Author: Rhys Gregory

Sport Pembrokeshire is very pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the Sport Pembrokeshire Awards 2021. The team is also delighted to confirm that following last year’s virtual ceremony, this year’s event will take place at Folly Farm, albeit on a smaller scale than usual. “It’s been a tricky time for sport along with everything else, so this year’s awards are a great opportunity to recognise all the good things that have been happening despite the difficulties,” said Cllr Paul Miller, Cabinet Member for Economy, Tourism, Leisure and Culture. “We’ll be celebrating sport at every level – from…

This Sunday is due to see the return of the award winning Admiral Swansea Bay 10k. The 40th anniversary staging of the annual race starts at 11am from the St Helen’s sports ground and organisers are urging visitors and motorists to be prepared for road closures on the day. Crowds are likely to start gathering at around 8.30am as around 4,000 runners get ready for the main race which heads west from St Helen’s along Mumbles Road to Oystermouth Car Park. Here, the runners turn and head back along the promenade towards the finish on the Prom at the Slip…

Bridgend County Borough Council has supported Ogmore Community Council in transforming the site of a disused coal washery in the Ogmore Valley into a haven for nature and wildlife. Several grants were successfully applied for by the community council and the local authority’s Rural Development Team, Reach, to develop the Ogmore Washeries site into an area that would benefit the local community. Reach first funded an appraisal for the Washeries site that identified potential work and funding sources. They then worked with the council’s countryside team to apply for funding, coordinate site works and undertake the grant claims. Among the…

Bridgend County Borough Council is in the early stages of developing plans that could see an all-new Welsh-medium seedling school established in the Porthcawl area. Cabinet members have agreed to submit an expression of interest on developing the facility as part of the next phase of Welsh Government’s capital grant scheme for Welsh-medium education. Members also agreed to explore options for adding the seedling school to existing plans that aim to create a new Welsh-medium childcare facility within Porthcawl. Basing the school and the childcare facilities at the same location makes perfect sense as it would deliver the most efficient…

Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Cabinet has today (15th September) approved an investment of £130,000 to progress proposed regeneration projects in Risca and Bargoed. An investment of £30,000 was approved to carry out a feasibility study on a brownfield site to the rear of Commercial Street in Risca town centre.  The study will consider options to develop the site into an ambitious mixed-use development. Cabinet members also approved £100,000 from the Regeneration Project Board Development Fund to invest into deal with the issue of dilapidated, empty and underutilised properties within Bargoed Town Centre. Cllr Eluned Stenner, the council’s Cabinet Member with…

It is safe to say that the business environment has been turbulent to say the least over the last 18 months, with COVIDandBREXIT affecting businesses in so many ways. With the business community fighting back and businesses showing resilience, we’re delighted to be supporting the 2021 Cardiff Business Awards, as headline sponsors. The awards recognise those entrepreneurial and innovative ventures that are making a difference in our great city and there is no better time to celebrate business success. Businesses in all sectors are being called to enter the 7th Cardiff Business awards before the nominations deadline closes on Friday 17th September…

The Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters MS, has today announced the Chair and Panel that will be carrying out the Welsh Government’s Roads Review and confirmed the road schemes that will be considered as part of the review. The Panel consisting of climate change and transport specialists from across the UK, will be led by Dr Lynn Sloman MBE, a transport consultant based in Wales who has previously been part of the Lord Burns Commission. The panel will consist of: Julie Hunt – A Chartered Civil Engineer and Chair of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Wales).…

Welsh companies in five key sectors will be brought together to help each other export more of their products across the globe, as part of a new programme being launched by Economy Minister Vaughan Gething. The Export Cluster Programme is one of a series of new support initiatives being introduced by the Welsh Government as part of the Export Action Plan for Wales, which aims to create a strong, vibrant and sustainable exporting sector to help strengthen the economy, safeguard existing and create new jobs and opportunities for people in Wales. Its aim is to drive the growth of Welsh…

Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced an additional £500k to improve community access to defibrillators and boost out of hospital cardiac arrest survival rates. The money will go towards enabling the likes of community buildings and sports grounds to access a defibrillator. A patient’s chance of surviving an out of hospital cardiac arrest decreases by an estimated 10 per cent with every passing minute. By increasing the availability of them in community settings it is hoped to improve the survival rates of those suffering a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital. It comes after a spotlight was thrown on cardiac…

Naomi Paulus has won the 2021 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition for her story Take a Bite, a “delightful, wistful, satisfying piece” in which a young woman, Rhian, returns home to the voices and rituals of her mother and aunts for an important family event. The competition recognises the very best unpublished short stories in English in any style and on any subject up to a maximum of 5,000 words by writers aged 18 or over who were born in Wales, have lived in Wales for two years or more, or are currently living in Wales. Originally established in 1991,…