Author: Rhys Gregory

Cardiff Music City Festival, a two-week celebration of music that brought global stars, local legends, fresh new talent and thousands of music fans to venues across the city has wrapped up after a successful second year. The festival will return for its third year in Autumn 2026. Spanning 20 venues, 60 events and featuring performances from over 200 artists, the 2025 festival programme of gigs, installations, talks and pop-ups opened with a sold-out performance by acclaimed Welsh band CVC at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Cardiff Council Cabinet Member for Culture, Parks and Events, Cllr Jennifer Burke,…

A brand-new Specialist Resource Base (SRB) has officially opened at Llanishen Fach Primary School in Rhiwbina, North Cardiff, marking a significant step forward in the city’s commitment to inclusive education. The purpose-built facility delivered by Knox & Wells, will provide much-needed places for children with severe and complex learning needs, helping Cardiff address the increasing demand for specialist provision. Funded by the Welsh Government’s Band B programme, with support from the Council’s capital programme, the £4.4m development known as Dosbarth Enfys meaning Rainbow Class, offers a nurturing, fully integrated environment where diversity is celebrated and every child is supported to…

Thousands of residents, families and students are expected to head to St Helen’s Ground to watch Swansea Council’s annual fireworks display, A Super Spectacle, on Wednesday, November 5. Swansea Council welcomes back its annual fireworks display, with affordable tickets starting at £4 when bought in advance and just £14 for a family of five, it’s cheaper and safer than doing your own display. Gates for this year’s superhero themed event open at 5:00pm, with pre-show entertainment starting at 5:30pm, before the main fireworks display at 7:30pm. This year’s event will feature performances from shows such as the K-pop Demon Hunter’s…

Plans to protect the future Swansea Marina’s much-loved Helwick lightship have been unveiled by Swansea Council. Cabinet has agreed to spend around £450,000 to restore the striking red and white vessel moored in the marina so it can be protected and enjoyed by future generations. The aim is for Helwick to be restored at the local dry dock in Swansea where it will be repaired and returned to the marina. The Helwick and two other vessels – the Olga and the Canning – are set to be preserved and protected under a plan that could see the Olga sailing again and the Canning restored…

Cwmbran entrepreneurial mums join Vodafone’s business.connected Academy as it brings digital skills training to Cardiff’s entrepreneurs.  Entrepreneurs in Cardiff are set to get a fresh opportunity to enhance their digital prowess with the launch of a pioneering three-part business.connected Academy. Delivered in partnership with Vodafone Business and Enterprise Nation, this initiative is set to equip the city’s business owners with practical digital strategies designed to boost business growth in today’s connected landscape. Recent research highlights the important impact of digital tools on SMEs. The Lloyds Bank Digital Index reports that digitally advanced SMEs are 50% more likely to increase their…

On 14th November, the Richard Burton Centenary celebrations will reach their peak at the RB100 Gala – welcoming Burton’s family, contemporaries, and fans to The Orangery at Margam Country Park for a sold-out evening of performance, music and storytelling. Headlined by renowned actor Michael Sheen and multi-award winning The War of the Worlds composer Jeff Wayne, the Gala evening presents exclusive performances by those who admired, and knew, the iconic Welsh actor. For one night only, Michael Sheen will perform A Christmas Story, penned by Richard Burton himself and inspired by Burton’s hero Dylan Thomas. A ‘poignant and heartfelt recollection…

Newport is becoming a cleaner and greener city, according to a new report outlining Newport City Council’s progress towards becoming a carbon-neutral organisation by 2030. The council’s 2024-25 annual report into its organisational climate change plan shows that emissions have fallen by 8.95 per cent compared to 2023-24, marking a total reduction of 48.9 per cent since the 2019-20 baseline. “The climate emergency is real, and we are determined to do something about it,” said Councillor Yvonne Forsey, cabinet member for climate change, waste and recycling. “By taking action to reduce our emissions, not only are we creating a healthier,…

Over 270 girls from primary schools across Caerphilly County Borough took part in the Girls’ Primary Football Festival at the Centre for Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach on Thursday 16th October, marking the largest girls-only football events ever delivered by Sport Caerphilly. The festival saw 27 teams take to the pitches for a fun-filled day of football, teamwork and participation. It is the first of three girls’ football festivals taking place across the academic year, designed to encourage more young girls to get involved in sport and enjoy being active. Support on the day was provided by students from the…

Blaenau Gwent’s new Welsh Medium Primary school is almost complete, and pupils and staff are really excited to move in this November. Ysgol Gymraeg Tredegar is a 210-place seedling school, with co-located childcare, in Chartist Way. With the numbers of children in Welsh education growing, it’s part of our commitment to increasing opportunities for families within the county borough. The school has been fully funded by the Welsh Government through the Welsh Medium Capital Grant. Ysgol Gymraeg Tredegar is federated with the county borough’s other Welsh primary school, Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Helyg, and shares the same Governing Body and Headteacher.…

More focus on prevention and public health is needed to improve people’s long-term health in Wales. Mental Health Minister Sarah Murphy will call on healthcare professionals to become “champions of prevention” to support people to make healthier choices and to address the underlying causes of obesity and continue to cut smoking rates in Wales. Speaking at the Welsh Public Health Conference, in Cardiff, she will highlight the impact of preventable illnesses on people’s lives; on the NHS and the economy. For example, obesity-related illness costs the NHS £365m ever year in Wales and a quarter of adults live with obesity.…