Author: Rhys Gregory

The doors of the home of one of Wales’s greatest heroes will be thrown open to the public as Owain Glyndwr gets the Through The Keyhole treatment in Corwen this month. The miracle of modern technology will give visitors to the inaugural two-day Gwyl y Fflam – Festival of Flame – the chance to tour the bijou residence of Wales’s last true Prince of Wales. [aoa id=”1″] The video experience will be one of the highlights of an action-packed festival which takes place on the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, September 14 and 15, on the former Pavilion site off…

Sonovate, the UK’s leading finance and back-office tech provider to recruitment agencies and consultancies, has secured £110million debt and equity finance, led by M&G Investments, MXB Holdings Inc, Dawn Capital and Rocket Internet SE. This latest round of investment follows Series B funding secured in October 2016, led by Global Founders Capital, the investment vehicle of Rocket Internet, and supported by Dawn Capital. Dawn also led Sonovate’s Series A funding round earlier that year. Launched to challenge traditional invoice finance products on offer from the banks, Sonovate helps any business working with contingent workers to unlock their true growth potential.…

Police are appealing for information following an unexplained death of a 50 year-old man from the Cwmbran area. His body was discovered by a member of the public at approximately midday on Sunday (8 September, 2019) as they walked along a piece of land within Taf Fechan Nature Reserve. Officers investigating the circumstances surrounding his death are appealing to motorists who would have been driving along the A465 Head of the Valleys road between Cefn Coed and Dowlais Top, in the early hours of Sunday (8 Sept), between midnight and 2am. They are urged to check any available dashcam footage,…

Apple is widely expected to launch its iPhone 11 on Tuesday, 10th September (tomorrow). The tech giant will launch new devices and more at the Steve Jobs Theatre in Cupertino, California. As we as three new iPhones, Apple is rumoured to be revealing a few surprises including a GPS tracker. Apple is also expected to release iOS 13 and iPadOS, which promise major upgrades to how we interact with the devices. For the first time ever, Apple will live stream the event on its YouTube at 6pm (UK time). You can watch the live stream here. If you don’t need…

Eleven colleagues at Pont Newydd Medical Centre in Porth are taking on a challenge to improve their own fitness and support Diabetes UK Cymru, inspired by their patients with diabetes. The team of colleagues, led by GP Karen Pascoe, are taking part in the charity’s One Million Steps Challenge. Challengers must walk more than 10,000 steps a day in order to reach a total of one million by 30 September, getting sponsored for every stride. The team of colleagues includes pharmacists, nurses, healthcare assistants and receptionists, some of whom had been told they were at risk of developing Type 2…

A social enterprise in Bridgend that delivers cultural services and venues to the local community, has received more than one million visits to its different centres over the last 12-months, including a record-breaking number of visits to Bryngarw Country Park, which it runs. A[aoa id=”1″] wen Cultural Trust was established in 2015 as a charitable organisation that runs many of the community centres, libraries, and theatres on behalf of Bridgend County Borough Council. The social enterprise partnered with the Wales Co-operative Centre to be part of its Social Summer 2019 campaign, which has encouraged families across Wales to make more…

A talented line-up of chefs will entertain and inform city centre shoppers this week (Sept 9-13). [aoa id=”1″] They will offer inspiration, advice and guidance on cooking and entertaining with seafood. Their programme of free events will take place in the heart of the city, at the Swansea Council-run Swansea Market. Robert Francis-Davies, the council’s cabinet member for investment, regeneration and tourism, said: “This is a great opportunity for the people of Swansea to enjoy the market, the city centre and the experience of high-quality professional chefs. “It’s a lovely event to have in the city and adds to…

Swansea Bay Business Club enjoyed the sunny outlook of Huw Pendleton, the Managing Director of Celtic Holiday Parks, when he was the guest speaker at Swansea Bay Business Club’s September breakfast event, at St Bride’s Hotel & Spa. [aoa id=”1″] Huw Pendleton was the Club’s guest on Wednesday 4 September, at the Pembrokeshire  event, where he shared his insights into the successes of Celtic Holiday Parks, as well as his views on the blossoming of the tourism industry in Wales. During his time at Celtic Holiday Parks, the business has prospered. It recently underwent the £1.3m redevelopment of the central…

Angela May from Thornhill in Cardiff has been voted the best swimming teacher in Cardiff winning the first round of a national UK competition. Angela is 69 years old and has been teaching for over 30 years at Llanishen Better Leisure Centre. She was nominated by a combination of pupils, parents and work colleagues all of whom were impressed by her dedication, enthusiasm and commitment to her job. More than 700 nominations were made nationwide and Angela will now go through to a regional semi-final.  If she is successful she will then go forward to a national judging day to…

Cardiff’s Kyle Woodward has just returned from competing in the WorldSkills 2019 ‘Vocational Olympics’ held in Kazan in Russia as a member of the 30-strong Team UK. [aoa id=”1″] Kyle is a member of the South Wales Cyber Security Cluster and a student at the National Cyber Security Academy at the University of South Wales. He was competing in the Cyber Security events at WorldSkills, after qualifying by winning the UK National round of the global cyber competition. The WorldSkills competition is run every two years and hosted by different nations each time, bringing together more than 1,600 young professionals…