Author: Rhys Gregory

A music cooperative that “pushed the boundaries of technology” to provide online lessons for children and young people has won a top award. The North Wales Music Cooperative, a not-for-profit organisation providing quality music tuition for pupils in Denbighshire and Wrexham, was honoured at the prestigious Social Business Wales Awards, winning the technology category, Tech for Good When the pandemic struck last year, the cooperative grasped the nettle and came up with new and innovative methods of working to achieve a “high degree of social impact”. Teachers and staff totally revamped the service  to keep music lessons alive, creating what…

The mini-Tredegar or The Little Role Play Town as it is known, boasts a replica of the town’s iconic clock, as well as its own ‘shops’ and play areas, offering an imaginative and stimulating experience for youngsters. Set up by secondary school teacher Kimberley Stephens, the venue is proving a hit since it opened earlier in the year, drawing in youngsters and their families from a wide radius, and the aim is to open more such centres In the future. The pretend town was launched with the help of a £1000 business support grant administered by Tata Steel subsidiary UKSE…

A Newtown attraction is offering businesses and groups a Christmas party with a difference this year. Beyond Breakout, located on the fourth floor of Newtown’s Royal Welsh Warehouse, Pryce Jones Building, has a choice of three escape rooms for festive party groups “As well as being great fun, escape rooms can double up as both a party and a team building exercise,” said Lorna Morris, who runs Beyond Breakout with business partner Jo Woodall. “Escape rooms are a great way to bond with colleagues, allowing between two to six  players per group to team up and solve the puzzles in…

The wholesale regeneration of a former British Steelworks site at Brymbo, near Wrexham has taken a major step forward with the acquisition of a 2.4 hectare development site by Taylor Wimpey North West. The development, to be known as Coed Issa, will provide a collection of 70 new three and four bedroom homes designed for first time buyers and growing families. All homes will be available for private sale and will offer a combination of detached and semi-detached houses. The first new homes are expected by be available to buy from December 2021 and completed by summer 2022. Brymbo Developments…

With a view to creating the first green hydrogen supply to a brewery, Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I, the UK arm of global brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev, and Protium, the leading UK-based green hydrogen energy company, have teamed up to explore the deployment of zero emission green hydrogen at Magor brewery in South Wales, one of the largest breweries in the UK. Bolstering Budweiser Brewing Group’s ambitious sustainability objectives, the project would build the first large-scale hydrogen generation system at a brewery. The hydrogen will fuel the brewery’s production, as well as its key logistics assets including Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) and…

Pupils counting down the weeks until they can move into their new school building have created a lasting legacy to let children in the future know what school life is like today. The children at Ysgol Gymraeg Tan-y-lan have worked with staff to gather items for a time capsule that has been buried on the site of the new £9.9m build in Clase. The development is nearing completion and they are due to move from their existing site at Tan-y-lan Terrace in Morriston to their new home in Clase after the Christmas holiday break. Pupils joined Swansea Council Leader Rob Stewart,…

Bridgend County Borough Council has welcomed news that The Senior Open Presented by Rolex will return to the Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in the summer of 2023. The event will mark the third time that Porthcawl will have hosted the Senior Open – Europe’s only senior major championship tournament – when it returns between 27-30 July 2023. With its stunning views across Swansea Bay to the Gower Peninsula, the Royal Porthcawl Golf Club has previously hosted numerous championship events including The Amateur and the Walker Cup. Originally founded in 1891 as a nine-hole course before an additional nine holes were…

Recently, Cyfarthfa Park and Aberfan Community Centre hosted the annual Shwmae Su’mae event. As part of the celebrations, Cyfarthfa Park, Troedyrhiw and Abercanaid Primary schools performed a variety of musical items. There was also a solo performance from a Rhydywaun pupil. Children from Ysgol Gynradd Coed y Dderwen also took part on Saturday offering Welsh parachuting games for members of the public. Welsh Language community items included a powerful and enjoyable performance by Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun, Ynysowen Male Voice Choir in the Aberfan Community Centre and a stunning instrumental performance by professional harpist Catrin Meek, a former pupil of Ysgol…

If you’re looking for ways to keep the kids entertained this half-term then one of our venues or facilities might have the answer… Here’s an idea of what’s happening  across Cardiff. HUBS & LIBRARIES There’s lots of spooky goings on at our hubs and libraries over the half term holidays but there’s nothing to fear – just brace yourself for lots of fun in our free events including ‘Halloween at the Hub’, treasure hunts, pumpkin carving and many more activities throughout the week. All the usual favourites will be taking place too like story times and rhyme times, Read Along Club, Craft Time and Lego Club.…

The new Cardiff Northern Cemetery, on  Thornhill Road, will officially open on Wednesday, October 20, providing much needed burial space in the north of the city for the next 15+ years. The cemetery design includes lawn graves, traditional graves, cremated remains graves, as well as a natural burial area that will be managed to increase biodiversity within the site. The site has been designed and landscaped with additional tree planting to provide a therapeutic and holistic experience for those who have lost friends and relatives. Councillor Michael Michael,Cabinet Member for Clean Streets, Recycling and Environment  said: “This new cemetery provides a…