Author: Rhys Gregory

First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford has announced that from today, refugees fleeing the ongoing conflict in Ukraine can travel for free on Transport for Wales services. The scheme will help the refugees while they are settling in Wales, with the free travel scheme running for six months. Ukrainian nationals can claim free travel by showing a Ukraine passport to conductors and station staff. The scheme is an extension of an ongoing Welsh Government programme which provides free public transport for asylum seekers in Wales, as part of its ambition to become the world’s first Nation of Sanctuary as endorsed…

Wales is taking action against marine litter as it becomes the first UK nation to introduce a recycling scheme for fishing gear. The first collection, which took place today on Global Recycling Day (March 18), has proved a huge success, with some three tonnes of fishing gear collected for recycling from seven harbours around Wales. The new scheme will help to bolster Wales’ recycling credentials –Wales has the best household waste recycling record in the UK and the third best in the world. Recycling bins for used fishing gear have been placed at Swansea, Milford Haven, Fishguard, Cardigan, Conwy, Anglesey…

Cardiff Castle will host the biggest party of the year on the June Bank Holiday weekend when the very best of Welsh entertainment join forces for the must-attend family event of 2022. With some of Wales’ finest singers and entertainers live on stage, choirs, bands and a full piece orchestra, the Castle will reverberate with music, song and laughter on Saturday June 4th 2022. Artistes already confirmed include hosts Aled Jones and Shan Cothi, Mike Peters from The Alarm, Bonnie Tyler, West End and Broadway star John Owen Jones, everyone’s favourite drumming weatherman Owain Wyn Evans, funnyman Mike Doyle, the…

Following significant new client wins in the Swansea area, leading commercial cleaning company Mrs Buckét will be attending the Swansea City Centre Conference and Exhibition with a view to showcasing the business and finding some new recruits. Mrs Buckét, which was established in Swansea in 2005, has been rapidly expanding, and the company now has up to 100 jobs on offer, ranging from Head of Finance to Cleaning Technician. The Swansea City Centre Conference and Exhibition is taking place in the Swansea Arena on Thursday 17th March. Rachael Flanagan, founder and Managing Director said: “Mrs Buckét is proud to be…

Palace Theatre and Hafod-Morfa Copperworks were on the itinerary when Welsh Government Economy Minister Vaughan Gething visited Swansea to see first-hand the scale of regeneration on-going in the city. During his visit to Swansea on Tuesday March 15, Mr Gething also visited the 71/72 Kingsway construction site and the Swansea Arena development. All four projects are part of a £1bn regeneration programme that’s now unfolding in Swansea. A 134-year-old grade two listed building on the city’s High Street, plans are in place to transform Palace Theatre into a home for tech, start-up and creative businesses. Swansea Council has appointed Tramshed…

Work has completed on the new school building for Pencoedtre High School in Barry, Wales. Designed by HLM and built by Bouygues UK, the project forms part of a £34.7 million investment into the Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme, a long-term strategic investment in schools and colleges throughout Wales developed by the Vale Council and Welsh Government. Built over a two-year construction period, the new school provides modern facilities catering for up to 1,100 pupils, including sixth form students, with additional amenities to accommodate pupils with enhanced learning needs. The school includes two three-storey teaching wings, connected by wide corridors…

The charity Crimestoppers have launched a new appeal for anonymous information to urgently find a car and two men linked to the murder of Tomasz Waga in Cardiff. The reward of up to £10,000 will be available to anyone providing information exclusively to Crimestoppers leading to the recovery of a Mercedes, and the arrest of Artan Pallucci, 29, last known address Cathays, Cardiff, and Elidon Elezi, 22, last known address East Finchley, London. 23-year-old Tomasz’ body was found by a member of the public in Westville Road, Penylan, late on Thursday, 28 January, 2021. He had been assaulted and died from his…

The Welsh Government has been warned that some businesses across Wales could be forced to close as an unintended consequence of proposed radical new taxation rules which are planned to be introduced next year. MWT Cymru, which represents more than 600 tourism and hospitality businesses across Powys, Ceredigion and Southern Snowdonia, has surveyed self-catering businesses across Wales to discover how they will be impacted by proposed taxation rules, which are linked to the ownership of second homes. From April next year, Welsh county councils will be given the power to increase council tax on second homes to 300%. In addition,…

A celebration to mark an historic engineering achievement took place at the Cardiff Bay railway station today to mark the centenary of the end of the famous Welsh railway company – the Taff Vale Railway (TVR) – and the restoration of one of its most historic buildings, the terminus. To celebrate the history of the station and to mark the hundredth anniversary since the end of the TVR in March 1922 – when it became part of the Great Western Railway (GWR) – a plaque has been unveiled on the building.     Ken Evans, Chair ICE Wales Cymru was joined by…

The Football Association of Wales is pleased to announce that in a show of support to our friends in Ukraine, Cymru will play an international challenge match on Tuesday, 29 March (KO 7.45pm) at Cardiff City Stadium to raise funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Cymru’s opponent for the match will be determined depending on the outcome of the World Cup play-off semi-final with Austria on 24 March. Should Cymru win against Austria, they will play the losing team from the Path B semi-final between Sweden and Czech Republic. If Cymru fail to win against Austria,…