Author: Rhys Gregory

With help from Cantref Primary School’s eco club, Abergavenny’s Bailey Park now has five brand new English Oak trees and five Copper Beech trees, which have been dedicated to Her Majesty the Queen for the Platinum Jubilee under the Queen’s Green Canopy project. After inspections of Bailey Park’s green infrastructure, a number of the trees in the park had to be removed for safety reasons. To compensate for the loss, 21 trees have been planted this year. Working well as a team in some challenging weather, Cantref Primary School’s eco club gave a helping hand to the council’s grounds staff with…

The Welsh Government is calling on people across the country to join a national consultation that will shape its strategy to make Wales smoke-free by 2030. Tackling health inequalities and increasing support to help people quit are key to the Welsh Government’s ambitions to see Wales become smoke-free within the decade. Around 14% of people in Wales currently smoke and there are strong links between smoking and deprivation, with those in more deprived areas more likely to smoke. Success for the Welsh Government’s long-term tobacco control strategy, A Smoke-free Wales, would see less than 5% of the population smoking by…

Chambers Wales South East, South West and Mid has revealed the impact of rising costs on businesses in Wales following the British Chamber of Commerce’s (BCC) latest UK growth forecast. The BCC has downgraded its expectations for UK economic growth in 2022 to 3.6%, less than half the growth of 7.5% recorded last year. The downgrade reflects a deteriorating outlook for consumer spending and a weaker than expected rebound in business investment amid soaring inflation and major tax rises, as well as the impact of global shocks including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The downgraded projections for the UK economy highlight…

Post Office has re-opened Barmouth Post Office this week at a new location – SPAR, King Edward Street, Barmouth, LL42 1AN. The store now offers 37 extra hours of Post Office services a week for the convenience of customers. The previous branch at High Street, Barmouth, LL42 1DW, closed yesterday (3/3) due to the resignation of the current operator. Our priority is to safeguard our services in the locality in the longer term and the relocation of Barmouth Post Office will enable us to maintain our Post Office service to our customers in the local community. The opening hours of…

If you are planning a holiday with your family then you must consider Wales as an option. Wales is a beautiful place with many attractions – mountainous national parks, rugged coastline, Celtic culture and great, welcoming people. Today we’ll have a look at some of the best places to spend your holiday in Wales. 1. Lyons Winkups Lyons Winkups is located at the seaside and is best for a family holiday. Children play area, swimming pool, and amusement arcade is enough for keeping the youngsters occupied.  Adults can engage themselves in the coffee lounge, on-site sports bar and cabarets. The…

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David community has issued a statement this week, expressing its deep sadness by the invasion of Ukraine by the military forces of the Russian Federation, as well as its shock in witnessing the devastation and deprivation the war has caused to the citizens of Ukraine. The statement said: “The University community stands with the people of Ukraine in condemning this act of war and in recognising Ukraine as a sovereign state. “As an international academic community, the University welcomes students and staff from all over the world and has active links with countries across…

A renowned artist from Rhondda is working with teenagers from a South Wales college to support their artistic dreams and help them develop a series of public artworks celebrating Wales and its culture. Treorchy artist and TV presenter, Siôn Tomos Owen, who previously fronted S4C’s Pobol y Rhondda, is hosting a number of bilingual workshops with art learners from Coleg y Cymoedd and working with the aspiring artists to create their own masterpieces. Learners on the programme, who are all studying a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, have developed their own murals which are being showcased on college buildings…

Health organisations and Senedd Members have united to show support for No Smoking Day, a national campaign which encourages smokers to quit on the second Wednesday of March each year.  This year’s campaign message is centred around ‘Never Quit Quitting’, which encourages smokers to not give up as each quit attempt brings a smoker closer to success. The campaign has reinforced this message through the voices of UK healthcare professionals, who have offered encouragement and first-hand insights into the benefits of quitting. Professor of Respiratory Medicine Keir Lewis has supported the campaign in Wales, saying: ‘’Today is a solid reason…

A fast-growing Flintshire amateur boxing club is launching new weekend training and coaching sessions for young people thanks to cash seized from criminals. Buckley Boxing Club was founded more than 100 years ago and has produced its fair share of champions and Welsh internationals but it is showing no signs of flagging. They already have more than 200 members aged from four to sixty plus who attend sessions at their gym off Drury Lane most evenings of the week. Now they want to extend their coaching for youngsters up to the age of 18 to weekends and they’ve been given…

Cardiff-based Coles Funeral Directors has taken the pledge to become a Dementia Friendly business, as part of the Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Friendly Communities initiative. Research shows that in 2020, 22,868 people were diagnosed with dementia and this brings its unique daily challenges for those living with the disease and their support network. Having faced their own experiences of this, the Coles team set out to become a Dementia Friendly business, working in collaboration with Marie Curie, to improve access to support across the business. Head of Communications, Francesca Coles said: “We’re passionate about becoming a dementia friendly organisation to ensure our services are accessible to all…