Author: Rhys Gregory

THIS September – Childhood Cancer Awareness Month – a schoolgirl from Amlwch who survived a rare form of cancer is urging people across Wales to clear out their wardrobes to help save lives like hers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBXcFBt_Oxo Maisy Fitzmaurice, 11 was diagnosed with germ cell cancer, back in April 2019, just weeks after her 10th birthday. Now thanks to lifesaving treatment she is cancer free and looking forward to starting her first year of senior school at Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones. The kind-hearted schoolgirl who enjoys shopping, football and tik tok now wants to help other children going through cancer by…

Children and young people across the UK will be supported with £1000 grants from Tesco as part of a new scheme launched this week. Thousands of groups and charities across Wales who support younger people will be able to apply for funding provided by the Bags of Help scheme throughout October, November and December. Potential organisations who can apply include those supporting mental health, outdoor activities, educational activities, young carers, bereavement counselling, child poverty and vulnerable at risk children. Since COVID19, the Bags of Help COVID19 Communities Fund has given £4m of support to more than 8,000 charities and groups…

Building work is progressing well at a housing development in Newport, with the first images of the new homes now available to view online. Bellway is building a mix of two, three and four-bedroom homes at Heron’s Mead, off Queensway in Llanwern. To help buyers gain an insight into what life could be like at the development, the five-star builder has released a selection of computer-generated images of the properties, some of which are now available to reserve off plan. Sales Manager at Bellway Wales, Carly Maidment, said: “We have worked really hard to design a brilliant variety of new…

Nursing homes are the best possible solution for anyone who can’t properly take care of themselves, as it provides the right care, surveillance, and help anyone can ever ask for. But to some, it’s still a mystery as to what and how nursing homes operate – and to simply put it everything is planned and oriented towards the person and their well-being. Here is a representation of how a typical day at a nursing home looks, to have a better understanding of how important and helpful these nursing homes are. Start of the day Day in the nursing homes starts…

Residents in the Caerphilly county borough are being asked to give their views on a new proposed active travel route from Penpedairheol and Cefn Hengoed to Ystrad Mynach. Caerphilly County Borough Council is asking local residents, including school staff and pupils, for feedback on a proposed scheme that will enhance crossing facilities and improve walking and cycling provision, linking to the National Cycling Network. The proposed scheme, which is funded by Welsh Government, will provide the following improvements: New crossing facilities on the B4254 and modifications to existing junction to prohibit vehicular access, Improved traffic calming measures along B4254 using…

Following a successful bid for funding, the Welsh Government is providing £500,000 to Cardiff Council to improve the infrastructure which transports fibre optic broadband around the city, Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport Lee Waters has announced. The work in Cardiff, which will be completed next year, will join up with ongoing investment in the duct network along the M4 corridor, bringing benefits across the South Wales region. Across Wales more than 95 per cent of premises can access superfast broadband following the Welsh Government’s Superfast Cymru programme. In addition a further rollout of gigabit speed fibre broadband is taking…

Five years ago, when asked what eSports was, most people would have thought you’d made a typo and meant sports instead. But, after a huge campaign by the eSports industry, including eSports Wales, far more people in the mainstream understand what the industry is – and a great deal are engaging with it. Major eSports team Fnatic announced in August 2020 that they were to sign Welsh player Chris ‘crr’ Williams. Could this help add further legitimacy to the industry for those who still don’t really understand it? https://twitter.com/ohcrr/status/1296884973522292736 eSports Players’ Success The success of some of the key participants…

For most people, retirement is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it means that you no longer have to worry yourself with the often-stressful world of work. But lots of people worry about their finances after retirement. If you are one of those people, here are some simple things you can do to secure your finances. Plan for Your Pension Income We all have that one friend who seems to have been planning their financial future since they received their first pocket money. For these people, good financial health appears to be second nature. All those good habits that…

When you go to the casino, you naturally hope to leave with more money. The chances of this are quite different for the individual casino games. We are going to introduce you to the ten games that have the lowest house edge. A lower house edge means greater chances of winning. So if you’re not just going to the casino to spend money, then this list is not entirely unimportant to you. What is the house edge in the casino games? House edge is a casino term and describes a casino game’s mathematical advantage over the player, e.g. the green…

September’s £1 million Premium Bonds winners are a man from Wales and a woman from South Scotland. The first number drawn, 250SL107433, belongs to a man from Wales. He has a total Premium Bonds holding of £17,745 and the winning Bond was purchased in July 2015. The jackpot win makes the man the fourth Premium Bonds millionaire to come from Wales. September’s second millionaire is a woman based in South Scotland. She has a total Premium Bonds holding of £10,000, with the winning Bond number 093XD777211 being purchased in March 2003. The jackpot win means that the woman is the…