Author: Rhys Gregory

Work starts next week on a new outdoor gym facility at Port Talbot’s Aberavon Seafront. The project will include a range of fitness equipment designed to give users an all-round workout while enjoying the fresh air and sea breezes at beautiful Aberavon Beach. The outdoor gym will be based in the sunken gardens at the seaside location and will include safety surfacing. The equipment has been funded by Knights Brown, the construction company which carried out the recent multi-million pound coastal defence works at the Aberavon Seafront under the Welsh Governments Coastal Risk Management Programme, as part of the company’s…

100 Cherry trees are to be planted in Heath Park as part of The Sakura Cherry Tree Project, which will see thousands of sakura trees planted across the UK. In addition to the trees in Heath Park, trees will also be planted at five Cardiff schools: Fitzalan High School, Kitchener Primary School, St Monica’s CW Primary School, Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr, and Whitchurch High School. The Welsh launch of the project,which is a part of the Japan-UK Season of Culture, washeld today (December 4th) at St Fagan’s Museum of Natural History. Speaking ahead of the launch, The Rt. Hon. Lord Mayor…

If you’re planning to get a head start on your present wrapping, please note that Cardiff Council has made changes to how you can dispose of wrapping paper this year. Wrapping paper often has a very high ink content, contains non-paper additives like glitter, plastics, gold and silver coloured shapes which cannot be recycled. Others are very thin and contain few good quality fibres for recycling. This product is often rejected during the recycling process. In previous years, the Council has been able to separate it from other material at Cardiff’s recycling facility, but this is no longer possible due…

Electric car owners in Newport can now benefit from an increase in the number of charging points available in the city. Eighteen dual fast chargers and two rapid chargers have been installed across the following eight public car parks: Belle Vue Park Faulkner Road Hill Street Maindee Mill Parade Riverfront Rogerstone train station Stow Hill The points have been installed under a Gwent-wide project using funding provided by the participating local authorities and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles. In Newport, Welsh Government has match-funded installations via the local transport network fund. The charging points have been installed and will…

Swansea University bioscientists are helping a community create a butterfly and wildlife garden in the heart of a Swansea village. Three Crosses Butterfly Project, led by senior lecturer Hazel Nichols, sees volunteers working together to help reverse nature’s decline by creating a garden at the village’s community centre. Working with Three Crosses Community Council, the project has been supported by environmental charities Keep Wales Tidy and the Woodland Trust. Dr Nichols said: “It feels fantastic to create a space for wildlife; we will have meadow areas and a mini-woodland that will be a great boost for nature. We will be…

Online shoppers are being encouraged to consider buying a holiday, short break, visitor experience, craft items or food and drink products from Mid Wales tourism and hospitality businesses as Christmas presents this year. The call comes from MWT Cymru, which represents more than 600 tourism and hospitality businesses in Powys, Ceredigion and South Gwynedd. The company has created a new page on its Visit Mid Wales website – www.visitmidwales.co.uk/christmas – to promote gift ideas in the run up to Christmas. Gift ideas range from animal, falconry and pottery experiences to rides on narrow gauge railways and a selection of Mid…

Rugby legend Phil Bennett has pledged his support to Hywel Dda Health Charities’ Christmas fundraising campaign this year. Felinfoel-born Phil, 72, says, “The NHS is dear to us all and over the years myself and my family have all relied upon the fantastic service it provides. At the end of a challenging year I would encourage everyone to try and do their bit and if possible give something back to help raise vital funds for our local NHS charity this Christmas.” Hywel Dda Health Charities is the official charity of Hywel Dda University Health Board. The charity aims to make…

Elfyn Evans’ dreams of becoming the first Welsh driver to win the FIA World Rally Championship were dashed when he crashed out of the title-decider in northern Italy. The 31-year-old from Dolgellau arrived at the ACI Rally Monza holding a 14-point advantage over his Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Sébastien Ogier and, despite some atrocious weather conditions, at the mid-point seemed on target to become only the third British driver to lift the WRC crown after Colin McRae and Richard Burns. The championship favourite, however, was then caught out by the tricky conditions in the Italian Alps. On treacherous snow-covered roads,…

A Cardiff woman is taking on a 24-hour walking challenge to help raise funds for her friend’s seven-year-old son. Nia Thomson, 38, a production manager with the National Theatre Wales met Kasia Thompson, 38, at Freshers Week at the University of Aberystwyth in 2001 when they both joined the karate club. Kasia’s son Leon, 7, from Codsall, West Midlands, lives with cerebral palsy, global development delay and sensory processing issues as well as being non-verbal. Over the last few years the Thompson family and their supporters have raised over £80,000 for a selective dorsal rhizotomy operation carried out at Alder…

British Food delivery company Deliveroo is continuing its UK expansion, launching today in Bridgend. This means that locals can now order food from a range of restaurants and grocery retailers in the area. Deliveroo is an app and website that enables Brits to check out the very best local food in their area. The British company has seen great success and is now available in 12 different markets across the world. Deliveroo works with both the best independent restaurants like  The Chipyard and The Golden Well Restaurant, well-known high street favourites like Wagamama and KFCas well as grocery retailers and…