Author: Rhys Gregory

Local charity Nightingale House Hospice has been chosen by Chirk-based employees at Mondelēz International to receive a donation of £5,000. Providing specialist palliative care services – completely free-of-charge – to patients and their families across the town, the charity will be granted the substantial figure from The Cadbury Foundation, as part of its ‘Your Charity Your Choice’ scheme. Dedicated to supporting those who are living with a diagnosis of a life-limiting illness, the hospice offers services including a 12-bed inpatient ward, a 15-patient daycare unit and an outpatient clinic, as well as occupational therapy, physiotherapy and ambulance service. Nightingale House…

McDonald’s has announced plans to begin a phased reopening for walk-in takeaway and click and collect. On Wednesday 17th June, we will be opening 11 pilot Roadchef service station restaurants for walk-in takeaway for motorway users, and this will gradually roll-out to high street, town and city centre restaurants across the UK and Ireland from Wednesday 24th June. McDonald’s UK & Ireland CEO Paul Pomroy said: “Over the last four weeks, we have carefully reopened over 1,000 restaurants for Drive-thru or McDelivery, only progressing to new channels and more restaurants when we were confident that we could provide a safe working…

Cardiff and Vale College has launched a free-to-view online end of year show for its Creative Industries students. During a time of lockdown and site closure, Cardiff and Vale College has had to find new ways of showcasing the fantastic work its students have done in difficult circumstances. A virtual end of year show for the College’s Creative Industries students is a further example of how CAVC is doing that. This year’s Creative Show will take the form a virtual gallery and performance space, with the work of learners displayed online in a professionally designed format. The first gallery went…

Caerphilly County Borough Council is to receive £800k to fund transport improvements across the borough. £250k of the money awarded is going to allow CCBC to deliver the next phase of the physical improvements to bus stop infrastructure across the borough, which will make them safer. £125k will be used to deliver the Maesycwmmer Safer Routes In Communities (SRIC) scheme, which will be based around the primary school to ensure the children’s safety. Further to the Caerphilly County Borough Council specific funding, as part of the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) Transport Authority, the 10 local authorities under this area have…

The significant 21st Century Schools investment in Treorchy is now delivered, after a refurbished teaching block and new music department were recently completed – adding to a series of further improvements in recent years.  Staff and pupils at Treorchy Comprehensive School will benefit from the new block, which was handed over to the Council by contractors on June 4. The work has seen a complete refurbishment of an existing building – to include a new music department, general classrooms, fitness suite and toilets. The final weeks of work to deliver these improvements were completed with the Council’s contractor, Kier, adhering…

After sustaining a significant amount of damage during Storm Dennis in February, the National Lido of Wales, Lido Ponty, has been given a boost with the announcement that the much-loved attraction in the heart of Pontypridd will reopen next Easter The wider Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, which is home to the Lido Ponty, reopened to the public on Wednesday, May 27th following the completion of remedial works to repair the damage to footways and railings adjacent to the river – with residents now able to use the open space for their daily exercise providing that social distancing is maintained at…

More pollinator friendly ‘one cut’ mowing regimes have been adopted at 18 new sites across Cardiff.  The sites cover an overall area of 9 hectares, the equivalent of 12.5 football pitches. The trial is part of the council’s ongoing work to help encourage wildflower growth and provide important habitats for pollinators, such as bees and butterflies, whose numbers are declining in the UK. The areas, which have not been cut this year and will receive only one cut, in early autumn are: Pentwyn Drive (part of)  –  Pentwyn Roath Botanic Gardens (part of) – Cyncoed Sandies / Railway Gardens -…

The Welsh Government is following updated advice from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and recommending people in Wales wear three-layer face coverings in situations where social distancing is not possible. The evidence remains clear that maintaining a two-metre distance and good hand hygiene is the most effective way to protect yourself and others from contracting coronavirus, but the updated guidance from the WHO says three layer face coverings could help provide some control of the virus in specific circumstances. This updated advice only applies to people who are not showing symptoms of coronavirus. People who are symptomatic must self-isolate for…

Historically, the forex market was almost exclusive to commercial and institutional investors, but the digital age and the rise of online brokerage firms has changed the previous status quo considerably. This has had a huge impact on he popularity of the forex market, which at the most recent count saw an estimated $6.6 trillion globally every single day. However, this market is also fraught with risk and exposure, which is why new traders must be informed when looking to trade forex for the first time. In this post, we’ll look at the key considerations when looking to invest in forex,…

Organisers of Wales Rally GB have today (Tuesday) announced the cancellation of the UK’s long-running round of the FIA World Rally Championship due to the unprecedented global coronavirus pandemic.  This year’s 76th staging of the historic event had been due to run from 29 October to 1 November as the penultimate round on the 2020 WRC schedule and additionally was the concluding rounds of both the FIA Junior World Rally Championship and British Rally Championship. With such huge appeal, Wales Rally GB typically attracts numerous top-class entries from around the globe and 100,000 spectators to competitive speed tests set in the…