Author: Rhys Gregory

They’ve been a familiar sight in the pubs and bars of South Wales for generations but this weekend sees a fresh new look unveiled for Brains brewery’s famous range of cask ales. From now onwards classic beers like the iconic Brains SA, SA Gold, Brains Bitter and the much-loved Brains Dark will be sporting striking new metal badges that are some of the biggest in the industry. The new pump clips, as they are known, have been designed to make sure Brains’ beers get real stand out on crowded bar tops. The clips were designed in Cardiff and consumer tested…

Environment Minister, Lesley Griffiths has awarded Cardiff Council £21m to implement a series of measures to improve air quality after she approved its revised clean air proposals. In February 2018, the Welsh Government instructed Cardiff Council to undertake a feasibility study to identify measures to address illegal nitrogen dioxide exceedances in the shortest possible time. In June 2019, Cardiff Council submitted its final Plan. It proposed a package of measures including: a bus retrofitting programme to lower emissions, taxi mitigation measures, city centre transport improvements and; an active travel package making it easier for people to walk and cycle in…

The National Lottery Community Fund announced nearly £300,000 has been awarded to communities in Wales to tackle climate change, thanks to National Lottery players. 29 groups across Wales have been awarded grants totalling £295,952 from The National Lottery Community Fund to make small improvements in their communities to tackle the climate emergency. The grants are part of a pilot in Wales to support existing National Lottery projects to take action in their communities to tackle the climate emergency. The work that will be undertaken by communities through the pilot will influence how The Fund works more broadly across the UK…

Actor Matthew Rhys, an Into Film Cymru Ambassador, has announced to Olchfa School pupils in Swansea, live from New York, that Wales had achieved a record number of nominations for the prestigious Into Film Awards. Taking place in London’s Leicester Square on 18 March, the Into Film Awards is an annual celebration of young filmmaking talent, with categories designed to highlight the large pool of young creatives in the UK. This year’s nominees who will make up the strong Welsh contingent attending the star-studded, red carpet event will be: Yasmin John, The Hollies School – Teacher of the Year Award Tim Dadds, Cwmrhydyceirw Primary – Teacher…

A blind man from Cardiff says that his eye condition will not hold him back as he prepares to take to the skies for a sponsored skydive.  Daniel Thomas, 32, will be taking part in the RNIB Big Jump fundraising challenge at Swansea Airfield on Saturday 28 March 2020.   The Big Jump aims to get as many people as possible free-falling together over one weekend in twelve locations across the UK. Jumpers skydive with a trained instructor from a height of 10,000 feet, freefalling for 5,000 feet before releasing their parachute and gliding back to solid ground.  Daniel, who was born with Microphthalmia and registered blind within 24 hours of life, is a technology volunteer for…

Welsh Government Minister Kirsty Williams visited Willowtown Primary school in Ebbw Vale to launch the GoConstruct Educate resources, which introduces the construction industry to the school curriculum in a bid to get more youngsters to consider a future career in construction. The Go Construct Educate Programme is a Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) funded project awarded to major construction contractor Bouygues UK. CITB and Bouygues UK have worked with a consortium of partners from the construction industry, education sector, Careers Wales and learning technology company Aspire 2Be to develop the resources, which will be available to every school, teacher and…

Accountants Bevan Buckland LLP have presented a cheque to charity Maggie’s after a busy year of fundraising. Last year, the practice announced that Maggie’s had been chosen as the firm’s charity of the year 2019. Laura Throne, Alex Powell, Abby Thomas, Harmony McCarthy and Georgia King were just some of the team members instrumental in raising funds and awareness for Maggie’s over the course of last year. They gathered together along with representatives from Maggie’s to present a cheque for £3,581.68.  “I’d like to say a huge thank you to all the staff at Bevan Buckland for raising such a fantastic amount…

Wales will be taking on Italy on Saturday February 1 (K.O 2.15pm) at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. There will be a full city centre road closure from 10.45am until 5.15pm on grounds of public safety. Taxi customers are being advised of changes to their usual pick up points, as the St Mary Street taxi rank (outside the House of Fraser) will be closed during this time. The following roads will be closed as part of the full city centre road closure: Kingsway from its junction with North Road to its junction with Duke Street. Cowbridge Road East from its…

Managing Director of Cardiff-based bus and coach operator, NAT Group, is calling for Cardiff City Council to make Cardiff city centre a car-free zone.

A nomadic pop-up founded in Cardiff, it serves up steaming bowls of hand-made noodles, long-simmered broths and deeply flavoured toppings – attracting attention and high praise from local foodies, popular food bloggers and even established ramen cooks from across the pond. But until now, getting your hands on one of these flavour-packed broths has been no easy task, as every single pop-up event has completely sold out within minutes of going on sale. A new, seven-week kitchen takeover at Blue Honey Local in Roath looks set to change that – and help Matsudai bring ‘proper ramen’ to the Cardiff masses.…