Author: Rhys Gregory

People across Cardiff are getting essential bus travel advice as 10,000 runners prepare to lace up their shoes for this year’s Cardiff 10k on Sunday 1 September. [aoa id=”1″] Cardiff Bus is alerting customers to city centre service diversions and bus stop changes which will come into place during Sunday’s annual charitable run. The event, which is due to start at Cardiff Civic Centre from 10am, will see runners flood the capital, with roads including Cathedral Road, Castle Street, Wood Street and Westgate Street, all set to close at various times from 8.45am to 12.30pm. The Baycar 6 will depart…

The new owner of Capital Tower, Cardiff’s tallest office building, is introducing new-look office suites designed to appeal to the growing number of creative and technology businesses being attracted to Cardiff. Trinova Real Estate has fitted out two vacant suites in the iconic 25-storey building in Greyfriars Road with exposed ceilings, vinyl floors and a contemporary style popular in the new wave of offices being created in areas such as Shoreditch in London and around the UK regions. Trinova acquired Capital Tower for £25 million last September. The offices are marketed by joint agents Knight Frank and Fletcher Morgan. Mark…

Gambling is one of the world’s oldest pastimes. People have been doing it to have fun for thousands of years – archaeologists have found six-sided dice that they’ve been able to date back to 3000 BC. There’s no reason to believe that people weren’t gambling long before then, and there’s evidence of it going on in the UK for centuries, if not longer. The Beginnings For a long time, there was a vast difference in how the people of the UK would gamble. The lower classes would bet on games of chance or dice games. The nobles and the upper…

South Wales Police have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man in Barry. Officers were called at around 5.50am today (Wednesday, August 28) to Barry Intermodal Terminal, Wimborne Road, following the discovery of a body. The deceased man has not yet been officially identified. Significant police enquiries are on-going in the area and a cordon remains in place while investigations continue. Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Inspector Mark O’Shea, Major Crime Investigations Team, said: “A murder investigation has been instigated and a major incident room has been set up. “The investigation is very much in its early…

A LEADING architectural practice has laid the foundation for further growth after taking on new staff and unveiling plans for expansion into the north west. [aoa id=”1″] Lawray Architects, which has studios in Wrexham, Cardiff and London, has been at the forefront of advances in the design and construction sector for almost half a century. Directors Keith O’Hanlon and David Hughes lead the North Wales team and have an impressive list of buildings in their portfolio. Among them are the Centre for the Creative Industries at nearby Glyndwr University, the new Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust headquarters in St Asaph,…

The Football Association of Wales in partnership with Literature Wales, have released a poem written by school children supporting Wales’ UEFA Women’s Euro 2021 qualifying campaign. [aoa id=”1″] The inspirational Welsh-language poem, written by Year 6 pupils from Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Teyrnon in Newport, is the result of a unique partnership between the two organisations, formed through the Bardd Plant Cymru scheme. The Bardd Plant Cymru scheme (Welsh-language Children’s Laureate) introduces literature to children in an energetic, dynamic and exciting way through workshops, performances and activities. Through working in partnership, FAW and Literature Wales have been able to introduce both…

Newly opened café bar Cakes & Ale will host a fundraiser for Team GB star Millie Rees on Sunday 1st September. [aoa id=”1″] The event will be the culmination of Millie’s 3 Bay Iron Woman Challenge, which will see her put her skills to the test across three disciplines. Millie will begin her challenge in Murton at 5pm with a 1.5K run. She will then swim from Brandy Cove to Caswell Bay, before paddle boarding to Langland and ski paddling to Mumbles. She’ll finish with a get-together at Cakes & Ale in Mumbles at 8pm, where supporters can enjoy the…

The UK’s top young students & apprentices (and former apprentices) – fly home from Russia today (Wednesday August 28th) covered in gold and glory. [aoa id=”1″] The 37 women and men, the best in their nations, won a total of 19 medals – 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal and 15 medallions of excellence (achieving world class standard) at the ‘Skills Olympics’. The impressive results represent an amazing success for WorldSkills UK, which selects and trains the team and works to mainstream excellence in education and industry. They were testament to the remarkable breadth and depth of skills…

Top 100 Insurance Brokerage, constructaquote.com, is collaborating with Cardiff University to help drive students’ futures by welcoming interns studying IT, Human Resources, and Business into the Caerphilly-based company for 6-12 month stints. [aoa id=”1″] At the end of the university course and placement, exceptional students will be offered the opportunity to implement what they’ve learnt as full-time employees at constructaquote.com Linda Haggett, Director of Customer Services at Constructaquote, said: “Working in partnership with Cardiff University, one of the top universities in the UK, to help provide young, vibrant, individuals with the opportunity to share ideas and to develop their skills…

The UK’s leading feline welfare charity is renewing its call for air gun licensing in England and Wales after caring for two cats that needed surgery to remove air gun pellets. In the last two months Cats Protection’s Bridgend Adoption Centre took in two stray cats from different areas of Wales who had both sadly been shot. Jewels, a one-year-old black-and-white female, and five-year-old male Mr Bojangles were both un-neutered. They are both very sweet-natured despite their ordeal. These attacks have prompted Cats Protection to renew calls for air guns to be licensed in England and Wales, in line with…