Author: Rhys Gregory

RCT Council will deliver two Welsh Government-funded drainage schemes in the coming weeks – starting on Monday at Ty’n-y-Wern in Tonyrefail, to be directly followed by a scheme at Standard View in Ynyshir next month. The £125,000 scheme at Ty’n-y-Wern will be carried out by DT Contracting, with the Council benefitting from an 85% Welsh Government contribution. The scheme will include lining works to an existing drainage network, to improve its condition and ensure it is as efficient as possible during heavy rainfall. The work will begin from Monday, June 21, lasting around one month in total, with minimal overall…

Historic buildings on Flat Holm island will be repaired and renovated, island habitats improved for wildlife, and a range of community and visitor engagement activities provided, after the island’s owners, Cardiff Council, successfully secured more than £600,000 of delivery funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The ‘Flat Holm: A Walk Through Time’ project, which will now also benefit from £200,000 of capital funding from the council, alongside further investment from partner organisations including RSPB Cymru and the Flat Holm Society, seeks to breathe new life into the island and attract more visitors to this hidden jewel in the Bristol…

Local Welsh hero Llywelyn Bren’s medieval struggle against the oppressive Sherriff of Glamorgan is the subject of ‘Black Tower Tales,’ a new immersive family attraction at Cardiff Castle. The great-grandson of Ifor Bach, Llywelyn Bren rallied the locals and led an uprising against the cruel regime of the English Sherriff. It was this fight for the rights of his fellow countrymen that would lead to Llywelen’s imprisonment and murder in the very spot where, more than 700 years later, his dramatic story is now being re-told. Narrated by the evil Sherriff, Payne de Turberville with the help of his dungeon…

A ‘Summer of Fun’ to support children and young people take part in a range of sporting, cultural and play based activities has been announced by the Deputy Minister for Social Services, Julie Morgan. Launching the £5m Summer of Fun project at Romilly Park in the Vale of Glamorgan, Julie Morgan said it was important we look at the full range of our children and young people’s needs and imbed social and emotional wellbeing in the pandemic recovery. Summer of Fun will be run by local authorities from 1st July until 30th September and will provide a range of free…

Global battery manufacturer GS Yuasa is creating 105 new jobs and protecting a further 360 positions at its production plant in Ebbw Vale thanks to £2.5m support from Welsh Government. The company is one of the world’s leading global manufacturers of Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) and Lithium-ion batteries. The funding will help the company increase production volumes and upgrade processes so they are more energy efficient. GS Yuasa is a market leader for a wide range of vehicle and industrial batteries, with applications spanning everything from cars and caravans to security and telecom. Their Ebbw Vale factory manufactures VRLA…

Owners of ferrets and Mustelinae in Wales are being encouraged to sign up to a new voluntary register to help contain any possible outbreak of the virus which causes COVID-19 and to provide advice to owners on how to keep themselves and their animals safe. In Autumn 2020, events in Denmark confirmed it is possible for mink to infect humans with SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19. Whilst mink farming is banned in the UK, other mammals in the Mustelinae family, such as ferrets, are now known to be highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2. Research has demonstrated new variants can arise…

A £3m fund piloted by the Welsh Government in four North Wales town centres to encourage entrepreneurs to set up there is now open for expressions of interest and will open for applications next week The fund will assist entrepreneurs to set up businesses in Bangor, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl and Wrexham.  The funding will be a combination of grant funding and loans to help entrepreneurs who are starting out. The pilot aims to encourage entrepreneurs while also helping revitalise town centres which have been hit hard during the pandemic.  The scheme will run for a year initially The loan element…

First Minister Mark Drakeford will announce a four-week pause to the coronavirus rules on Friday (June 18) to help boost protection against the new delta variant. Wales’ world-leading vaccine programme will speed up second doses over the next four weeks – with a planned deployment of more than half a million doses to help prevent a fresh wave of serious illness as cases of coronavirus begin to rise. The latest figures show there are almost 490 cases of the delta variant in Wales. More than four out five new Covid cases in Wales are the delta variant and two-thirds of…

Many hours of our day will be spent online exploring the wide variety of things the internet has to offer. What you might not consider is the trail of information you leave behind details, the sites you’ve visited, and what you did there. This is your digital footprint – the recorded information surrounding your online activity. When there’s an emphasis on privacy within the digital space, this could be slightly concerning. Not knowing what information you’re leaving behind online for others to see might leave you vulnerable in the future. Knowing what makes up your digital footprint and how you…

Despite the lockdowns, the Welsh poker scene remains a hustle and bustle of excitement, intensity and action. Last month, Grosvenor opened all 52 of its casinos which meant Welsh poker players were able to return to the tables. For this reason, we thought that we would use this opportunity to showcase to you the most successful Welsh poker players in history. The Welsh have a long history of success in a wide range of different fields from one of the greatest actors of our time in Anthony Hopkins to former Prime Minister David Lloyd George. Wales is certainly not lacking…