Author: Rhys Gregory

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…

Ahead of Earth Day this Friday (22 April), Tech Nation shares some of the best and brightest climate tech companies from Wales that are tackling the climate emergency and building towards a better future. Gerard Grech, Founding CEO of Tech Nation, comments: “Earth Day is a good time to remind ourselves that aside from the need to change our behaviours as citizens and consumers, climate technology is critical to achieving Net Zero, globally. The UK climate tech sector has seen a doubling of investment deals over the last 3 years, with acceleration in areas such as energy, agriculture, waste management…

UK public transport technology provider, Passenger has announced a major new partnership with Transport for Wales as it prepares to unveil a new bus app and website for its TrawsCymru long distance bus network. The new, multilingual TrawsCymru app and website will support the Welsh Government’s intent of achieving a bus system that boosts social equity and is capable of delivering the scale of modal shift needed to combat the climate emergency. TrawsCymru will launch on Passenger’s customer experience platform and utilise its journey planning, bus timetables and live vehicle tracking capabilities. Mobile app ticketing, complemented by ticket eCommerce on…