Author: Rhys Gregory

A MULTI-MILLION pound project that will place Pembrokeshire at the heart of global marine energy innovation has taken a major step forward. The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Joint Committee has signed-off a detailed business case for the £60 million Pembroke Dock Marine project, which will now be submitted to the UK Government and Welsh Government for final approval. Led by the private sector and supported by Pembrokeshire County Council, Pembroke Dock Marine is expected to be worth over 1,800 jobs and £73.5 million a year to the Swansea Bay City Region’s economy. The project is made up of four elements:…

Thanks to the Wales Millennium Centre for inviting us along to see the show in exchange for this review. When I first heard of the 1980 American film, starring the famous Dolly Parton as one of its lead protagonists, being turned into a 21st century musical, I hold no hesitation in testifying my uncertainty of its acceptance to an audience nearly 40 years later. However, I was gladly proven wrong. The storyline’s focus on workplace sexual harassment, bullying and female inequality, created both an empowering and sometimes eerie contemporary relevance. In particular, the irony raised by one of the main protagonists,…

Cardiff-based law firm and consultancy group, Capital Law Ltd, has appointed a new chief executive to head up its consultancy arm, Capital People. Dr Jonathan Huish, 49, from Pontyclun, will be responsible for overseeing Capital People’s growth strategy and aligning its consultancy services with Capital Law’s legal services, to expand Capital People’s client base across the UK. Capital People offers a wide range of consultancy services, including organisational development and HR, strategy, leadership, governance, health and safety and coaching, and delivers training to organisations across the private and public sectors. Dr Huish is an expert at driving strategic change in…

Pinewood Group today announced that following discussions with the Welsh Government, it has served notice to end its agreement for the studio in Cardiff. The agreement, which covered the sales and marketing of the studio, as well as the studio operation and management services, will come to an end on 31 March 2020. The studio will remain branded and operated as a Pinewood facility until then. Paul Golding, Chairman, Pinewood Group Limited, said: “Pinewood is known across the world as a leading-provider of studio space and the last decade has seen the value of film and television production in Wales…

A nurse, who works at a specialist hospital in Cardiff helping adults with learning disabilities, challenging behaviour or mental illness, has won two awards at the Wales Care Awards 2019. Claire Wilson who works at Pinetree Hospital, part of Ludlow Street Healthcare, was awarded the Independent Nurse of the Year Award, as well as the Welsh Government’s Gold Award for Dignity in Care. She was shortlisted in the Independent Nurse of the Year category in August, but the win of The Dignity in Care Award came as a surprise for Mrs Wilson on the night. The highly prestigious annual awards,…

St Illtyd’s Catholic High School in Cardiff, welcomed the return of St John Cymru, teaching enthusiastic pupils lifesaving skills. St Illtyd’s and St John Cymru have been working together to improve individuals first aid skills since 2012. Each year, the school invites St John Cymru to deliver First Aid Awareness sessions to every Year 7 pupil. Pupils recently took part in a first aid training session from Wales’ leading first aid charity, St John Cymru, where they learnt basic first aid skills including; how to manage an incident, treating an unresponsive casualty, how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and what…

A World War Two Spitfire mechanic is spearheading a call to support this year’s Poppy Appeal in North Wales. Ernest Simmonds, 93, who prepared two of the iconic fighter planes that went over to France on D-Day, lives with his wife of 72 years, Gwyneth, also 93, at Pendine Park’s Hillbury House Care Home in Wrexham. In the run up to Armistice Day, he has joined forces with care practitioner Louise Parry who is crocheting woollen poppies to raise money for the appeal. After the war, Ern, as he is known, worked for many years as a crane driver at Brymbo…

A police boss is calling for a change in the law to allow assisted dying. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones is one of 18 PCCs from across the UK to sign a letter to the Ministry of Justice urging reform on the right to die. Mr Jones is supporting the campaign that’s been launched on behalf of Ron Hogg, the Police, Crime and Victims Commissioner for Durham, who has motor neurone disease and wishes for the law to be altered to allow him to end his life It is an incurable condition that eventually leads to muscle wasting…

The winter vomiting bug, also known as norovirus, is continuing to affect hospitals in south Wales. A total of 75 staff and patients currently have or have had symptoms over the last fortnight, with wards closed to new admissions at all three acute hospitals and at Gorseinon Hospital. The whole of Gorseinon Hospital, wards C and D at Neath Port Talbot Hospital, ward B (trauma and orthopaedic) at Morriston and now ward 12 at Singleton Hospital all have confirmed cases of norovirus and have been closed to new admissions. Norovirus has been confirmed in a number of those cases. In…

FOR Cardiff has been recognised by the International Downtown Association (IDA) at its 65th Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD this week with a Downtown Achievement Award of Excellence for its ‘City of Arcades’ campaign. The IDA is the premier organisation for urban place professionals engaged in shaping and activating dynamic city center districts across the world.  The award acknowledges FOR Cardiff’s outstanding work in promoting and celebrating Cardiff’s seven beautiful Victorian arcades and the 100 plus independent businesses who trade within them. Adrian Field, Executive Director of FOR Cardiff said: “The IDA is a global thought leader in the regeneration…