Author: Rhys Gregory

Unfortunately, the current yellow weather warning for high winds on Saturday means that Caerphilly Council have no option but to cancel the event due to safety concerns. The market stalls have a maximum wind speed limit and the forecast is near double this. The Council have left the decision as late as possible and looked into alternative options to keep the event going, but regret that they have now had to make a final decision.

Christmas 2021 is officially underway in Wales after its biggest ever festive lights trail opened its doors to the public. Special guests including the face of GoCompare and radio presenter Wynne Evans, broadcaster Jason Mohammed, TV and film actor Steve Speirs, TV host Lucy Owen and Welsh artist Nathan Wyburn were among the first to glimpse the magic of the trail for themselves. Now, more than 130,000 visitors are expected to follow in their footsteps during the trail’s five-week run in Wales’ capital city, after a team of 25 technicians spent more than two weeks installing over one million twinkling…

The Silver Mountain Experience, a popular visitor attraction based just outside Aberystwyth, is preparing for the return of its popular Christmas event. The Elves’ Workshop and Santa’s Grotto at the attraction, located near Ponterwyd, will be opening a weekend earlier this year, due to sell-out success last year. Running on selected dates from December 11 to 23, visitors will be able to set foot in the busy elves’ workshop, as they prepare for the big day and meet Santa, who will have a present included for all children on the ‘good list’. There will also be a range of other…

Swansea Arena has announced Royal Blood and Jersey Boys as the latest shows to go on sale at Swansea’s newest and most exciting venue, both on general sale on Friday 3rd December. On Tuesday 8th March 2022, Royal Blood will become the first act to play as part of Swansea Arena’s launch season, a special event ahead of their biggest European tour to date that also sees them take to the stage at such illustrious venues as London’s O2, the AO Arena Manchester and The OVO Hydro in Glasgow. The success of the band’s latest album ‘Typhoons’ heralds an exciting…

A Newport teacher has been named as one of the nation’s most inspirational educators on The One Show on BBC One. Selected from thousands of nominations, Abigail Chase has won a Gold Award in the Pearson National Teaching Awards for The Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School. The award came as part of a week-long celebration of teaching which will end this Sunday at a prestigious ceremony celebrating all 102 Silver Winners of the Pearson National Teaching Awards. At the ceremony, Abigail Chase will be honoured alongside their fellow Gold Winners across 15 categories as the…

IoD Wales has revealed the finalists for its Director of the Year Awards, with a shortlist featuring leaders representing a wide spectrum of organisations and sectors across Wales. Winners of the prestigious awards, in partnership with Cardiff Business School, will be announced during a ceremony at ICC Wales, Newport on 14 January. Richard Selby, Chair, IoD Wales said: “We always look forward to the Director of the Year Awards and the opportunity to recognise and celebrate leaders across all industries and sectors in Wales. “As we look ahead to post-pandemic economic recovery, it’s wonderful to see so many high-calibre finalists…

Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB has vaccinated its 100,000 patient with the booster vaccine yesterday at the Community Vaccination Centre (CVC) in Rhondda Cynon Taff. (Wednesday 24th November). CTM UHB began its COVID-19 Booster campaign on 27th September 2021, enabling more people to maintain protection ahead of the winter months. This is part of the wider vaccination programme which CTM UHB is taking with significant steps made in fighting the pandemic across Rhondda, Bridgend and Merthyr.  A total of 789,578 vaccines have been given to date. 67 year old Raymond, from Pentre, was the 100,000 patient to receive the booster at…

Aberystwyth University is set to become one of the greenest campuses in Wales after investing in multiple energy saving initiatives and announcing the development of its very own solar farm, which will power up to a quarter of its electricity needs. The £2.9m solar array, which will be located on university-owned land adjacent to its Fferm Penglais student accommodation, is expected to cut annual energy bills by over £320,000 and reduce energy related carbon emissions by 8% per year. Aberystwyth will be one of only a handful of universities in the UK to develop its own full scale solar array.…

Orchard Live are delighted to announce the return of Feels Like Summer to a brand new home in Bute Park, Saturday Aug 6th 2022. After an enforced two-years hiatus, the one day family-friendly festival is thrilled to return with music legend Billy Ocean headlining. Feels Like Summer 2022 comes after the incredibly successful launch of the event in Sophia Gardens in 2019, which saw performances from Bananarama, Bonnie Tyler and Mr Motivator, to name a few. Billy Ocean is one of the most successful music artists Britian has ever produced with over 30 million albums sold throughout his career. He…

Two sporting legends recently joined forces to celebrate a decade of campaigning for women’s rights and equality. Virtual event WEN at TEN saw the Women’s Equality Network Wales (WEN Wales) bring together inspirational women from all walks of life to honour the work done so far, to discuss how to create further change and to launch its ambitious fundraising campaign. Established 10 years ago, WEN Wales seeks to place gender equality and women’s rights at the heart of decision making in Wales, so women’s voices are heard on the issues that affect them most. Jess Fishlock MBE, Wales’ most capped…