Author: Rhys Gregory

New guidance to help local authorities to plan, design and deliver high quality walking and cycling routes across Wales has been launched. The Active Travel Act Guidance brings together previous advice and feedback from a public consultation and clearly sets out what is expected from councils when they are designing new infrastructure with Welsh Government funding. This year alone the Welsh Government is investing £75m in active travel – more than any other country in the UK per head of population – to provide people with access to high quality active travel routes across Wales, so that they feel safe…

Three quarters of people in Wales have now had both doses of the coronavirus vaccine, the Minister for Health and Social Services, Eluned Morgan has announced. The latest of figures released today (Friday 16 July) show that after 7 months 1,892,082 people have had both vaccines and completed the course and 2,279,139people or 90.3% of the country have had their first dose. Wales has already met its third milestone, after offering vaccination to all eligible adults 6 weeks early, and achieving 75% take up in the under 50s a month early. The Minister for Health and Social Services, Eluned Morgan:…

One of the UK’s leading Covid testing services offers rapid testing with Fit To Fly and Fit To work results back within 24 hours. They also feature rapid antibody and antigen testing. All of this will now be available to the people of Cardiff, around the city region and beyond. With over 35 clinics already in operation across England, opening up in Wales is another huge step forward for the innovative company. The new clinic opens at Cardiff Bay’s leisure and entertainment hub, The Red Dragon Centre, on Monday 19th July. Professor Frank Joseph, DAM Health’s medical director, says: “We…

A passion for food and the local community has led to the creation of a Welsh recipe box enterprise which is creating jobs and demand for sustainable food and drink. Swperbox was founded by Alex Cook, whose experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic and the effect on his Llandeilo community spurred him on to build a business that not just serves its customers but local producers too. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Alex Cook saw bookings for his hitherto award-winning catering business disappear overnight. So, he began helping out at the local Foodbank and coordinated the Feed the NHS Wales campaign…

Wales’ largest music festival, Green Man, is delighted to announce that it will be going ahead on 19-22 August 2021, returning after an enforced year off to the epic surroundings of the Black Mountains, deep in the heart of the Brecon Beacons for its 19th edition. The festival today announces the first performers and details of this year’s event, including music headliners Little Dragon, Caribou, Mogwai, and Fontaines D.C. Tickets for Green Man 2021 have already sold out, including the Settler’s Pass, which turns the festival into a week-long holiday, allowing early access to the site from August 16, and…

Two of Wales’ best known food brands, Castle Dairies and Halen Môn have teamed up to launch a new Welsh butter made with 100% Welsh cream and the famous Anglesey natural sea salt crystals. The new Welsh butter roll with Halen Môn, will be available among the premium butter range in Tesco stores throughout Wales from early July. Castle Dairies was set up in Caerphilly in 1966 and has grown to be one of the largest family-owned dairy businesses in Wales, working with more than 200 Red Tractor Assured farms in Wales to source the Welsh cream for its butters.…

Parents are being warned to ensure their children are fully protected against the sun following several youngsters having to be admitted to Morriston Hospital with sunburn. The Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, at Morriston Hospital, has seen three cases of children over the past two days prompting doctors to issue a warning to parents. With the Met Office predicting the hot and sunny spell continuing well into this week the advice is to ensure children are fully protected when out in the sun. A spokesman for the centre said: “We have seen three children admitted in the last…

Detectives in Cardiff investigating a sexual assault which happened in the early hours of Thursday 15th July in Bute Park have charged a man. Tyler Higgins, 19, from Cathays in Cardiff has been remanded in custody.  He will appear before Cardiff Magistrates Court on Monday (19th July) charged with two counts of rape. South Wales Police takes all reports of rape seriously, and urges victims to come forward to report the crime. They should feel safe in the knowledge that they will be treated with respect and dignity and that their allegation will be fully investigated. Every report of a…

In this fast-paced world, it is quite difficult to keep up with most things. Being updated with the recent changes in things, experiences and people could be stressful at times. Life, in general, has to undergo these changes over time, almost leaving you with not enough time in adjusting. These changes may affect you physically but most of all, mentally and emotionally. Moreover, it may result in constant disturbances in your thoughts and with how you process information. Such effects could then lead to unhealthy coping mechanisms that may be dangerous to your physical and mental health. However, meditation can…

Your eyes are important to your ability to work and enjoy your leisure time, yet eyecare can be quite a costly feat, especially if you are not eligible for free eye tests or frames. Finding ways to cut the costs associated with your eyecare needs, without scrimping on the bits that you require to be able to see clearly, may seem a little confusing. There are, in fact, ways that you can reduce the amount that you pay, by changing some of your habits when procuring glasses, and even the ways in which you look after the set you already…