Author: Rhys Gregory

Listening to your favourite music lifts your spirits, whatever your age. That’s why Bangor University and Merched y Wawr are launching an appeal on the Welsh Language Music Day, for people to get in touch and suggest their favourite Welsh language songs from all times. The most popular suggestions will be collated to create a free digital CD and downloadable resource, which will be shared free of charge to care homes and dementia care homes to ensure that Welsh music is available to residents enjoy. Dr Catrin Hedd Jones, a Chartered Psychologist at Bangor University’s School of Healthcare Sciences, who is leading the…

Friday 8th February is Dydd Miwsig Cymru (Welsh Language Music Day), which celebrates all forms of music sung in the Welsh language, from indie to hip hop, and traditional Welsh to rock and everything in between. To mark the occasion, Spotify has taken a look at the top 20 most streamed Welsh language music tracks and compiled them into a new playlist, Cân y Cymry. Dexter Batson, Senior Editor at Spotify, said: ‘Music has no borders, and a great song can come from anywhere, no matter what language it is in. We always want to help support music from minority…

A mum from Caerphilly whose son has Type 1 diabetes is swimming the equivalent of the English Channel to raise vital funds for Diabetes UK Cymru. Ruth Greenaway-Robbins, 39, is taking on the swimming challenge of the year, Swim 22, between 22 February and 22 May. Her son Simeon, 16, was diagnosed in April 2017. Ruth, a professional musician, said, “Looking back I can see how poorly Simeon was before he was diagnosed. He started to go downhill very rapidly and called me to pick him up from school. It was then that I realised how much weight he had…

The Wrexham Enterprise Hub is celebrating an industrious first eight months where it’s held more than thirty events and workshops and supported more than 170 individuals and businesses since launching. In this three part series, we take a look at three enterprising businesses in North Wales that are flourishing with the help and support of The Wrexham Enterprise Hub. Weekly10 Weekly10 is a Wrexham-based software company that has developed a platform that is designed to increase employee engagement in organisations around the world. Focussed around a 10-minute check-in it engages employees and empowers managers to support their staff. Users take…

Detectives investigating a scam where fraudsters purport to be police officers have made an arrest. An 18 year old London man has been arrested in Cardiff yesterday evening on suspicion of Theft and Fraud. The arrest was in connection with a series of scams committed in the Penarth and Cardiff area today in which three elderly victims were conned in to handing over approximately £20,000. He is currently in police custody at Bridgend. Detective Chief Inspector Mark Lewis said: “I cannot stress enough how sophisticated and well-rehearsed these scammers are, and any one of us could fall victim to their…

These are just a few examples of the hurtful and patronising comments often aimed at children who have nasogastric (NG) tubes, and their parents. “What’s wrong with him?” “That’s disgusting!” “You never know what medical science can do.” The special tubes keep children, who are unable to eat normally, alive. They deliver food, fluid and medicine to the stomach via a tube in the nose. Staring, pointing and rude comments from some members of the public can leave parents reluctant to take their children out. But ABMU paediatric nutrition nurse Louise Heywood hopes to change these negative attitudes. Working with…

To mark International Women in Science Day, Swansea University is appealing for female scientists and engineers to hit the streets to share their passion. The University is preparing to host its sixth Soapbox Science event on Saturday, June 22 and is now on the lookout for volunteer speakers to take part. The University is seeking female scientists to step on their soapboxes in the centre of Swansea and talk about their particular field as the city centre buzzes with Saturday afternoon shoppers. Their mission is to raise the profile and challenge the public’s view of women in science, technology, engineering, maths…

A COLLEGE jumped at the chance to house its student restaurant at an award-winning racecourse. While Coleg Cambria Yale in Wrexham is undergoing a £21million revamp its popular Hafod restaurant will relocate to Bangor on Dee in Wrexham. The course hosts 14 jump races a year – as well as weddings, conferences and events – with catering provided by the Horseradish Group. Horseradish and Cambria are already in partnership and plan to open the venue every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday lunchtime until the Yale restaurant reopens in September 2020. Speaking at the launch event – where Catering and Hospitality learners…

Tobacco control campaign group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Wales has praised a manufacturing firm after workers quit smoking thanks to a ground breaking workplace scheme. It is urging other companies to follow the example of the manufacturing firm Sandvik Osprey which holds smoking cessation sessions run by NHS Wales at its Neath Port Talbot plant. Sheraine Thomas, who is the Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) Manager at the company, came up with the innovative idea of organising the sessions within the workplace, after becoming concerned about the number of workers who smoke and the effect this was…

Minister for Economy and Transport and Minister for North Wales, Ken Skates has officially opened the final section of the Llangefni Link Road. During the visit to Anglesey today, the Minister said the completed scheme would bring great benefits to the local area and Anglesey as whole. The Llangefni Link Road connects Coleg Menai and Bryn Cefni Business Park, key sites in the Anglesey Enterprise Zone, with the A5114 and A55 and will improve traffic congestion in the town centre. It is also vital in facilitating the delivery of Grwp Llandrillo Menai’s Masterplan to develop their Llangefni Campus into an…