Author: Rhys Gregory

The Taff’s Well Inn is set to take its place at the heart of the community once more as it prepares to open its doors again after five months of closure. The pub became a focal point for locals following extensive flooding in the area earlier this year, with the Coronavirus outbreak closing its doors not long after. Now, five months and an extensive refurbishment project later, the Taff’s Well Inn is ready to welcome the community it has supported – and which has supported it in return – back after what has been a difficult few months for all…

Swansea University is delighted to announce that it will be the new front of shirt sponsor for Swansea City ahead of the forthcoming 2020-21 season. The University will sit on the front of the first-team’s new home and away shirts for the duration of the upcoming Championship campaign. The logo will also feature on the home and away shirts of the club’s under-23 and ladies teams, while the club’s young supporters will now be able to wear the same replica shirt. To further support the sponsorship, Swansea University will also retain its status as Swansea City’s Exclusive Higher Education Partner.…

Snowdonia National Park Authority is introducing further improvements, including the ability for visitors to pre-book parking at the Pen-y-Pass. The pre-booking system at Pen-y-Pass car park will operate on weekends and bank holidays for the remainder of the summer. This short term pilot, which has been agreed with by Gwynedd Council and North Wales police, will be implemented as a way to assess possible new management models which are aligned with the long term plans for a new and innovative parking and transport system in the Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) and Ogwen areas. Access to the car park will be reserved…

Tesco is to hold an extra summer food collection to support the Trussell Trust and FareShare as they respond to an increased demand for food in the wake of the pandemic, and stores in South Wales are taking part. From August 20 to 22 special donation points will be put up at every Tesco Superstore and Extra store, with customers being asked to donate essential items of long-life food. Tesco will top up all customer donations with an additional 20% donation in cash to the two charities. The collection has been organised in direct response to the extra pressures placed…

THE career of a budding engineer has taken off thanks to Coleg Cambria. Jack Parry has landed a placement with Raytheon UK, a global technology giant focused on aerospace, defence and cyber and intelligence. Jack, from Bagillt, will be based at the company’s Broughton site and begins a two-year Project Management Apprenticeship this September. Having achieved A grades in Maths, Physics and Business at A level, the 18 year-old could have chosen to study engineering at university. But on leaving St Richard Gwyn High School, Flint, there was only one place he wanted to attend – Coleg Cambria’s award-winning Engineering…

DETERMINED fundraisers across Wales are set to unite against cancer by taking part in a special Race for Life weekend this September.  Organisers Cancer Research UK cancelled all 400 mass participation events in 2020 to protect the country’s health during the COVID-19 outbreak –with nine events cancelled across Wales, including Aberystwyth, Bridgend, Caernarfon, Cardiff, Cwmbran, Haverfordwest, Llanelli, Rhyl and Swansea. The charity is expecting a staggering £160 million drop in income in the year ahead with a £44 million cut to life-saving research funding already in 2020. Now to help tackle the devastating loss, undeterred women and men are vowing…

amber energy, the Cardiff-headquartered energy management consultancy and utilitech pioneer, has announced the appointment of Dan Ashman as its chief marketing officer (CMO).  In his new role Dan will be responsible for the marketing and product innovation strategies of amber enterprise group’s brands, which include amber energy, Community Utilities, Power2Africa, Energy Relief, The Student Energy Project, and AltBot.   The creation of this role further demonstrates amber energy’s growth ambitions, following the company securing a long-term, unsecured loan of £1million earlier this year.  Dan joined amber energy in 2018 as head of marketing and became group marketing director eight months later.…

Tens of thousands of teenagers in Wales are set to benefit for the first time from money in Child Trust Funds (CTFs) that has been waiting for them since they were young children. Since 2002, around 6.3 million CTF accounts have been set up, roughly 4.5 million by parents or guardians and a further 1.8 million set up by HMRC where parents or guardians did not open an account. In Wales there are approximately 273,000 accounts. This means some children do not know there are accounts in their name, so are unaware their money is waiting for them. From 1…

COLEG CAMBRIA will be on hand to support pupils receiving their GCSE results today (Thursday). Staff are available for anyone worried about their grades, and to showcase the wide range of courses and vocational qualifications available at the college’s sites in Wrexham, Deeside, Northop and Llysfasi. They will also be free to discuss new applications, exams queries, opportunities for anyone who did not get the marks they had hoped for, and any other issues. Principal Sue Price said they are looking forward to welcoming new students to the college. “We have so many opportunities for people of all ages, from…

Lesley Griffiths, the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, visited the site of the works in Rhyl this week. In the December of 2013, Rhyl – along with other parts of coastal Denbighshire – was hit by some of the worst flooding in 20 years, with many residents having to temporarily leave their homes due to flood damage. Since then, work on a number of flood defences has taken place in and around the town – including to the rock armour in front of existing coastal defences at East Rhyl. The two-year project – which involves placing 128,000 tonnes…