Author: Rhys Gregory

A former top civil servant says that an elected mayor or a regional assembly are potential solutions to the challenges facing North Wales in the aftermath of the Brexit vote. [aoa id=”1″] Lord Michael Bichard, a crossbench peer, will tell a meeting of business leaders in Wrexham that extending devolution is the best way forward in North Wales and other parts of the UK. He will be joined as a guest speaker by the First Minister for Wales, the Right Hon. Mark Drakeford AM, at the breakfast session of Wrexham Business Professionals at the town’s Ramada Hotel on Friday, May…

A charity walk is aiming to go out with a bang by breaking through the £1 million barrier for the amount of money it has raised. [aoa id=”1″] Preparations are under way for the 13th and final Midnight Walk organised by Nightingale House Hospice in Wrexham. Long-term supporters Village Bakery will once again be providing sausage rolls for all the walkers who take part in the walk on Saturday, June 15. [/aoa] The event starts and finishes at Llwyn Isaf in Wrexham at 10.30pm with registration from 8pm when there will be entertainment, including live music from a band called…

Four deals totalling over 30,000 sq ft in less than six months have left less than 2,000 sq ft of office space now available at the South Gate House office building in Wood Street in Cardiff city centre. [aoa id=”1″]The multi-let 101,123 sq ft South Gate House is a 13-storey office building in the heart of the city centre, adjacent to the new BBC headquarters and HMRC offices currently under construction. Landlord Euranglo Cardiff – which was advised in the four deals by property consultancy Knight Frank – has carried out refurbishment works tailored to meet the needs of incoming…

Drivers across Cardiff are once again being urged to swap their cars for greener transport as part of the “hugely successful” city-wide Car Free Day 2019 on May 12. [aoa id=”1″] The event, organised by Cardiff Council, will see roads across the city centre closed off to traffic from 5am to 8pm, to encourage greater awareness of sustainable transport methods and to help combat air pollution. As part of the day, Cardiff Bus is encouraging people to leave the car at home and use the bus instead. [/aoa]The initiative, which proved to be hugely successful last year, will…

A huge thank you to the Street Food Warehouse team for inviting us along. The team behind the Street Food Warehouse line-up of events, returns for a third year to Museum Park Swansea with fantastic fresh food and delicious drinks. [aoa id=”1″]Running 12 noon-10pm daily, there is an outstanding range of different and flavoursome food on offer, from chargrilled chicken souvlaki to tantalizing tacos, and from spicy Malaysian Curry to crunchy, doughy churros. Hungry visitors will be able to enjoy a range of mouth-watering food from all over the world alongside an ice-cold pint of Tenby Harbwr craft beer or…

With sell out performances of their tented touring production LEXICON at the Biennale International des Arts du Cirque in Marseille, NoFit State have made an impressive start to 2019. [aoa id=”1″]Building on this momentum the Cardiff based team are giving their support to developing the UK circus sector with their new Associate Artists programme. A programme that will give back to the community that has been so vital in their progress to date.[/aoa] With the support of the Fenton Arts Trust, NoFit State are proud to launch their new pilot Associate Artists programme – a new opportunity for artists and…

The end of April 2019 marked an important milestone for Wales’ national airport in terms of passenger growth. Over the last 12 months, more than 1.6 million passengers have flown through Cardiff Airport, reflecting an increase of 7% versus 2018. This is the busiest year since 2009. [aoa id=”1″] Passenger growth for the month of April was up 20% versus the same month last year, with Cardiff Airport welcoming 126,399 total passengers, reflecting the Airport’s position as not only a point of departure, but also as a key international gateway for visitors to the UK. Passenger numbers at Cardiff Airport…

The remaining eight members of a Newport-based organised crime group – two women and six men – have been sent to prison for more than 30 years at Newport Crown Court (Friday 3rd May). The gang was responsible for bringing in and distributing nearly £2m of cocaine throughout Newport and the surrounding areas. The eight sentenced are half of a 16-strong group of defendants who will be sentenced as a result of Operation Finch, which saw the gang being investigated for almost two years by officers from Tarian, the Regional Organised Crime Unit for southern Wales. The first phase of…

New research by Swansea University academics has shown that harnessing metabolism at a cellular level may help to relieve or heal a range of disorders. [aoa id=”1″] Researchers at the University’s Medical School who have published their findings in the journal Nature Communications looked at how immune system cells, which are essential to fighting infection and preventing diseases like cancer, use their metabolic pathways when they are activated in the laboratory. [/aoa] When these infection and cancer fighting cells, known as CD4+ T cells, are challenged, they make enough energy to fuel their important cellular functions and to create…

South Wales Police has confirmed that the driver of the vehicle involved in a collision near Crack Hill, Bridgend around midnight on April 30 has since died of his injuries. He has been named as 26-year-old Thomas Callard-Williams. His family are currently being supported during this time by a specially trained family liaison officer and have issued the following statement; “Thomas Gregory Callard-Williams was a wonderful young man who was loved by all that he encountered during his life. “All of Thomas’ family and friends take great comfort in the knowledge that his final conscious action was to use his…