Author: Rhys Gregory

Erin Jefferys, who graduated this week from BA Graphic Design at University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s (UWTSD) Swansea College of Art, won a paid internship with Sky Creative after they spotted her work at New Designers exhibition in London.  Erin was exhibiting a portfolio of degree work alongside fellow students from Swansea College of Art and hundreds of other UK universities when her talent was spotted by the entertainment giant, who singled her out to be awarded a paid internship opportunity with their design team. Sky Creative chose Erin as winner out of all Graphic Design, Illustration, Animation, Motion…

Newport Live, has secured additional funding to run even more exciting holiday activities throughout the summer. Thanks to funding from Newport City Council via a £5 million Welsh Government Summer of Fun fund, this year’s lineup of events, activities and programmes across sport, leisure, theatre, arts, and culture promises to be more exciting, varied, and most importantly accessible than ever. This year’s summer of fun encompasses activities across the whole city, so whether you plan a visit to one of our centers or join us at one of our events in the community. From Welly Walking to Crafty Saturdays, to…

Radnor Primary in Canton, Cardiff, has been awarded the Sustrans Cymru Gold Active Travel School Award, only the second school in Wales to have done so. The impressive award is presented to schools in Wales that excel when it comes to active travel – walking, wheeling, and cycling and that have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to promoting active and sustainable travel over several years. Dedicated parents and children at Radnor Primary have been regularly walking, wheeling, scooting, or cycling the school run, helping to reduce pollution on their school’s street and in the wider community. With support from Sustrans Cymru…

Three teachers who retire with 100 years of experience between them may not seem unusual. But when the trio have all put those years in at the same school and retire on the same day, it’s a cause for special celebration. It certainly was for Kay Ball, Molly Keenan and Helen Walk who said goodbye to their colleagues and pupils at Oakfield Primary this week after chalking up a century of service at the St Mellons school. Kay, who began at Oakfield as a newly-qualified teacher in 1986, has worked in most of the year groups and most recently has…

A state-of-the-art new office development in Swansea is now taking shape at a spot where revellers once partied the night away. These photos show recent progress on foundation works for the 71/72 Kingsway scheme that’s located at the former Oceana nightclub site in the city centre. Depending on your generation, you may also know the site as Top Rank, Ritzy’s or Time and Envy. Now the site is set to become a five-storey office development with space for 600 workers in the tech, digital and creative sectors. Developed by Swansea Council, the 71/72 Kingsway scheme will be carbon zero in…

Cabinet agreed this week to deploy Welsh Government funding to expand Family Engagement Officer (FEO) roles across the County, based on the highest identified need and to benefit pupils across all phases – primary, secondary and Pupil Referral Unit learners. The recent announcement by Welsh Government of funding for Family Engagement Officers, in addition to the funding previously agreed by Cabinet and match funded by schools, has allowed the expansion of the scheme. Family Engagement Officers are employed by schools to tackle inequality and absence issues, helping provide support to children and families and fostering positive relationships between schools and…

Last week, VirginMediaO2 visited Caerphilly Leisure Centre to witness the installation of the new Automatic Defibrillator. VirginMediaO2 completed their ‘Lightning’ project in Caerphilly County Borough and expanded the network to around 12,000 homes. Customers will be able to take benefit from the new Gig 1 service which can deliver average broadband speeds of 516mbs download (50x faster than the standard UK broadband), along with the TV and phone bundles. VirginMediaO2 kindly gifted a fully Automatic Defibrillator to the local community to thank them for their co-operation and patience throughout the build. Local ward member and Deputy Leader Cllr Jamie Pritchard…

A programme which will transform education in Powys has today been relaunched, the county council has announced. Powys County Council’s Transforming Education Programme was relaunched by Cllr Pete Roberts, Cabinet Member for a Learning Powys at reception held at Tŵr Brycheiniog on the first day of the Royal Welsh Show (Monday, 18 July). As part of the relaunch, an updated version of the council’s Strategy for Transforming Education in Powys will be published as well as information about the activity which will take place during Wave Two of the programme, which will run from 2022 to 2027. The strategy, which…

A Welsh Government-backed campaign has supported more than 100 people to secure employment in the Welsh food and drink sector during its three-month pilot. The Food Workforce Wales campaign was launched earlier this year to encourage people to consider a career in Wales’ food and drink industry and showcase the exciting and varied career opportunities the industry has to offer. Its success in supporting people to find employment has now seen the scheme extended until the end of November. Working closely with businesses, the campaign has targeted a wide talent pool, from recent school leavers and college or university graduates,…

With the World Cup on the horizon, England’s T20 cricket side will have to dust themselves down and reassess where things went wrong as they lost 2-1 over the series to India despite a resolute performance at Trent Bridge, winning by 17 runs. The white ball game seems in desperate need of a facelift before things get underway down under for the World Cup in Australia, and with plenty of time until October they could do with a resurgence in form redolent of the Test side, who have beaten the New Zealand and India in recent weeks. While they were…