Author: Rhys Gregory

RCT Council is pleased to confirm that planning permission has been granted for its major school investment plans at Ffynnon Taf Primary, Cwmlai Primary and Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun – which can now all be progressed. The three applications were considered and approved by the Planning and Development Committee on Thursday, February 25. The schemes will enable the capacity of the respective schools to be increased in response to local demand, while also providing staff and pupils with brand new facilities. Ffynnon Taf Primary School, Taff’s Well The Council’s application was for a detached extension block including four classrooms and a…

More than 40 charities, volunteer and community groups tackling food poverty have successfully applied for grants from Swansea Council to support their work. The funding will be used for a variety of schemes ranging from community gardens growing fresh produce to groups providing crisis support for people in urgent need of a meal. Others work with families and individuals to give them the skills to prepare healthy and nutritious meals on a budget. Some groups are using the money to invest in new equipment such as fridges, freezers, ovens and utensils while for others it will help with volunteer training…

Wales’ public services will receive a cash boost of more than £682m to support their COVID efforts over the coming months, the First Minister announced today. The package includes more than £635m for the NHS and local councils to help them support the people of Wales over the next six months. This significant funding boost will support our world-leading vaccination programme so we can protect as many people as quickly as possible; boost our testing capacity and bolster our highly effective contact tracing programme. The package also includes an additional £206.5m for the Local Government Hardship Fund, supporting vital social…

The Aloud Charity have gathered their mass virtual choir Everyone Aloud for a special St David’s Day performance, with Sir Bryn Terfel joining as a soloist. The charity asked members of the public to submit videos of themselves singing in order to join the virtual choir, and they received over 100 videos from across the world, from the USA to Japan, Germany to Holland. Current and ex-members of Only Men Aloud, Only Boys Aloud and Only Kids Aloud joined in along with the public, and multiple members chose to submit as a family, with three generations submitting videos. With the…

A boys choir that wowed judges on hit TV show  Britain’s Got Talent is looking to have the same impact in Japan. Only Boys Aloud will be taking part in a televised concert in the Land of the Rising Sun with three Japanese youth choirs from the cities of Kitakyushu, Kumamoto and Oita that hosted the Welsh Rugby team and so warmly welcomed Wales during the World Cup in 2019. Around 120 singers from all 14 of the organisation’s choirs will be taking part in the performance. The original plan was for the Welsh singers to travel to Japan but…

There’s nothing worse than a bad night’s sleep. Tossing and turning for hours on end leaves us feeling irritable the next day, as a result of low energy and frustration. While it’s perfectly normal to have a poor quality of sleep from time to time, frequent occurrences may lead to more serious problems. This is why it is so important to prepare your body as much as possible for a good night’s sleep. Here are seven top tips to do so. Avoid Technology Technological devices emit blue light, which suppresses melatonin, our sleep hormone. This means that watching TV or…

These six business technologies can help your company run smoother, gain and retain customers, improve productivity, and even avoid public scandals.  When the entire world shut down due to the pandemic, that’s when technology shined really bright, showing its worth. Overnight, the ability to connect to customers and even employees became almost impossible as governments around the world have imposed lockdown and social distancing measures. That’s when businesses realized that they need to move online to keep their business running. After all, customers moved online to shop for goods and services. So, it only made sense for brands to meet…

To celebrate St. David’s Day this year, Papa John’s has added a new recruit to its fantastic delivery team. Introducing: ‘Dave’ who – we won’t lie to you – will be serving up proper tasty slices to the residents of Barry Island in an extra-special ‘Dave’s Pizzas’ delivery coach. Sounds crackin’, right? As a local coach driver, Dave has forever lived in the shadows of Barry Island coach drivers that have gone before. However, for one day only, he has joined forces with his favourite delivery chain to give the gift of pizza in celebration of the national day. Pizza lovers will…

Wales Tech Week will return this summer, following a successful inaugural event in 2020. The week-long festival, which brings together leading figures in the global technology community, will take place across the 21st – 25th June 2021 as a virtual festival streaming across the world, in real time. The free to attend event promises a five day summer festival experience packed with world class speakers from some of the most innovative companies in Wales and beyond, across multiple ‘stages’ throughout the week. Each virtual stage will play host to different technologies and sectors, featuring interactive workshops, talks, roundtables, panel sessions…

A bespoke gaming room has been developed at Coleg y Cymoedd ready for the launch of two new specialised video game development courses at the college later this year. A £50k investment has seen the creation of an industry-standard gaming suite at the Aberdare campus with sector specific computers and equipment used by a range of professionals in the field, from programmers and designers to video game testers and sound engineers. Following the creation of the gaming facility at Aberdare, the college is also in the process of developing a bespoke IT and animation room at its Rhondda campus with…