Author: Rhys Gregory

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…

After being forced to shut down all their operations earlier this year due to the devastating COVID-19 crisis, there is finally some light at the end of the tunnel for one of the largest and most successful tourist railways in Wales, as their services get back on track with the help of £250,000 from The National Lottery. When lockdown measures came into effect in March this year, the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways (F&WHR) in north Wales, along with thousands of other businesses in the tourist sector, were just getting ready to open for what would normally have been the…

Organic September, the UK’s largest campaign to support organic farmers and producers, will be encouraging everyone to make planet-positive decisions, to show that nature has the answer, and a small swap can make a big difference. Throughout September Rhug Estate will be taking part in the scheme to entice customers to make one swap to an organic product. Organic September is about celebrating everything organic and the hard work and dedication that goes into growing and making it work with nature, not against it. The year 2020 has brought huge changes to our world – now, more than ever, we…

A WREXHAM care home resident enjoyed a birthday to remember as she discovered a secret concert was taking place on the complex where she lives. The surprise gig was held in the grounds of Pendine Park’s Summerhill site, with residents and staff from the complex’s care homes coming together to enjoy musical offerings by three Wrexham-based acts. Despite heavy rain falling in the days leading up to the concert, the event outside the Highfield care home was blessed with bright sunshine. Dozens of residents sat under gazebos and enjoyed singing and clapping along to old classics such as We’ll Meet…

Budding entrepreneurs Martin Panek and Mike Gajewski from Port Talbot, have launched PG Heights, a window cleaning service that operates in the local community The two, who had been colleagues at a well-known Pizza takeaway, have not looked back since they started their new business in Autumn 2019, and are considering expansion. The firm received a £500 grant from the Kickstart programme, run jointly by Tata Steel subsidiary UKSE and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.  The grant was used to buy specialist equipment for cleaning guttering, the Sky Vac. “We are very pleased with the support we have received…

A pioneering online learning programme, created by academics as part of research into the impact of Covid-19 on schooling, has provided an educational lifeline for a family of keyworkers in Flintshire. Top researchers from Bangor University have recruited families from across England and Wales for the study, which considers how best to teach children remotely during long periods of absence from school. The team, led by Dr Manon Jones, a senior lecturer and researcher at the School of Psychology at Bangor University, designed an eight-week online course for Key Stage 2 pupils delivered by qualified teachers to measure the success…

This month thousands of young people turning 18 across the UK will for the first time be able to access their Child Trust Fund accounts – a government funded savings scheme introduced by the last Labour Government and abolished by the Conservatives a decade ago. However, many people may have forgotten about this savings pot and Huw Irranca-Davies MS, is calling on all parents and teenagers to check they have access to government-backed trust funds, set up when they were born. Child Trust Funds were set up by the former UK Labour Government in 2002. All children born from 1…

A new rail network website focused on South West Wales is asking local people to share their favourite walks in the region. The South West Wales Connected Community Rail Partnership website has been set up to share inspiration, news and travel ideas from the communities covered by the South West Wales rail network. It contains information on all the places you can visit by rail in the region, news on businesses and community initiatives in the region and ideas for outings and activities. One area of focus is hyper-local walks: these are short walks that are close to home; they…

The 26 year-old man who died as a result of a collision which involved an off-road motorcycle shortly before 1.00pm on Sunday 30th August has been named as Cameron Samuel Rees, 26, from Gwaun Cae Gurwen. His family has paid tribute to him, saying: “Sadly on Sunday 30th August we lost our precious boy Sam, in a tragic motorbike accident. “Sam was a much loved son, step-son, brother, step-brother, brother-in-law, grandson, uncle, nephew, cousin, partner, friend and father to his wonderful little boy Calan. “Sam was a happy, cheeky chappy who always had a smile on his face and he…