Author: Rhys Gregory

Swansea University’s Oriel Science will be returning to the National Waterfront Museum on Sunday, 8 March to host “Super Science Swansea” as part of British Science Week. From 11am-4pm, visitors of all ages can enjoy over 25 interactive science exhibits in this free event.  Last year’s event saw almost 3,600 visitors attend the National Waterfront Museum. This year visitors can take part in “Poo Sports” to discover how dung beetles and other decomposers provide such an important recycling service to humans, learn the secrets of mummification used in Ancient Egypt and interact with liquids that can behave like solids and…

A seller from Cardiff has started selling the custom mini figures at auction, a day after they sold out at St David’s Shopping Centre. The limited-edition Lego figures were designed to celebrate St David’s Day and were put on sale yesterday with a minimum donation of £5. The collection was designed to benefit Welsh charities. However, they have since started to appear at auction for almost twenty times that amount with a starting bid of £99.99. The five ‘Mini Welsh Legends’ include Gareth Bale, Gareth ‘Alfie’ Thomas, Ruth Jones as Nessa, Sir Tom Jones and Dame Shirley Bassey. Fifty of…

Cardiff-based digital marketing agency, Liberty Marketing, is shortlisted as one of the best companies to work for in the UK at the Employee Experience Awards 2020.  This Welsh SME with a headcount of 35 is a finalist in three categories; ‘Best Company to Work For’, ‘Employee Engagement’ and ‘Best HR Professional’, alongside multinational companies shortlisted like Hitachi and McLaren. The finalists have been invited to present their initiatives on the 14th of May ahead of the award ceremony in London. Following a record-breaking year of growth, Liberty identifies its success mostly down to its employees, and their new approach to employee…

A new bar will open in the Welsh capital this week, specialising in the sale of Spanish sherry, wines from Montilla-Moriles and vermouth. Modelled on the small, casual late-night venues found in cities like Madrid, the cosy bar – named Vermut – holds a maximum of 30 covers, with punters encouraged to pop in, perch on bar stools and enjoy a relaxing drink and a chat. A limited menu of ‘para picar’ (things to pick at) has been specifically designed to complement the drinks list, along with a range of sharing platters of cured meats, charcuterie and Spanish cheeses. The…

Seven Barclays high street branches across Wales have been shut down by Greenpeace activists this morning as part of a UK shutdown of 100 branches in protest against the bank’s continued multi-billion dollar support for fossil fuels.  Barclays Cardiff Working Street, St Davids Centre branch is currently blocked for access by a Greenpeace pop up exhibition. The exhibitions displayed photographs of some of the worst climate emergency disasters in the four years since the Paris Climate agreement was signed. Greenpeace are demanding that Barclays, the biggest funder of fossil fuels among European banks, stop propping up oil, gas and coal…

A LEADING pet retailer and a children’s charity are aiming to scale new heights this summer. PetPlace is the headline sponsor for Ty Gobaith and Hope House Children’s Hospices Snowdon Sunrise Trek, which takes place on Saturday July 4. The company, which has stores in Llangefni, Ruthin, Mold, Chirk and Abergele, is a long-time patron of the organisation and has raised up to £40,000 with a series of events in past years. Managing Director Sion Pritchard said the business – which is celebrating its 50th year – will continue to do all it can to support the hospice centres in Conwy…

A poet who found herself homeless as a teenager has helped launch pioneering workshops for school children, in a bid to stem a shocking rise in homelessness in Gwynedd. Charity GISDA has launched the workshops in partnership with youth workers and teachers, with the first school to take part being Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen in Bethesda. Gisda Team Leader for Projects, Lee, experienced homelessness herself as a teenager said the project team also wants to quash preconceptions and prejudices, including the idea that every homelessness person begs on the streets. In the first session of its kind to be held in…

A unique partnership between Welsh language broadcaster S4C and Guinness World Records has celebrated Wales’ national day, St. David’s Day March 1 by breaking a magnificent 7 Guinness World Records titles of human achievement across Wales. Record-breaking feats have been taking place today and at the end of last week across the length and breadth of Wales under the scrutiny of Guinness World Records Adjudicators, and the records are being heralded by Guinness World Records (GWR) on their significant social media channels – taking Wales and the Welsh language around the world on St. David’s Day. Successful records will also…

Business confidence in Wales fell 15 points during February to -2%, according to the latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. Across the UK, overall confidence was unchanged on last month at 23%, with Wales recording the lowest levels of confidence. Companies across the nation reported low confidence in their business prospects at -3%, marking a significant drop from January’s figures (13%). The figures represent the first negative confidence recording since August. While businesses’ hiring intentions remained steady at 3% (down one point from January), the Barometer raises concerns about growth ambitions across the Welsh economy. Amanda Dorel, regional…

Tributes have been paid to a “formidable” ex-teacher who has died away at the age of 104. Great great grandmother Rhiannon Grey Davies was reunited with one of her former pupils, 86-year-old Joyce Jones, when she went to live at Pendine Park’s Gwern Alyn Home in Wrexham. Rhiannon, a retired domestic science teacher, passed away on Tuesday, February 11. She leaves two children, Bethan and John, two granddaughters and four great grandchildren. Former pupil Joyce will be among the mourners at the funeral which will be held at Pentrebychan Crematorium at 12pm on Friday, March 6, followed by a service at…