Author: Rhys Gregory

Morrisons has launched a brand-new Vegan Essentials Food Box to help its vegan customers during the lockdown. The food boxes are particularly helpful for those who are vulnerable or self-isolating and can’t leave the house but are available for anyone to purchase. Created in response to requests from customers following the launch of Morrisons other food boxes, the Vegan Essentials Food Box is available for £35, including next-day delivery to your doorstep, and will feed two people for a week. Weighing just under 15kg and containing 23 different items, the box includes lentils, jackfruit, couscous, meat free sausages, meat free…

Ramblers Cymru are looking for families to share their favourite walks in the South Wales Valleys as part of a pilot project to promote family friendly walking routes. The first stage of the project is looking for families to take part by sharing their favourite walks, with the possibility that the family could have a published promoted route named after them. We would love to hear about your favourite family walks telling us how and why they are special to you. Is it the view? Is it a memory? or is it the ice cream that you can buy on…

A Swansea engineer has invested his holiday refund into producing free PPE for NHS and care workers, and is now looking into supplying equipment for schools. John Pullen, from Penyrheol, has been helped by a GoFundMe page and contributions from his two Labour councillors Andrew Stevens and Jan Curtice. The funds have meant he has been able to purchase four 3D printers to produce a whole series of different PPE equipment for key workers in his spare time. “When I had a holiday to Mexico cancelled because of lockdown I decided to use the money to buy my first 3D…

The first ever Hay Festival Digital came to a triumphant close on Sunday evening, earning close to half a million event streams over two weeks of events.  Book lovers tuned in from around the world to engage and converse with writers, and with each other, in interactive events. People from more than 69 countries joined free sessions featuring over 100 award-winning writers, global policy makers, historians, Nobel Prize-winning economists, pioneers and innovators, under the theme #ImagineTheWorld.    Highlights over the fortnight included an exclusive preview of Stephen Fry’s next book, Troy, and David Mithell’s upcoming Utopia Avenue; an all-star Wordsworth 250 anniversary…

Cardiff Council is investigating how it can work with partners to create a ‘Safer Cardiff’ for both residents and workers travelling into the city centre once the current lockdown restrictions are lifted. Plans for Castle Street in the city centre and a pilot scheme for Wellfield Road, in Roath, have already been announced with a traffic lane cleared on Castle Street for cyclists and pedestrians. Now discussions are underway which could see roads, footways and public space on Queen Street, St Mary Street, The Hayes and Churchill Way remodelled as well as other major footfall areas in the city centre.…

Irish artist Will Sliney, best known for his work on Marvel comics Spider-Man and Star Wars, has teamed up with easyJet to launch a new range of new comic book inspired face mask covers for young flyers. The campaign follows an announcement by Europe’s leading airline that a small number of  flights will restart from 15 June with new health and safety measures in place including for all passengers, including children over six, to wear their own protective face masks whilst onboard at all times. The new comic book face mask covers have been designed to help ease the experience for…

Aberystwyth based Agxio has completed a £750,000 equity investment round to support the development of advanced data science and AI solutions in agri-tech and agri-fintech. The £750,000 investment comes from a mix of existing investors and the Development Bank of Wales plus match funding from new professional investors. Founded in 2018, Agxio applies advanced automated machine learning to bring science and technology to the fore of the agricultural, life sciences and biotech industries. Based at the Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus, and the Cambridge Science Park, the company is already expanding its award-winning team with the recruitment of five additional…

TWO mothers have set up a special interactive online blog to help parents who need support when their children are thinking of going to university, and how to manage when they leave home. Rebecca Breen, who lives in Caerleon, and Sandra Veasey, from Cardiff, have put together the resource so that other parents can benefit from their experience. Rebecca is a mum of two daughters who have gone into higher education. Her eldest daughter, Aimée, 25,, studied Law at Leicester University and is currently a trainee solicitor, while her other daughter, Daisy, 19, is currently a Fine Art undergraduate at…

As part of Volunteers’ Week across the UK, we look at the way Discovery continues to help change lives in South Wales and across the globe. Discovery is a registered charity that has been established since 1966 and based at Swansea University. It was initially formed by a group of students with the charity now boasting over 600 volunteers in 30 projects across Swansea. Discovery runs a range of projects including working with refugee and asylum seekers, older adults, adults with additional needs as well as young people. There are also ways for volunteers to help reduce loneliness and isolation…

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service crews have seen a rise in wildfires this weekend as they attend nearly 70 deliberate grass fires from Friday to Sunday. Large fires included Garn Wen in Maesteg, Fox Hill in Rhiwderin, Trealaw area of Tonypandy and Penrhys in Ferndale. The majority of these fires have required the attendance of multiple appliances, use of critical equipment and the movement of resources. This usually includes multiple fire engines, specialist wildfire vehicles and a helicopter at the scene working in partnership with police colleagues, Natural Resources Wales and the local authority. Deliberate fires are unacceptable at…