Author: Rhys Gregory

With students across the UK returning to school this week, heading back to the classroom can be a source of anxiety or stress for many children, especially if they are suffering from bullying. Finding out your child is being bullied is a distressing experience, and it can often be difficult for parents to determine the best course of action to help solve the issue. Here, the team at education training experts, High Speed Training, share some tell-tale signs that parents should look out for to tell if their child is being bullied, and the best course of action to stop…

Following a competitive tender process, Into Film Cymru have been awarded the contract to implement the Discover! Creative Careers programme in Wales across 2025 – 2026.  Working in partnership with Discover! Creative Careers, the programme has an ambition to reach at least 5,000 young people across Wales in 2025-2026. Ryan Chappell-Williams, Project Manager, Discover! Creative Careers Cymru, Into Film Cymru said:“We are absolutely delighted to have been chosen to lead Discover! Creative Careers, Cymru/Canfod Gyrfaoedd Creadigol. This is an incredible opportunity to open doors for young people across the nation and will help them explore the full breadth of careers across the creative…

Alongside Dynolwaith (26 Sept-4 Oct), its brand new co-production with Frân Wen, Sherman Theatre has curated a wealth of Welsh talent this Autumn, with a programme of visiting shows spanning several genres. Comedians Henry Paker, Benjamin Partridge and Mike Wozniak bring their Three Bean Salad Podcast – winner of the Chortle Awards’ Best Podcast award in 2024 and produced by Little Wander, to the Sherman (13 Sept). Discover three new worlds, from ancient mythology through to futuristic sci-fi, in Surge; National Dance Company Wales’ triple-bill of captivating dance and gorgeous design (17-19 Sept). Profound passion meets total chaos in Romeo a Juliet,…

The Chief Executive of the charity regulator has today [3 September 2025] visited two Cardiff-based charities. His first visit was to LATCH, a children’s cancer charity, supporting children, young people and their families, who are under the care of the Paediatric Oncology Principal Treatment Centre at the Children’s Hospital for Wales. The CEO’s visit coincides with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month which takes place every September and aims to generate awareness and support for children affected by cancer. His second visit was to the charity Daring to Dream, which supports and promotes the emotional health and well-being of adult hospital patients in Wales. Daring to…

The nominees for the 2025 South Wales Business Awards have been announced. Since the awards launched in 2008, the number and standard of applications have grown year on year. However, 2025 has set a new benchmark, with a record number of applications received and an exceptional standard across the board. Despite economic challenges, Wales continues to demonstrate remarkable progress, with entrepreneurship thriving across the region. The Nominees are as follows: Business Services Business of the Year Always Responsive Commercial Cleaning Moorhouse Group Ltd GS Verde Group Clean Mate Ltd Ajuda Fleet EV Business Services Business of the Year (SME) Robertsons…

Marston’s and Michelin-starred chef Tom Shepherd have teamed up once more to serve up The Best Ever Pub Pie to locals across the UK. Tom Shepherd’s Best Ever Pub Pie, inspired by his Great British Menu main course-winning dish, that he created in partnership with Marston’s is back on the menu, after selling out in just 6 weeks in April this year. The Best Ever Pub Pie will be available to order in over 100 Marston’s pubs from 4 September – until they sell out! The triple layer pie is made with rich hand-pulled beef cheek and pulled beef shin, sweet and…

Businesses in Wales are invited to attend the Amazon Innovation Accelerator, a programme that provides free training to local SMEs. The exclusive Amazon Innovation Accelerator (AIA) is coming to Swansea for the first time, hosted at Amazon’s fulfilment centre in the city on 12th September, and Welsh businesses are invited to sign up now. The Amazon Innovation Accelerator provides small and medium businesses with free training on how to innovate as they grow. The Accelerator also offers a dynamic setting for training and provides an exclusive peek into how Amazon has scaled its own operations in the UK. Through the…

UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has awarded more than £1m to a research team from Aberystwyth and Swansea universities to lead the Welsh Election Study 2026 (WES 2026), a four-year project that will provide high-quality, impartial survey data on political attitudes and voting behaviour in Wales. The collaboration brings together Dr Anwen Elias (Aberystwyth University), Professor Matt Wall and Dr Bettina Petersohn (Swansea University), working in partnership with the Wales Institute of Social Research and Data (WISERD), as part of the ESRC’s investment in data infrastructure for electoral research. Professor Alison Park, Deputy Executive Chair of ESRC, said:…

Alexander Dale, 31, grabbed the 11-year-old and pushed her to the floor while she was walking her dog in Cyncoed. Two days earlier, on October 23, 2024, Dale approached a 15-year-old girl on a bus travelling from Barry and showed her explicit messages on his phone. Detectives sourced CCTV from the bus and, using Retrospective Facial Recognition, Dale was quickly identified as the suspect. He was arrested, charged and remanded within a week. Retrospective Facial Recognition Technology compares still images of faces of unknown subjects against a reference image database. Further enquires confirmed Dale had used a mobile phone app,…

Neath Port Talbot Council is inviting residents to give their views on proposals to enhance walking, wheeling, and cycling (Active Travel) routes across towns and villages in the county borough. Through the enhancement of existing infrastructure and the development of new routes, the council aims to make Active Travel the preferred mode of transport for local journeys. This initiative supports improved air quality, healthier lifestyles, and the overall attractiveness of communities as places to live and work. The Active Travel Network Map outlines the routes the council intends to prioritise for future improvements. It is designed to make walking, wheeling…