Author: Rhys Gregory

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,…

Health and Care Research Wales is supporting GRAIL and the University of Oxford, to evaluate the use of a new multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test which can detect over 50 types of cancers. Health and Care Research Wales teams across NHS Wales are taking part in the SYMPLIFY study, which will investigate a MCED test developed by GRAIL, known as Galleri, for patients with non-specific symptoms that may be a result of cancer. The aim of the SYMPLIFY study is to demonstrate how the test could be used to increase cancer detection rates and simplify diagnosis. At present, Wales will…

Environmental charity Trees for Cities (TfC) and Cardiff Council are working in partnership to deliver ten new Edible Playgrounds across Cardiff’s primary schools in 2021-22. The programme is an innovative programme that transforms school grounds into vibrant outdoor fruit and vegetable gardens that get children excited about growing and eating healthy food, providing a valuable resource for outdoor learning. Trees for Cities works closely with the school to create a bespoke playground design where food growing can be accessed across the entire school. The projects typically include everything needed to grow your own food successfully: raised beds, a greenhouse, compost,…

Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) has announced the launch of a new Skills and Talent hub, designed to meet the future skilling needs of employers and employees across South East Wales. Brand-named ‘Venture’ this new employment and skills enterprise went live on 13th September, to help connect the ambitions and aspirations of career-seekers and employers across the 10 unitary authorities that make up the CCR. For launch, the new skills hub features Venture Graduate a re-branded, redesigned and revitalised graduate recruitment scheme provided at zero cost to any organisation in South East Wales, by the expert in-house graduate recruitment team at…

There are numerous methods of divination and psychics and diviners have been around since the beginning of time. Astrology is one of the most ancient forms of divination and it does not require any psychic abilities. These days astrology has become very mainstream and most people identify with their star sign and even go as far as researching their birth chart which tells us about the degrees of each planet at the time of an individual’s birth as well as the different constellations in each planet at the time of birth. Astro coaching has become very popular as well, which…