Author: Rhys Gregory

The Welsh Fitness Awards is delighted to announce EMD UK as feature sponsor for the 2021 Welsh Fitness Awards. July 9th at the Hilton Hotel in Cardiff sees the fifth annual Welsh Fitness Awards. This year in association with feature sponsor EMD UK, the awards are looking to recognise the fitness professionals and businesses that have risen to the challenge that COVID has presented. EMD UK – Marketing Manager Sarah Leeves said “EMD UK is the national governing body for group exercise. With a vision of healthier communities through group exercise, EMD UK works with instructors, operators and organisations across…

A Penarth hospice has unveiled a sensory garden area to mark National Gardening Week. The Marie Curie Hospice, Cardiff and the Vale on Bridgeman Road, received funding from the Cardiff and Vale Health Charity Make it Better fund – allowing the team to create the sensory area in the side courtyard. The charity provides expert round-the-clock care and support to thousands of people living with a terminal illness, and their loved ones, in its Cardiff and the Vale Hospice in Penarth and in their own homes across Wales. A keen gardener provided the team at the hospice with a planting…

A Swansea University graduate hopes her new children’s book will be the first in a series of resources aimed at taking young readers on sensory journey. Author Harriet Beth Carr says techniques learned while studying for her master’s in Developmental and Therapeutic Play have been put into practice whilst writing The Mindful Walk: The Adventures of Wilbur-James & Mary. Harriet, from Merthyr Tydfil said: “The story is based on my own two dogs and follows an adventure through a forest practising a commonly used mindfulness technique called sensory awareness. “I learned about the part play can have in our development…

Skin care experts in Swansea Bay are urging people to keep safe whilst enjoying the sun to help ward off cancer. They are supporting the annual Sun Awareness Week, which started on Monday 3rd May and run by the British Association of Dermatologists. The association has issued advice on what we can do to protect ourselves and highlight the risks involved with too much exposure to the sun’s rays and ultraviolet light. The campaign aims to let the public know about the dangers of burning, sun bed use and excessive tanning to try to prevent skin cancers from developing. It…

Popular apprentice Zach Chapman refuses to let disability stand in the way of his ambition to become a qualified personal trainer. Zach, 20, from Connah’s Quay, is diagnosed with ataxic cerebral palsy which affects his  co-ordination, balance and speech. He left school at 16 not knowing what career path to follow and anxious about future job opportunities. But his passion for fitness secured him a job at Lifestyle Fitness, who run the gym at Coleg Cambria Deeside, and he hopes to complete his Apprenticeship in Personal Training soon, supported by learning provider Babcock Training. Zach has spent most of the last…

The club football season is coming to a close and while there are exciting climaxes to look forward to in both domestic and continental competitions, betting sites and many punters are looking ahead to the Euro 2020 tournament. Betting odds for the main markets have been available for two years, but lots has changed in that time and a number of teams have shortened in price while others have drifted as a result of poor performances over recent years. Outright Winner  England have made a habit of crashing out of international tournaments in disappointing fashion, and despite a 55-year trophy…

New speed limits are in place on Western Avenue (A48) to improve road safety and air quality on one of Cardiff’s busiest roads. A 30 mph limit – previously set at 40 mph – is now in place on Western Avenue in both directions between Ely Roundabout and Gabalfa Interchange. Speed limits on the remaining stretch of Western Avenue have also been modified, with the following changes in place: Drivers travelling eastbound from Gabalfa Roundabout towards Newport can increase their speed from 30 mph up to 50 mph until they reach the Llanedeyrn Roundabout. The speed limit on this stretch…

A resident from Ferndale has been ordered to pay more than £1,700 after she was caught fly-tipping on six separate occasions at the same location – with CCTV evidence provided by the Council used in court. The defendant appeared at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, April 21, in relation to fly tipping offences which took place last year. On April 20, 2020, Council enforcement officers found a total of 25 bags of dumped waste at a location in Ferndale. Upon inspection, the waste contained evidence which indicated who the waste belonged to. After it was apparent that fly tipping…

RCT Council will carry out essential scour repairs to two bridges in Ynyshir to rectify storm damage – requiring a one-way closure of the link road between the A4233 and Ynyshir Road/Aber-Rhondda Road from Tuesday. The Llanwonno River Footbridge and Maindy Arch River Bridge were both damaged in Storm Dennis, and repairs are now able to take place due to the recent low river levels. The Council has appointed contractor Kaymac, which specialises in in-water construction, as the contractor for the scheme. The work will begin on Tuesday, May 4, lasting around seven days. The contractor requires traffic management to…

RCT Council has shared a virtual fly-through tour of the proposed Llanharan Bypass, which will feature in an extensive public consultation which will be commencing in the near future. In March 2021, the Council provided a progress update on the major highway scheme, and announced that it would undertake a Pre-Planning Application consultation exercise in summer 2021. This will further bring residents up to date with progress and receive their views to inform a planning submission. The proposed Llanharan Bypass scheme will construct a new road to the south of Llanharan, which is split into three sections. The road’s western…