from the UK Government through the UK Community Renewal Fund to deliver the Bridgend Elevate and Prosper Project (EAP). An additional £11,800 match funding has been received via the Welsh Government’s Transforming Towns initiative, which is a Welsh Government programme providing support for the revitalisation of town centres in Wales. Project activities are taking place across the county borough’s urban centres such as Bridgend, Porthcawl, Maesteg and Pencoed, as well as smaller…

Speedway will be taking place at Principality Stadium; Cardiff City Football Club will be taking on Birmingham City at Cardiff City Stadium and The Welsh Fire will be playing Birmingham Phoenix as part of the Women’s and Men’s ‘Hundred Series’ at Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. The Professional Fighters League will also be taking place at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff on Saturday. Road closures Road closures will be put in place at the end of the Cardiff City game between 1.45pm and 3pm on Sloper Road, from Bessemer Road to Leckwith Road and on Leckwith Road, between Sloper Road and…

Visitors to Swansea Central Library will enjoy a remarkable look at the city’s past this week – with a high-tech new style of storytelling. Stories from the city will be given a vibrant fresh look thanks to a project that harnesses virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). The free-entry immersive experience known as StoryTrails is due to be staged at the Central Library this Wednesday and Thursday. Council cabinet member Elliott King said: “StoryTrails is the UK’s largest ever immersive storytelling project. It’s great for Swansea to be one of the 15 venues and it’s great for our library…

The Leader of Neath Port Talbot Council, Cllr Steve Hunt, has congratulated Neath Cricket Club on its success in attracting senior Glamorgan matches to its Gnoll Ground for the first time in more than 20 years. On a visit the club’s ground, Cllr Hunt heard from Neath Cricket Club officials how first class facilities, pitch management and other factors led to Glamorgan staging two one day matches in Neath in August. Glamorgan will play Lancashire at the Gnoll on August 17th and two days later Hampshire will be the visitors to the Neath town centre ground. Both matches, expected to…

Vandals recently damaged five trees planted in one of Newport’s beautiful ornamental parks. Councillor Yvonne Forsey, Newport City Council’s cabinet member for climate change and biodiversity, said: “I utterly condemn such mindless and pointless wanton vandalism. “All were young trees but three were planted almost three years ago and the other two were small apple trees from the orchard that were only planted last winter. “Our Green Flag parks give a great deal of pleasure to so many people in the city and the trees are an intrinsic and precious part of these wonderful green spaces. “I would urge anyone…

Significant progress is being made across a number of exciting developments that will help transform Caerphilly Town Centre over the coming years. Caerphilly county borough council is working closely with Welsh Government and a range of other partners to deliver an ambitious multi-million pound blueprint for the town called the Caerphilly 2035 Place Making Programme. Plans to develop a new £30 million transport hub in the heart of the town, along with CADW’s investment of £5 million in development works at Caerphilly Castle are both projects that are advancing at pace. The public transport interchange project has recently advanced into…

Network Rail are working to transform the Ebbw Vale line between Newport and Ebbw Vale – which will enable more trains to run on the line in the future for passengers. Over the coming weeks, Network Rail plan to set up our site compounds at Llanhilleth station. This will involve fencing off an area to the west of the station car park, next to the Network Rail yard, and an area opposite St Illtyd’s Primary School/Llanhilleth RFC’s rugby pitch, next to the railway. Between now and October, you will start to see materials, machinery, cabins and welfare facilities brought to…

Over the past few months, an overwhelming warm welcome has been given to all Ukrainian nationals that have arrived in the County Borough. All of this has been made possible thanks to the generosity of the people of Merthyr Tydfil, who have come forward and opened their homes to support the Ukrainian people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. In a bid to make everything as easy as possible for Ukrainians and their hosts, a new information portal has been created by Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board, which aims to pull together all the information that they may need, such as…

A survey about the safety measures that were in place around Builth Wells during this year’s Royal Welsh Show has been launched. Now residents of Builth Wells and visitors to the Royal Welsh Show last month are being urged to take part in the survey and give their views on the safety measures that were in place. The safety measures were implemented by the Builth Wells Event Safety Group, which is carrying out the survey. The group was formed in 2017 and led by Powys County Council. The measures that were in place this year included: Safe walking route known…

One of Wales’ premier agricultural shows, the Anglesey Show, is making a welcome return this week which is good news for the farming industry and wider community Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths said ahead of visiting the event. The two-day show is taking place from 9 – 10 August and it is the first time the event is taking place in person since 2019. The Rural Affairs Minister will be visiting the show today (Tuesday, 9 August). The Minister said: “I always look forward to attending Sioe Mon and I know it will be extra special this year.  I’m very…