Author: Rhys Gregory

Online casino gaming in Wales continues to thrive as more players turn to digital platforms for entertainment, excitement, and the chance to win real money. While game variety and site reputation play major roles in choosing where to play, payment methods are just as important. Today’s Welsh players expect fast, secure, and flexible ways to move their money, and their preferences are shaping the future of the industry. What Makes a Payment Method Popular? Welsh players, like others across the UK, tend to favour payment methods that are fast, reliable, and familiar. Trust plays a key role — players want…

Welsh BBQ stars Sam & Shauna are teaming up with Street Food Circus to launch Mabon, a new annual fire cooking festival which celebrates the feasting, fire and folklore associated with the autumn equinox in September. Mabon will be a weekend food festival bringing together a diverse line-up of chefs who all have one thing in common, a love of cooking with fire. Taking inspiration from Mabon celebrations where people gathered together around fires to mark the autumn equinox (26-28 September) – the point when day and night are equal lengths – the festival will make the most of Wales’…

Two new flats are being added to The Judge’s Lodging Museum, the award-winning visitor attraction in Presteigne. The Retiring Rooms @ The Judge’s Lodging will be available to let for holidays and short breaks from spring 2026. After five years of research, fundraising and planning, the project began on January 6, with specialist builders at Reynolds Conservation starting the transformation of the former Housekeeper’s Flat, which had been used for storage and workrooms. With stunning colour pallets for each flat and light fittings inspired by the museum’s period rooms, the furnishing plan even utilises some of the building’s original furnishings…

They performed for the Queen at two Royal Variety Performances and at the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony after making male voice choirs mainstream. And now Only Men Aloud have added four additional dates to their 25thanniversary tour, which kicks off in Cardiff on September 27th. OMA’s diehard fans The OMAniacs have been crying out the tour, which now plays Cwmbran, Llandrindod, Monmouth and Newtown in addition to Cardiff, Aberystwyth, Swansea and Llandudno. Launched by founder and conductor Tim Rhys-Evans (now Director of Music at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama), the one-time UK biggest boyband of 25…

Two men have been sentenced after officers from Tarian, the Regional Organised Crime Unit for southern Wales, observed them engaging in a drug exchange in Swansea. On June 9, 2024, Tarian officers observed 50-year-old Lee Ruggles and 21-year-old Kian Piyadasa as they exchanged a package between two vehicles. Ruggles was seen exiting his Ford Focus, walking to a BMW, and handing a package through the window to Piyadasa. Ruggles then returned to his vehicle and was stopped by officers as he travelled eastbound on the M4. Piyadasa was stopped by officers in Swansea. A key to a further vehicle was…

A former hairdresser turned nurse is now playing a vital role in mental health care across Cardiff thanks to the flexible study model of The Open University in Wales, which is helping to fill urgent NHS workforce gaps. Katie Bonar, 47, from Nant-y-moel, completed her BSc (Hons) Nursing degree with The Open University in 2023. She spent 17 years working as a hairdresser before joining Cardiff and Vale University Health Board as a healthcare support worker. Her passion for dementia care led her to develop an innovative staff programme while working in a liaison psychiatry team for older people and…

This week begins with mild, cloud‑topped mornings and highs around 24 °C (76 °F), rising to a peak close to 28 °C (83 °F) on Tuesday. Expect notably warm sunshine midweek before temperatures ease slightly later on. Is this the heatwave we’ve been waiting for? The Met Office originally warned of a heatwave approaching—defined as three consecutive days surpassing local thresholds—especially affecting parts of England and Wales. Temperatures were expected to climb above 30 °C in some areas by Thursday or Friday. However, while Tuesday may flirt with those thresholds, there’s currently no confirmed heatwave for Wales this week. Still, the warm spell is enough…

A repeat shoplifter has been served with a Community Protection Notice (CPN) preventing him from attending named shops and streets in Cardiff city centre. The 59-year-old had previously agreed to a written warning that that if the behaviour didn’t stop, then a CPN would be issued. A Community Protection Notice is aimed to prevent unreasonable behaviour that is having a negative impact on the local community’s quality of life. But he breached the Community Protection Warning resulting in him being served with the 6-month Community Protection Notice. As part of the notice, he must not attend: St David’s Shopping Centre…

Four people were taken to hospital – one with serious injuries following a road traffic collision on the A55 on Saturday afternoon (August 9th). At 15:21hrs North Wales Police received a report of a multi-vehicle collision on the A55 near Pentre Halkyn. Officers attended and established that an artic lorry travelling in the eastbound carriageway had collided with two vehicles that were travelling in the westbound carriageway, and a major incident was declared. Four people were taken to hospital – one was airlifted to hospital in Stoke by the Air Ambulance and the other was taken to Stoke via Ambulance.…

Swansea’s World War II veterans are set to take centre stage at a special event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, VJ Day. August 15,1945, brought the war to a close when Japan formally surrendered – two months after VE Day was declared in Europe. And on Friday, August 15, a small band of veterans who served in World War II will be at Swansea’s Guildhall in front of an invited audience for a commemorative event. At noon council buildings and libraries will be joining the rest of the UK for the national two minute…