Author: Rhys Gregory

Wales & West Utilities is continuing its work to upgrade the gas pipes supplying homes and businesses across Wales and south west England and has announced an £81 million investment programme during 2021. The work, which will see the supply pipes to over 30,000 homes and businesses upgraded, will not only keep the gas flowing safely today, it will also prepare the gas network to transport green gases like hydrogen and biomethane. Converting the existing safe and reliable gas network to run on green gas will help communities across Wales and south west England play their part in a green…

Chapter has announced ‘Bringing Africa to Wales’ Film Festival, presented by Watch-Africa Cymru, which will take place later this month. Birthed eight years ago in South Wales, Watch-Africa Cymru is the one-and-only Wales’ African Film Festival. This year’s very special 9th edition will take place 19-28 February. With thanks to supporters Ffilm Cymru and Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Watch-Africa Cymru has curated an exciting programme, which will be hosted online, mostly by Chapter. The festival will showcase 10 intriguing films, live Q&As with Directors, Casts & Experts, and will also bring some engaging workshops specially arranged to…

Are you newly single or unhappy in your marriage? It’s normal to go online and create a profile to see who’s attracted to you and even consider a mingling possibility on the side. This helps you to feel there is the hope of finding a new partner and exploring potential relationships. Online dating, when used in moderation, can make you feel connected to people in the community, which is preferred to feeling bored and coping with the single life. Furthermore, you can easily tire of endless conversations with yourself or watching Netflix. Sadly, that’s how people end up hanging out…

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of 23-year-old Tomasz Waga. Tomasz’s body was discovered by a member of the public at approximately 11.30pm on Thursday, January 28 in Westville Road, Penylan. Two men aged 29 and 23 have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in police custody at Cardiff Bay Police Station. Forensic examination of a flat in Penlline Road, Whitchurch, is continuing following their arrest on Monday evening. Tomasz’s family has been updated and continue to be supported by family liaison officers. Detective Chief Inspector Mark O’Shea who is leading the investigation said:…

A social care boss has revealed the second wave of coronavirus has been even more deadly than the first surge. According to Dr Bikram Choudhary, Director of the SilverCrest Group, which owns five care homes Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend and Ystradgynlais, Covid-19 spread like “wildfire” through three of his five care homes, claiming the lives of dozens of residents and infecting 70% of his staff in weeks. Staff were still mourning the tragic loss of 18 residents at Cwrt Enfys in Cwm-twrch Isaf during the initial Covid-19 outbreak in April last year when the second wave hit with “utterly devastating…

The average house price in Wales has topped £200,000 for the first time, and now stands at £209,723, despite a series of lockdowns in 2020. The figures have been released from Principality Building Society’s Wales House Price Index for Q4 2020 (October-December), which demonstrates the rise and fall in house prices in each of the 22 local authorities in Wales. Last year showed the strongest annual house price inflation in 15 years (8.2%), while Principality’s report also noted record high house prices across most parts of Wales and all property types, with a double-digit percentage increase in prices in a…

Plans for a long-awaited new Wellbeing Hub in Cardiff have been unveiled following months of work between Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Llanedeyrn Health Centre and Cardiff Council. Thanks to a £14 million pound investment from Welsh Government, construction will start on the new Wellbeing Hub @ Maelfa from Monday 15 February. The new centre is being built onto the current Council Powerhouse Community Hub so it makes use of the services provided from the Powerhouse with a community café, shared community rooms and an advice area, where health, local authority and third sector groups can provide advice, education…

The Welsh Government is investing £2m as part of an agreement with Pembrokeshire County Council to establish a first-class food park in Pembrokeshire. These ambitious proposals aim to create a high-quality hub in Withybush near Haverfordwest and will become home to a number of food producers. Investment in the food park aims to create plots ready for development across the 23 acre site in the ownership of the council. Located on the outskirts of Haverfordwest, the site boasts excellent transport links by road, rail, sea, and air, with the first phase of onsite infrastructure works currently nearing completion. Pembrokeshire is…

Freelancers working in Wales’ creative sectors will receive a further round of support worth £8.9m, Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism Lord Elis-Thomas has announced. The new round of support funding from the Cultural Recovery Fund will mean each of the freelancers already supported will receive an additional £2,500 to support them through this extended period of reduced activity. The £63m Cultural Recovery Fund has provided essential support to sustain the arts and creative sector, with the hope organisations and individuals will be able to thrive again in not-too-distant future. The Freelancers Fund has already supported almost 3,500 freelancers…

An emergency bill to ensure the next Senedd election can happen safely, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, has been approved by Members of the Senedd. The Welsh Elections (Coronavirus) Bill introduces a range of measures to make it easier for those affected by the pandemic to vote. It will also significantly address the risk of there being an extended period where the Senedd cannot meet that would arise if the Senedd dissolved as normal, on 7 April, and the election could not proceed on 6 May because of the pandemic. The Welsh Government is clear that the election should go…