Author: Rhys Gregory

Wales’ largest celebration of diversity and equality is bringing some extra love to its Big Weekend this summer, as Pride Cymru teams up with Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity. [aoa id=”1″] Visitors to Pride Cymru’s Big Weekend have been invited to bring along their pooches on Saturday, August 24th, to enter the Welsh LGBT+ charity’s first-ever dog show hosted by Dogs Trust.  Categories range from Waggiest Tail to Golden Oldie to Cutest Pup, celebrating diversity among pet owners’ furry friends. With up to thirty dogs entering each class this spectacle is bound to wag some tails. Rhiannon Lavis,…

A Cardiff primary school teacher has been awarded Teacher of the Year 2019 for her outstanding work at Lakeside Primary School, Cyncoed. Holly Buse, who teaches Year 5 at Lakeside, was recognised for her efforts as part of the Twinkl Awards 2019 run by the international educational resource publisher, Twinkl.  Teaching staff from across the UK were asked to nominate their colleagues for the awards by providing testimonials about the impact they have had on their school and pupils.  Holly won ‘Teacher of the Year’ after her friend and colleague, Rachael Evans, submitted a heartfelt nomination of Holly. Rachael wrote:…

TOP British manufacturers have joined forces with Acorn Leisure to supply boutique timber lodges for a picturesque North Wales holiday park. [aoa id=”1″] The company will open phase one of its Maes Mynan lodge park development in Afonwen, near Caerwys, in September. Owners Peter and Louise Barlow – who also have parks in nearby Cilcain and Lloc – have planning approval for 47 luxury lodges in addition to a further 133 pitches to accommodate static and touring caravans on the former sand and gravel quarry site, which has lain empty since the mid-1990s. They are working with Northamptonshire-based firm Prestige…

A Swansea University graduate has secured this year’s Quantum Advisory Prize for the most original contribution to mathematics, and with it, a £1,000 sum donated by pension experts Quantum Advisory, to kickstart her chosen career.

GlobalWelsh, Wales’ global diaspora community, today announced the appointment of Catrin Thomas to the board to drive the grassroots organisation’s global communications strategy as it gears up to scale. Catrin has held senior international communications roles at Bloomberg, CNN International and BBC World News and earlier this year established her own strategic affairs consultancy. She currently works as a strategic adviser to the City of London Corporation’s Innovation and Growth Directorate and recently launched the government-backed Green Finance Institute, whose CEO is Catrin’s sister, Dr. Rhian-Mari Thomas. Catrin grew up in the Vale of Glamorgan and attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf before…

BUSINESSES and tourist attractions in the Bay of Colwyn are joining a national campaign to rid the coast of plastic pollution. [aoa id=”1″] Launched by Colwyn BID (Business Improvement District) the Refill Colwyn project has received support from across Mochdre, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay and Old Colwyn. Owners and managers in stores, pubs, banks, community centres, guest houses and cafes in the four towns are signing up to become Refill Stations so customers and visitors to the area can stop by and top-up their water containers for free, rather than having to buy another single-use plastic bottle. The initiative has been…

Students receiving their GCSE and A-Level results this summer are being offered free advice on their CV and interview skills by a local businessman commended for his dexterity in this field. [aoa id=”1″] Rod Lloyd, managing director of Low Cost Vans (LCV), previously starred in reality TV series ‘The Job Interview’ on Channel 4. Lloyd will be running mock interviews and a CV workshop for students receiving their GCSE and A-Level results in August – whether they received the results they want or not. The mock interviews and CV workshop will run in early September and is open to any…

A brand new, state-of-the-art clinical practice suite has been opened by Swansea University at Singleton Hospital following investment from Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW). [aoa id=”1″] This impressive facility has been designed to follow a patient’s journey and includes areas such as ITU (Intensive Care Unit), A & E (Accident and Emergency), adult and paediatric wards.  The space also includes a sensory room, a reminiscence room and a simulated patient’s home.  All of which have been equipped with up to date technology and include lifelike ‘manikins’ which have been designed to support outstanding simulated clinical training. The centre will…

Swansea Building Society is supporting Macmillan Cancer Support’s Gower Macmarathon for a fifth consecutive year, to continue to help raise money for the charity’s specialist cancer services. The 2019 Gower Macmarathon, which will see walkers enjoying Gower’s picturesque coastline, takes place on Saturday 14September. Headline sponsors Swansea Building Society will be welcoming people to join over 1000 walkers to complete the 22-mile Gower route to raise funds for Macmillan. Last year, the event raised £184,000. Over the past four years of Swansea Building Society sponsoring the event, the Gower Macmarathon has so far raised over £752,000. In addition to the…

CHRIST College, Brecon has promoted their hockey coach to Director of Hockey as part of its growing commitment to sport at the school. [aoa id=”1″] Chris Marriott will take on the leadership of the Hockey programme from Dr Dominic Phelps, who managed the sport at the school for nine years. Chris joined Christ College in 2013 after a highly successful three-year tenure as head coach to the men and women’s Blues teams at Cambridge University. Chris has already had a significant influence on the Hockey programme, leading school teams to victory multiple times, and county, regional, and national titles. [/aoa]…