Author: Rhys Gregory

A more sustainable and eco-conscious method of treating vegetable seeds is the focus of a multi-partner research project involving one of the UK’s largest seed producers and Bangor University. Tozer Seeds have linked up with the university’s Biocomposites Centre to develop alternative seed treatments which are aiming to control disease as well as improve suitable characteristics for germination and crop establishment. The 18-month project, funded via the UK Government’s Farming Innovation Pathways programme, will see celery, parsnip, and coriander seeds treated with lasers and natural bioactive compounds. The strategies are aiming to not only disinfect seeds of disease-causing pathogens, which…

An award-winning Welsh gin company is using a free Welsh translation service to help make the language more visible in their business. Helo Blod is a free, fast and friendly Welsh translation and advice service to help businesses use more Welsh in their business. Siân and Andrew Brooks, co-owners of Gower Gin, wanted to use more Welsh in their business to grow their community of gin lovers.  Having first heard of the free service through social media they have been using Helo Blod to get their packaging, social media and website translated.   Gower Gin was started in September 2017, and they…

Three people have been convicted of murder following the death of a five year-old child in the Sarn area of Bridgend last summer. Logan Mwangi’s body was found by police officers in the River Ogmore at around 6am on Saturday, 31st July. The discovery was made by police shortly after the 999 call made by Logan’s mother, Angharad Williamson, who, together with defendants John Cole and a 14 year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court charged with Logan’s murder. During a 10 week trial, the court heard how the defendants had colluded to…

Thousands of Snoopy fans have pawed their way across South Wales for the first week of the public art trail, A Dog’s Trail with Snoopy, all to raise money for Dogs Trust. Visitors from all over the UK, including some devoted Snoopy fans from Dundee, Cornwall and Norwich, as well as international visitors from America, have spotted the brightly coloured Snoopy sculptures out on the open-air trail through the streets and public spaces of Cardiff, Caerphilly and Porthcawl. Since the trail launched on Friday 8th April, the app has recorded more than 53,000 visits to individual sculptures – with around…

Wonderwool Wales 2022, the two-day show that celebrates all that’s great about Welsh wool and natural fibres, makes a welcome return this weekend following a two-year, pandemic enforced absence. The organisers are delighted with the enthusiastic response to their 16th show at the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells on Saturday and Sunday. Such is the demand that Saturday is nearing a sell out with around 3,000 tickets already sold, but there are tickets available for Sunday either online or at the gate. Tickets cost £12 per day. “We are delighted with ticket sales and the general response to this…

A growing firm of chartered accountants has expanded again after merging with another practice. This time Coxeys, who have offices in Wrexham, Chester and Saltney, didn’t have to look far for the latest opportunity to boost the operation. The long-established Martin Williams and Co is located across the corridor of the same building, Riverside House, in Riverside Lane, Saltney. According to Coxeys managing director Anthony Lewis, the practice was the “perfect fit” for their growth ambitions. It follows the takeover of the Chester branch of the Hall Livesey Brown in 2019. Coxeys was originally founded in 1927 as W. Cross…

From 6th to 15th May World-renowned Jasmin Vardimon Company and McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Bridgend are collaborating to bring dance to everyone through a multi-sensory experience tour.  ‘Alice in VR Wonderland’ is an immersive adaptation of the timeless tale by Lewis Carroll, presented through the filter of Jasmin Vardimon’s unique creative process.  Audiences will be invited to enter a specially designed truck for a 20-minute experience. Using a VR headset and 3D sound, audience members will be immersed in a spectacular 360-degree virtual reality wonderland and feel up close with the talented performers of the Jasmin Vardimon Company in this magical,…

Cera, the digital-first healthcare-at-home provider and one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies, is recruiting 50 care assistant positions in Colwyn Bay. As part of the recruitment drive, the company is holding a recruitment event on April 28th from 10am-2pm for anyone considering applying for a role to drop in to chat to the team. Cera is a technology-enabled home care provider, with a team of thousands of carers and nurses delivering more than 40,000 in-person visits to patients homes every day on behalf of over 100 Local Authorities and NHS CCGs. The company’s pioneering technology removes the burden of manual pen…

The final homes are being released for sale at Bellway’s Greystone Meadows in Undy, as work nears the last stages at the development. There are now just five homes remaining available to reserve at the development, off Pankhurst Drive, where six reservations were taken in March alone. The last homes to buy are all four-bedroom Wenvoe detached houses, with prices starting from £469,995 to £486,995. Bellway is delivering 144 homes at Greystone Meadows, including 108 two, three and four-bedroom properties for private sale and 36 affordable homes available for rent or shared ownership. Carly Maidment, Sales Manager for Bellway Wales,…

A biodiversity project will be blooming on a larger scale this year across Denbighshire. Denbighshire County Council’s Wildflower Meadow project is set to take in a larger season for 2022 following the announcement of additional sites for the environment initiative. Following the Council’s declaration of a climate and ecological emergency in 2019, this project is part of an ongoing commitment to enhancing biodiversity across the county, At the end of last year there were nearly 60 Wildflower Meadows project sites, including highway verges, footpath edges, cycleways and amenity grasslands with more sites planned for inclusion this spring. Following feedback gathered…