Author: Rhys Gregory

South Wales Police is investigating a serious road traffic collision, which occurred on the A483 Cadle, Swansea, towards the M4 at approximately 10.30pm on Monday, February 24. The collision involved three vehicles – a red Mini Cooper, a white BMW and a blue Ford Mondeo which was travelling in the opposite direction to the Mini and the BMW. Two people were taken to hospital, with one remaining in a critical condition. A third person, a 20-year-old man, has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and is currently in custody. The road was closed in both direction for several hours…

Thanks to the New Theatre for inviting us along in exchange for this review. GHOST Stories, the West-End phenomenon is set to terrify Welsh audiences this week as it arrives at the New Theatre, Cardiff. After exhilarating audiences across the globe, Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s Ghost Stories has been turned into a film and is now on its first ever UK tour. If you search for the production online, you will find out very little about it. Audiences are sworn to secrecy, so if you want to unlock the wonders and nightmarish encounters, you’ll have to go and see it for…

Wales has a record five nominations in this year’s UK-wide star-studded Into Film Awards, which will be hosted by top comic actor and author David Walliams at the Odeon Luxe, Leicester Square, in London, on 18 March. Welsh actors Rhys Ifans and Luke Evans presented awards at last year’s ceremony, which seeks to honour the most talented and innovative young filmmakers, reviewers and Into Film Clubs in the UK. It also gives recognition to educators who use film as an education tool. Some of the biggest stars in the industry attend the ceremony, with previous attendees including Daniel Craig, Eddie Redmayne, Lily James,…

Cardiff Capital Region is stepping up a gear as its 2020-21 business plan reveals some transformative new projects are expected to reach legal completion this year. This is the fourth annual business plan for the capital region, which has seen some of the highest levels of relative GVA growth in the UK in 2018-19. But there is still much to do and the plan focuses on the next steps that are expected to take shape over the coming year. One of the key themes in this year’s business plan is economic inclusion. Parts of the region remain stubbornly low in…

The transformative power of technology on businesses across Wales will be put in the spotlight at an Innovation Conference at the Glyndŵr University’s OpTIC Technology Centre next month. Organised by the Welsh Opto-Electronics Forum, it will allow people to discover more about – the Centre for Photonics Expertise (CPE), the Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies (ASTUTE 2020) and the Solar Photovoltaic Academic Research Consortium (SPARC II).  These operations are funded by the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) under European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) scheme.  Director of the OpTIC Technology Centre, Caroline Gray, said: “The event here at our centre in St…

The Claude pub in Roath re-opened its famous doors last weekend following a six-figure refurbishment by national pub operator and brewer Greene King. As part of the investment, the Claude, on Albany Road, has undergone a total refurbishment, including brand new bar and dining areas, full decorations throughout and new areas dedicated to dining and sports viewing. The pub, famous for being one of the largest venues outside of the city centre, now boasts a totally different look and feel for patrons who can enjoy late night entertainment on a specially designed dance floor, as well as new pool areas…

Cheers Wine Merchants, an independent, family-run Swansea business has partnered up with The Gower Gin Company to offer customers a new service – a gin-refilling station. Located at the Newton Road shop, the refilling station is a first for Mumbles and quite possibly, the first of it’s kind in Wales. “We’re always looking to innovate,” said Cheers director Dafydd Morris, “and a discussion with Andrew Brooks of Gower Gin about how we can make both our businesses more environmentally friendly resulted in the refilling station idea.” Using 5-litre mason jars, customers can bring in a used Gower Gin bottle and…

The Wrexham Enterprise Hub has teamed up with the Wales Co-operative Centre to hold a hackathon event with the goal of using social enterprise to create sustainable solutions to local issues. The ‘Hack of Kindness’, a free event will be held at the Hub on Rhosddu Road on Thursday the 5th of March. Places are limited and there are fewer than 10 spaces left to take part in what could lead to a life-changing idea. Starting at eight in the morning, teams will be given the brief before separating across the Hub’s coworking space to research and develop their ideas,…

Food & Drink Wales is calling upon the Unicode Consortium, the global organisation responsible for regulating the international emoji portfolio, known as the Unicode Standard, for the inclusion of a Welsh food or drink emoji. Food & Drink Wales, the Welsh Government division responsible for the development and promotion of the Welsh food and drink industry, is hoping that the presence of a Welsh food or drink emoji will work to boost awareness about Wales’ acclaimed culinary culture and booming food and drink sector. In January the sector announced a record annual turnover figure of £7.47bn, surpassing the Welsh Government’s…

CHILDREN at a Gresford nursery will be making the most of unwanted wooden pallets and old truck tyres donated by a Wrexham distribution firm. McCarthy Distribution, based on Wrexham Industrial Estate, delivered the items to Homestead Nursery where they will be used outside to construct treehouses, adventure trails and other structures for the children to play on or turned into work stations inside for them to sit at and paint or play. The new partnership between the two businesses was created after Co-Owner of Homestead Nursery Kim Sankey-Jones met Mike McCarthy, McCarthy Distribution Managing Director and his wife Louise, Marketing…