Author: Rhys Gregory

Street Food Cinema, the drive-in movie experience with some of Wales’ best-loved street food traders, is heading out on tour this week. Taking in Abertillery and Merthyr over the next two weekends the cinema will be showing family movies like Trolls World Tour, Sing and Moana, musical favourites like Dirty Dancing, Grease and the Greatest Showman, and nostalgic classics like Back to the Future, Jurassic Park and The Lost Boys. Every day will start with an afternoon family matinee followed by an early and late evening showing. The event will be bringing new street food traders to the area including…

HM Coastguard’s first operational drone flight will join manned helicopters, planes, boats and cliff rescue teams on lifesaving missions at sea and over land in North Wales for the first time, this summer. The drone, initially trialled a year ago during the first easing of pandemic restrictions, will fly from the HM Coastguard helicopter base at Caernarfon, and will also participate in a series of major training exercises with other 999 teams. HM Coastguard’s search and rescue helicopters and fixed-wing surveillance aircraft provide support in maritime, coastal and inland environments, including mountainous regions. During a phase of operational integration training,…

The Cardigan Bay Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG) is asking residents to send in their ideas or expressions of interest to the local FLAG Coordinator. Ideas are welcomed from groups and organisations based within fisheries communities and which are involved in the social, economic and environmental well-being of the Cardigan Bay coast and inland waters from St Dogmaels to Barmouth. Cardigan Bay FLAG, which is administered by Ceredigion County Council can help make ideas become a reality through activities such as project development, evaluation, feasibility studies, facilitation, training, mentoring and pilot projects. Each project must fall under one of the…

A team of 16 staff members from Chepstow School took on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for Marie Curie, raising over £1,200 for the cause. The group signed up to the challenge after a number of staff members lost loved ones to terminal illness, knowing the impact the charity has on those affected. The 16 strong team took on 24 miles of the Yorkshire Dales, starting and finishing on Saturday 27th June.  This challenge is no walk in the park but every member of the team crossed the finish line safely and triumphantly – there was even…

A police boss has blasted the “deplorable” decision to freeze officers’ pay after they had gone above and beyond the call of duty during the pandemic. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Andy Dunbobbin said the bitterly opposed announcement by Home Secretary Priti Patel stank of rank hypocrisy. It was all the more galling, he said, because the police were expected to enforce Covid guidance and legislation that had frequently been broken by members of the UK government. Mr Dunbobbin spoke out after a ministerial statement from Priti Patel in which she revealed that police officers earning more than £24,000…

Swansea is emerging from the pandemic as a magnet for investment and jobs, according to one of Wales’s leading economists. Gareth Davies, Professor in Innovation Management at Swansea University, says the scale, number and locations of several multi-million pound projects shows huge confidence in the city and its potential. These projects include: The £135 million Copr Bay phase one development The approval of a £55 million Swansea Bay City Deal digital infrastructure project to boost internet connectivity A £12 million environmental upgrade of The Kingsway The £3 million transformation of Wind Street into a more family-friendly destination Led by Swansea…

RCT Council will soon start work to deliver essential traffic light upgrades at the A4119’s junction with Talbot Road – having completed similar work to the two nearby accesses to Talbot Green Retail Park in previous years. The latest work will begin from Monday, July 26, and is likely to cause traffic delays in the area, especially at peak times. It has therefore been scheduled during the school summer holiday when there is expected to be less traffic on the road. Road users are advised to avoid the area if it all possible. The work will upgrade the signals which have…

This year, Caerphilly Council want to celebrate Love Your Parks Week 2021 as parks and green spaces have been a vital lifeline to many of us during the lockdowns over the past 16 months. Run by Keep Britain Tidy, an award-winning environmental charity, Love Your Parks Week runs from July 23rd to August 21st 2021. Here at CCBC, we want to celebrate the number of award winning green flag parks that we have across the borough. The Green Flag Award programme is delivered in Wales by environmental charity Keep Wales Tidy, with support from Welsh Government. Independent green space experts…

From Monday, July 26, visitors will be able to hear colourful stories of the castle’s long history thanks to experienced volunteer guides from the Friends of Oystermouth Castle. To keep visitors and personnel safe at the 12th century attraction, each tour will be undertaken in line with the latest Welsh Government pandemic guidelines. Council cabinet member Robert Francis-Davies said: “This is great news for Swansea’s residents and visitors. “The castle is one of Wales’ finest – it’s an imposing monument in a spectacular location. Special features include 14th century graffiti art and private staircases leading from vaults to former banqueting…

A high school in Cardiff is creating a memorial garden to help their school community remember lost loved ones while supporting City Hospice’s Forever Flowers campaign. Mary Immaculate High School in the west of Cardiff has purchased a number of Forever Flowers to feature in the central display of a garden of remembrance within the school grounds. Forever Flowers is a new campaign by City Hospice which invites supporters to purchase limited-edition flowers to remember cherished family members, friends and loved ones. The unique and lasting tributes will feature in a striking display at Cardiff Castle from Saturday July 24…