Author: Rhys Gregory

Four Young Leaders from Ceredigion have won a National Innovation Award for their work last year as Bronze Young Ambassadors. Recognition has been given to Elan Jones, Mackenzie Lawlor, Mili Davies and Yazmin Bonner-Miah, who have since moved up to Penglais school, for their work in promoting physical activity and getting children up and active at Plascrug Community Primary School. Alwyn Davies, Active Young People Manager: “This is a fantastic recognition for Elan, Mackenzie, Mili and Yazmin for their dedication and hard work to the role of Bronze Young Ambassador. They have taken on all the initiatives offered to them…

A Wales international rugby star has experienced an interview to remember from a Tenby rugby fan, answering questions on everything from his hidden talents to the smelliest feet in the changing rooms. Rob Evans, Wales and Scarlets prop, was interviewed by eight-year-old Ollie Price after he won Principality Building Society’s social media competition in honour of the Wales matches this November. The competition by Wales’ largest building society called for parents to send in pictures of their children holding up the one question they would like to ask a Wales international rugby star.  Ollie wanted to ask how it feels…

Industry experts and business leaders will be addressing these questions, and many more, at the Emerging Tech Fest, a business-to-business conference and exhibition which is being held in the Catrin Finch Centre at Wrexham Glyndŵr University, from 9am until 6pm on Thursday, December 13. [aoa id=”1″] The main stage speakers will include Ashley Rogers,  chair of North Wales Mersey Dee Business Council and member of the North Wales Economic Ambition Board and its digital connectivity delivery group, who will talk about the role of innovation and new technology in achieving economic growth in North Wales; Debra Williams, Co-founder & CEO,…

Cardiff’s Winter Wonderland, the capital’s festive focal point is high, wide and handsome this year with a new ride attraction that will provide the best ever views over south Wales and beyond, the biggest site in the event’s history, and the return of the undercover open air Admiral Ice Rink November 15 to January 6. The new Drop Tower takes riders a breath taking 90m into the skies, dwarfing all other buildings in Cardiff, and offering terrific views over the city, before dropping them vertically at startling speed to land back on safe ground. Here they can enjoy skating in…

Festive shoppers and Christmas party-goers are getting travel advice from Cardiff Bus as they prepare for the Christmas season. The operator is advising customers of timetable changes through the festive and new year period, which will see services altered between December 24 and January 1. Starting on Christmas Eve all services will follow a Saturday timetable, except for services 30, 98, H59 and X59 which will run a normal weekday service, with an early finish across all routes. [aoa id=”1″][/aoa] There will be no buses running on Christmas Day, and a special timetable running across certain routes on Boxing Day.…

Flintshire trailer maker is celebrating after playing a supporting role in the sixth straight victory in the World Rally Championship by French maestro Sebastian Ogier. [aoa id=”1″] Staff at Ifor Williams Trailers, who have factories in Sandycroft and on Deeside Industrial Estate,  whooped with delight after Ogier clinched the title in style as a torrid final day of Rally Australia prematurely ended the hopes of his two possible challengers. Europe’s top trailer maker supplied two of its versatile Transporta trailers to Cumbria-based M-Sport which has prepared and run the official Ford World Rally Team cars in the competition since 1996.…

Louise Norgrove, from Carmarthen has recently been appointed to the new role which will support the existing Inherited Cardiac Conditions service and ensure that more people receive the screening and treatment they need to prevent sudden death. A cardiac nurse for 16 years, Louise will be based at Morriston Hospital in Swansea and deliver the service across the region. The funding for the post has been provided by the Miles Frost Fund and the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Morriston hospital is the first in Wales to receive the funding from which will pay to improve genetic screening services to test…

Now that the magical world of J.K Rowling has hit cinemas once again, The Red Dragon Centre is casting a spell upon Cardiff Bay, unleashing its own magical creatures ahead of the festive period. For three Sundays in a row, families in South Wales are invited to visit The Red Dragon Centre and admire an array of miraculous creatures, which will stop by the entertainment centre throughout December, starting on Sunday 2 December. [aoa id=”1″][/aoa] From Bjorn the Polar Bear to the centre’s Snow Lion, children and adults alike have the chance to admire these beasts up-close. However, parents can…

Cardiff Metropolitan University in partnership with Cardiff Met Students’ Union has launched a #CampusCanines initiative to help students tackle homesickness and to promote well-being and community fun. Chantelle Haughton, Senior Lecturer in Education and Early Childhood Studies and Outdoor Learning Centre Co-ordinator at the University, said: “The idea arose within a Personal Tutor meeting – a student was having a difficult time. She was missing lots about home and had talked about really missing her dog. “I helped with her course issues, signposted her to Student Services and explored how we could begin bringing our dogs into Cardiff School of…

Friday night saw the Winners of the 2018 Caerphilly Business Forum Awards announced, in a lavish ceremony attended by almost 300 guests hosted by BBC Wales news anchor Jamie Owen and held at the Llechwen Hall Hotel. [aoa id=”1″] The 17th annual awards brought together businesses across a wealth of industry sectors and sizes for an evening that celebrated the outstanding achievements of those companies and individuals making that have made a significant impact on the regional economy. Scooping the Overall Winner award was Lenstec. Since 1983, the company has grown to become one of the leading manufacturers and employers in…