Author: Rhys Gregory

The Welsh Government-funded refurbishment of the Canolfan and play area at Cyfarthfa Park is complete, with the reopening taking place this Wednesday, 15 September. The redevelopment has seen the construction of a new café, decking area with outdoor seating, the creation of a community meeting space, resurfacing of the play area and better access to the site through the construction of new paths, steps and a footbridge. The £900,000 project is being funded through Welsh Government’s Valleys Regional Park ‘Discovery Gateways’ programme.  The grant is also providing new toilets and changing rooms at the Splash Pad, which will not open…

Sherifa Actie, 27, from Beauchamp Street, Cardiff, was ordered to pay £300 and received a Conditional Discharge for 12 months at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court last Tuesday (September 7) for fly tipping a large number of black bags in a back lane close to her property. On Tuesday May 5th, 2020, the council received a complaint about fly tipping in the back lane of Beauchamp Street and Plantagenet Street. When the enforcement officer arrived on site, a large number of fly tipped black bags were found – full of top soil – with evidence found linking the waste back to Miss…

The Cardiff Bay Barrage will close this week due to a ticketed events taking place at Alexandra Head. The Barrage site will be closed to non-ticket holders from the Porth Teigr roundabout to the Penarth end of the Barrage on: Thursday 16 Septemberfrom 4.30pm – midnight Friday 17 Septemberfrom midday – 12.30am Saturday 18 Septemberfrom midday – 12.30am Sunday 19 Septemberfrom midday – midnight Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Sport, Cllr Peter Bradbury, said: “The Barrage will be open to everyone until 4:30pm on Thursday and until midday on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. “From these times until midnight on…

The Welsh Government has opened the recruitment for the role of President of the National Library of Wales from January 2022 This is a high-profile, strategic and influential role in the cultural sector in Wales. The new President will join the National Library of Wales during a period of change as the findings of the 2020 tailored review are addressed and as the Library moves to implement its new five year strategic plan for 2021-2026. The President is accountable to the Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport for the National Library’s performance and for the delivery of strategic priorities. Until…

A new £48m package of funding to support social care in Wales has today (Tuesday September 14) been announced by Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan. The majority of the funding – £40m – has been allocated to local authorities and will be used to help the social care sector meet the ongoing challenges caused by the pandemic. A further £8m will fund a number of specific priorities, including extending the carers support fund; tackle loneliness in older people; investing in the social care workforce’s wellbeing and in residential services for care-experienced children. Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie…

The Body Shop has launched its new sustainable store concept at St David’s Dewi Sant Cardiff. The iconic activist beauty brand has given its St David’s store a complete overhaul, converting it into an ‘activist maker workshop’. The new concept aims to inspire consumers to fight for a fairer, more beautiful world and embrace a sustainable way of living. A focal point of the newly reopened St David’s store will be The Body Shop Activism Hub where people can discover the brand’s activist ethos first pioneered by Dame Anita Roddick as well as campaign for social change around issues ranging…

Busaba will be opening the doors on Thursday 21st October to its brand new Brewery Quarter restaurant. For their debut in Wales; think award-winning Pad Thai, Aromatic Curries, and of course your favourite Thai dishes straight ‘From the Wok’. Whether you’re looking for quality meat dishes or plant-based, Busaba is the perfect place to feed your soul, body, and mind. The wait is nearly over, with Busaba opening in the heart of Cardiff at the end of the month! Located in Brewery Quarter, Busaba will bring modern Bangkok eating to the heart of Cardiff. Busaba are passionate about sharing happiness…

A search has been launched to find the heroes of the tourism and hospitality industry in North Wales after the “absolute nightmare” of the past 18 months. Jim Jones, the chief executive of North Wales Tourism, hopes the glittering Oscars-style awards ceremony will herald a reboot for the sector that’s been battered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Nominations are now being sought for 15 categories at the Go North Wales Awards that will be held at Venue Cymru in Llandudno on Thursday, November 25. The closing date for nominations is Sunday, October 10. The event will be hosted by the acclaimed…

It’s six of the best for a top Vale of Clwyd independent school which has just landed another glittering accolade from tech giant Microsoft. Myddelton College in Denbigh is the only school in North Wales to be recognised as a Showcase School by the world’s leading software company. It’s an honour the school has been awarded for six years running since it was founded in 2016 and it highlights their success in continuing to run a full programme of lessons remotely throughout the pandemic lockdowns. Deputy Headmaster Ian Lloyd, who teaches Maths and Computer Science, is a huge fan of…

The headline NatWest Wales Business Activity Index – a seasonally adjusted index that measures the month-on-month change in the combined output of the region’s manufacturing and service sectors – registered 58.0 in August, down from 61.4 in July, to signal a marked expansion in business activity across the Welsh private sector, albeit the slowest for five months. Companies stated that the rise in output was due to strong client demand and a sustained upturn in new orders. Welsh firms registered the second-sharpest expansion in activity of the 12 monitored UK areas. Welsh firms signalled a marked rise in new orders…