Author: Rhys Gregory

Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford visited Mary Immaculate High School in Wenvoe this week to promote the importance of pupils having a voice that is heard. As the local assembly member in Cardiff West, the school serves hundreds of pupils in his constituency. In a time of uncertainty, the First Minister will be visiting the Cardiff School to promote the importance of democracy and everyone having a voice. The aim of this visit is to prepare young people for politics and to spark an interest in having an opinion on important and topical issues. Mary Immaculate place great value on…

A group of aspiring artists from Coleg y Cymoedd have turned their collective talents to creating a refuge of calm for patients of Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr Hospital. The 28 Level 2 art learners from the college’s Nantgarw campus have worked to create a series of colourful pieces to transform the outside courtyard used by patients of the hospital’s Acute Adult Mental Health Ward. Working with a theme of natural patterns, insects and colour, the installations created by the learners will transform the otherwise bland area into to a welcoming and safe outside space for patients. The project provided the first…

A RECRUITMENT firm has unveiled the team to lead its eastern expansion. [aoa id=”1″] Natasha Jones has joined Supertemps as a Senior Recruitment Consultant and will partner Alex Russell in launching the award-winning firm in north east Wales. Supertemps and its executive division S2 Recruitment have a strong foothold in the rest of North Wales with bases in Colwyn Bay, Bangor and at M-Sparc on Anglesey. Managing director Sarah Ellwood says the addition of Natasha, 32, will help them to break new ground in the east of the region. “Our clients have long called for us to open an office…

Visitors to Cadw sites can explore hundreds of years of Welsh history this Easter (19 – 22 April) as the sights, sounds and smells of historic Wales return to seventeen of the country’s most magnificent heritage properties. From egg hunts at a Cistercian abbey to have-a-go archery at a medieval fortress and even a Civil War re-enactment at Wales’s biggest Castle, here are 7 ways families can uncover Welsh history during the Easter weekend of 2019 ― Visit Wales’s official Year of Discovery. Search for missing swords at Conwy Castle Families are invited to help Daf, the forgetful night watchman…

A leading IT specialist has been selected to provide the hi-tech cabling solution for a £23million school in North Wales. [aoa id=”1″] Pinacl GDA has been chosen to supply, install and commission the structured cabling for the new Christ the Word Catholic School in Rhyl. The school opens its doors in September and will accommodate 420 pupils aged 3-11 and 500 pupils aged 11-16 in the new build development. The project is being funded in partnership by Denbighshire County Council and the Welsh Government as part of the 21st Century Schools Programme. Pinacl GDA has its head office in nearby…

A FILM that looks at a mum and daughter’s experience of climate change across the world is being screened at an event in Cardiff in April. [aoa id=”1″] Documentary ‘The Anthropologist’ will be shown as part of the 13th Annual Storytelling Symposium at the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling at the University of South Wales (USW), which will have the theme of Storytelling and the Environment. It will open on Thursday, April 11 at USW’s Cardiff Campus, with a special screening of the documentary produced by Dr Susie Crate, noted environmental anthropologist at George Mason University and the primary…

A striking over-sized daffodil is coming to Swansea to launch Marie Curie’s biggest annual fundraising campaign, the Great Daffodil Appeal. The ‘Great Big Daffodil’ will visit the Quadrant shopping centre on February 22 and 23. The Great Daffodil Appeal raises money so thousands of people with a terminal illness can receive 1.2 million hours of free nursing care at home or in a Marie Curie hospice, as well as support for their families. This year’s Great Daffodil Appeal is giving people the opportunity to share the personal stories behind why they wear one of Marie Curie’s instantly recognisable daffodil pins.…

An award-winning company set up by the Welsh inventor of the electronic breathalyser is set to beat the £1m turnover mark for the first time this year fuelled almost entirely by export sales. [aoa id=”1″] PPM Technology manufactures toxic gas monitors and indoor air quality sensors. The Caernarfon-based firm has seen turnover rise consistently over recent years, from £660,000 in 2014 to £850,000 at the end of the last financial year in August. And so far in the five months since September, turnover has already reached £550,000, putting the company well on course to breach the £1m mark this year.…

The UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Challenge is an international student drone design competition organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. [aoa id=”1″] This year the event is attracting a record 32 teams comprising hundreds of young engineers from as far afield as Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Canada, along with first timers from Denmark and the Netherlands. The Challenge is staged over three days in the spectacular Snowdonia Aerospace Centre at Llanbedr, part of the Snowdonia Enterprise Zone, and has been building popularity over the past five years. Colin Brown, Chief Executive of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, said: “We are…

THE Red Dragon Centre is stepping into spring with colourful festivities to mark St David’s Day. Parents are invited to celebrate the Welsh National Day with their little dragons during half term at the entertainment centre. The festive celebrations will take place on Friday 1 March from 12pm to 4pm. Families and children can get crafty at the eco-friendly craft station, creating the emotive symbols of Wales – from breath-taking dragons to bright yellow daffodils. The Red Dragon Centre will also welcome back its baby dragons. The fiery creatures will be let out to play at 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and…