Author: Rhys Gregory

An intricate silver seal dating back over 300 years that was found in a field in Wrexham during a charity treasure hunt could soon go on display in a museum. The seal would have been used to stamp wax on letters and has pictures of a bouquet of flowers on one side and a bull on the other. It was found by detectorist Paul Davies on farmland owned by the Wrexham-based care organisation, Pendine Park. The seal has now been declared to be treasure and will be offered to Wrexham Museum, where the public would be able to view it.…

One of Wales’ leading exponents of traditional folk singing will feature in a special concert filmed exclusively for a top music festival. Gwenan Gibbard took her harp to the Sain Studios near Caernarfon to record the concert which will form a key part of this year’s North Wales International Music Festival in St Asaph. The event is being held in a hybrid format for the very first time and resumes virtually in mid-November. Gwenan is well known in the Welsh folk music scene as a harpist and singer, performer, composer, and adjudicator and accompanist at a national level. She is…

Global technology company Healthy.io has launched the first use of its innovative wound care app in Wales, allowing patients to have their wounds assessed and monitored from the comfort of their own home. The eight-month project, currently being rolled out in Swansea Bay University Health Board across Swansea Bay and Neath Port Talbot, is financed by Welsh Government’s Digital Solutions Fund (DSF) that is coordinated by Digital Health Ecosystem Wales (DHEW). The project has already reached 30 patients in between the period of the 11th and 26th of October, with 36 individual wounds being digitally monitored and 9 wound types…

Daffodil Foods has scooped an export deal with a Japanese importer to begin delivering their Welsh clotted cream in response to the increased interest in British afternoon tea. This means in the New Year, Japanese consumers will be able to buy the Welsh clotted cream in supermarkets across the country. With the rise in interest in taking afternoon tea, the market is opening for more Welsh dairy brands, as Lynne Rowlands, Director of Daffodil Foods explains, “Japanese consumers have a particular interest in our British afternoon tea and we have been able to secure a lucrative deal and unlock this…

The inaugural Cambrian Mountains Food, Drink and Craft Fair has been hailed a great success as visitors from across the UK discovered more than just the Elan Valley reservoirs last weekend. Located beneath the towering Caban Coch dam wall and safely tucked away in the Elan Valley Visitor Centre, 12 members of the Cambrian Mountains Local Produce Network set up a mouth-watering selection of their locally made and inspired produce. With nearly 250 visitors through the door, and with a real buzz around the occasion, encouragingly many are now asking when the next event will be. Nearly all the producers…

A green era has dawned at Morriston Hospital which has gone live with its own full-scale solar farm. The £5.9 million development, the first in the UK to be directly wired to an acute hospital, is the latest in a series of environmental improvements across Swansea Bay, with more to follow in the months ahead. Commissioning work on the 10,000-panel solar farm at Brynwhillach Farm was completed earlier this month and the electricity began flowing along a 3km private wire to the hospital last week. The 4MW farm will supply almost a quarter of Morriston’s power, cutting the electricity bill…

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s Institute of Management and Health has recently hosted its third annual Young Hoteliers and Hospitality Conference at the Swansea Stadium. The event was hosted by the University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (SoHaTM) and attracted 230 students from schools and colleges from across South Wales. John Howells, Academic Director (SoHaTM) said: “We use this annual conference to inspire people for a career in hospitality and tourism, and to provide an understanding of the possibilities within both industries.” The conference was also an opportunity to showcase what’s on offer within the University, and…

Businesses and organisations from across Wales have been recognised for their excellent standards of HR and people development practices with the announcement of the shortlist for the CIPD Wales Awards 2021. The CIPD, the professional body for HR and the people development, will celebrate the cream of the crop of the thousands of individuals in HR and the people profession across Wales at its annual awards ceremony. This year’s awards will take place virtually on Thursday 25th November. Returning for the fourth time after an absence last year because of the pandemic, 36 companies, teams and individuals have been shortlisted…

Les Misérables and The Phantom Of The Opera star John Owen-Jones will be joining fellow Welsh West End singing sensation Lucie Jones to celebrate the festive season in style at her exclusive December concerts. John – who has starred to great acclaim as both Jean Valjean and The Phantom – will appear at the Lucie Jones at Christmasconcerts at St David’s Hall, Cardiff, and at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London. The intimate and exclusive shows will feature Lucie, who is currently playing Jenna Hunterson on the UK tour of Waitress, and John performing all their favourite Christmas songs and showtunes, accompanied…

s the UK prepares for the clocks to go back one hour on Sunday 31st October, sleep expert April Mayerfrom Amerisleep reveals how to adjust your body and routine to cope with the change in sleeping patterns. What happens to our bodies when the clock changes, and we miss an hour of sleep? While it may not sound like much, losing an hour’s sleep is often unpleasant. If you don’t take steps to minimize the effect, it can take a few days or even around a week to get your sleep schedule back on track. Mild sleep deprivation is also linked to greater caloric consumption,…