Author: Rhys Gregory

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With 28 races run over a course of four days, and half of those marked as Grade One races – the highest level of national hunt racing – the Cheltenham Festival is the pinnacle of the UK’s horse racing calendar. The 2021 edition is just around the corner, with the famous Prestbury Park opening its doors between Tuesday 16th and Friday 19th March. Ahead of this year’s Cheltenham Festival, and before you check out all the leading markets on the betting exchange, here are the list of the feature races on each day to look out for. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ko_SBGxSL4s Day 1:…

Today is the 60th day since COVID-19 vaccinations began in Wales and also marks the day when more than half a million people received their first COVID-19 vaccination. As the total vaccinated exceeds more than 523,000 today, this now means almost one in every six adults have had their first dose of this life-protecting vaccine. As Wales’ plans to protect the nation continue to grow, here are the latest stats: [as of Friday 5 February] More than half a million people across Wales have received their first dose – this will rise to 600,000 within a matter of days That’s…

A burglar who used a hammer to knock his victim unconscious before falling asleep in the house has been jailed for more than 11 years. Ian Curtis, 48, from Llwynipia, was arrested by officers after his victim had managed to raise the alarm with his neighbours. Curtis had smashed a back patio door to gain entry to the 66 year-old victim’s house on Llantwit Road, Pontypridd, in the early hours of Saturday, September 19th, 2020. The victim, who had been sleeping upstairs, had just got up to walk his dog when he felt a blow to the back of his…

A Cardiff man is getting marathon fit in just six weeks to raise money for a children’s hospice which supported his friends after their baby daughter died. Phill Wilkinson, 32, was challenged by a group of friends to run the 26.2 miles on February 28, despite having never run a marathon, or even a half marathon before. Once his friends started offering up money, Phill decided he would raise money for Hope House Children’s Hospices, based close to his hometown of Wrexham, which supported his childhood friends Steve and Kadie Jarvis after their daughter Frances Isobelle died at just seven-weeks-old…

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that the Hillary Rodham Clinton Global Challenges programme at Swansea University has been extended to a further five scholars. The announcement was made during the virtual graduation ceremony of the first cohort of the Global Challenges scholars on Thursday 4 February 2021, which was attended by: Secretary Clinton; Professor Elwen Evans QC, Dean of the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law; Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle, and Jeremy Darroch, Executive Chairman of Sky Group. Launched in 2019, the scholarships programme aims to support the next generation of leaders committed to addressing urgent…

Funding of £270,000 has been secured to deliver a range of green infrastructure schemes in and around Rhyl town centre. The Welsh Government Transforming Towns funding was secured as part of Denbighshire County Council’s commitment to make the authority net carbon zero by 2030, and supports the delivery of the Town Centre Vision. This project will focus on developing and improving Green Infrastructure in and around Rhyl Town Centre, to create new habitats, and provide ‘green corridors’ linking the town centre to biodiversity rich areas such as Brickfields Ponds, Rhyl Cut and Glan Morfa. The schemes include for trees, hedging…

Co-op plans to open a new, larger, convenience store in Rogerstone next week (Friday, 12, February) following a £520,000 investment which will create14 new jobs. The new 2,500 sq ft store on Tregwilym Road will run on 100% renewable electricity, opening between 6am-10pm daily. The store includes customer car parking, a bakery, and Costa coffee express, alongside an improved focus on fresh, healthy produce, ready meals and pizzas, award-winning wines, free-from and vegan products, Fairtrade, food-to-go and, everyday essentials. Students in Rogerstone who are TOTUM cardholders – the new name for NUS extra – can pocket a 10% discount off…

A 29 year old Swansea man has been given a life sentence for the murder of a pensioner. The body of 76-year-old David Phillips was found at his home in Lime Grove in Cimla, Neath, on February 14, 2019. Tom Carney, 29, from the Morriston area was convicted by a jury and was given a life sentence today at Swansea Crown Court with a minimum term of 15 years and 10 days. Detective Inspector Stuart Prendiville, of the Major Crime Investigation Team, said: “Mr Phillips, a 76 year old pensioner was beaten to death in his home, Carney was known to the…

A new chapter is being written in the story of the fight back against Covid with the conversion of a former mobile library into a vaccination clinic on wheels. Believed to be the first of its kind in Wales, the Immbulance is designed to reach those who are unable to travel to vaccination centres or GP surgeries, either because of poor transport links or mobility issues. However, it is not designed for house calls. It will be parked up in a convenient location offering the Oxford vaccination by appointment to around 100 people per day. The Immbulance is the brainchild…