Author: Rhys Gregory

The local branch of Home-Start, a national family support charity, has received a donation of £2,000 from the Amazon fulfilment centre in Swansea. Home-Start in Carmarthenshire, headquartered in Ammanford, provides life-changing support for local families when they face challenging times. The charity works with vulnerable families in Carmarthenshire, providing practical aid and emotional support through a series of initiatives including dedicated Family Workers and a 1:1 intensive programme of support. The staff at Home-Start will use the donation to fund a thank you lunch for the volunteers who provide support to local families and help pay for a special Christmas…

Detectives investigating the sudden death of a 17-year-old boy have warned an extremely potent batch of drugs could be circulating in the Rhondda. Officers were called to an address in Treherbert earlier this afternoon where the youth was in cardiac arrest. He later died at the scene. A short time later, officers received a report that a second person from Treorchy had been rushed to hospital, where he currently remains in a serious condition. Two people have been arrested in connection with the death and are currently in custody. Detective Inspector Sara Bradbury said: “We are still investigating the circumstances…

Another spell of wet and windy weather is expected on Tuesday when rain will be heavy at times and, given recent wet weather, likely lead to impacts in a few places. Between 05:00 Tue 18 Dec and 21:00 Tue 18 Dec Over most of Wales, Devon and Cornwall the worst of the weather will have cleared by mid-afternoon whilst further east the worst conditions are likely to be during the afternoon and early evening. This wet weather, meanwhile, will be accompanied by windy conditions with gusts in exposed coastal locations around 50-65 mph which means that some coastal routes, sea…

Bafta and multi-award-winning television presenter, Lowri Morgan, has been announced as the guest speaker at the 2019 Wales HR Awards. A world class ultra-endurance marathon runner, Ms Morgan has raced in some of the World’s toughest and most extreme races. She is one of only a handful of people in the world to ever complete the notoriously difficult 350-mile non-stop footrace ‘6633 Ultra’ in the Arctic and the challenging Jungle Ultra Marathon in the Amazon. Created by leading recruitment specialists Acorn and commercial law firm Darwin Gray, the Wales HR Awards is the annual flagship event of the Wales HR…

Wales saw the highest increase in employment across the UK this year, according to KPMG UK’s latest Economic Outlook report. [aoa id=”1″] Between September 2017 and September 2018, employment rose by 3.7% in the country while the majority of the UK had below a 3% increase. The North East for example, saw a 2% drop in employment. The report also reveals that businesses in Wales appear to be some of the most resilient in the UK during turbulent times. While all regions indicated a slowdown in growth as the UK goes through uncertainty due to Brexit, Wales along with the…

Renowned US brand Slim Chickens got into the festive spirit when it launched in Cardiff this week as food artist Nathan Wyburn created a special portrait of Santa. The Britain’s Got Talent Finalist who specialises in creating iconic celebrity portraits using non-traditional media, such as food, handmade ‘Father Chickmas’ out of Slim Chicken’s signature buttermilk marinated, hand-breaded chicken tenders and house sauces. [aoa id=”1″][/aoa] The new restaurant, which is located in the food quarter of St David’s, opened its doors on Tuesday December 18th. The new 92-seater eatery brings an “unmistakable” flavour of the American south to Wales, featuring a…

Transport for Wales (TfW) is pleased to announce that it is moving to the “Delay Repay” scheme to compensate customers for unexpected delays and cancellations. [aoa id=”1″] Customers who experience a delay or cancellation on a TfW service can claim through the new scheme.  Compensation will now be based on the time the customer should have arrived at their final destination station, when they have been delayed by 30 minutes or more. And in the future TfW has committed to compensating customers who experience a 15-minute delay. The improved scheme will make it easier for all TfW rail passengers to…

An award-winning charity that has been operating for more than 40 years, has been commissioned to bring its skills and expertise to Flintshire. DSN will now deliver the support services for people with a hearing loss or vision loss in the county for the next three years. The North-West based charity also supports more than 100,000 people across Cheshire and the surrounding areas and has recently started to become the main service provider in Wrexham too. Bob Birchall, CEO of DSN, said: “We are very much looking forward to getting around Flintshire and working with people will all kinds of…

Law firm Geldards LLP has agreed a deal to relocate its Cardiff based head office to Capital Quarter, an exciting new development in the heart of the Welsh capital. Currently residing in Dumfries House, Dumfries Place, the move will see Geldards occupy over 30,000 sq.ft. of No.4 Capital Quarter on a ten-year lease. The highly sought-after space is one of only two grade A buildings being delivered in Cardiff before the end of 2019. The offices will be ready in 2019 and the firm will then fit out from January 2020 with a view to move-in early in the summer…

Pupils from Penygaer Primary School in Llanelli have been learning Welsh through song thanks to an innovative project delivered by UWTSD’s Reaching Wider officer, Ryan Peters. [aoa id=”1″] i:ganu is a music and singing workhop designed to develop Welsh language skils amongst year 5 and 6 pupils in English-medium primary schools. Pupils have the opportunity to write, record and create a music video of their original song – all through the medium of Welsh. During the first set of these workshops, pupils from Penygaer Primary have been learning Welsh language Christmas songs and yesterday, they had the opportunity to showcase…