Author: Rhys Gregory

Welsh aluminium fabricator, Dudley’s Aluminium, has begun work on new student accommodation in Exeter. The project will redevelop the city’s former bus and coach station into state-of-the-art accommodation and will open in the summer of 2019. Dudley’s Aluminium is currently working on a similar project in Exeter for Global Student Accommodation. Past projects for the Welsh fabricator include the development of Cardiff’s £4million Central Square. Dudley’s secured the half a million pounds contract with Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd. The aluminium fabricator will install high-quality Kawneer curtain walling and doors, the modern student accommodation facility will also receive solar shading Speaking…

According to Charlotte Hoather, 24, winning the prestigious Pendine International Voice of the Future competition at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod last year catapulted her career to a new level on the global stage. [aoa id=”1″] Organisers say entries are already flooding in for the prestigious competition this year which has a first prize of £5,000, along with a £2,000 cheque for the runner up. Every year the picturesque town of Llangollen in the Dee Valley welcomes around 4,000 international performers and around 50,000 visitors to the week-long festival of music and dance. Among the highlights of the week is…

South Wales Police is appealing for witnesses following a serious injury Road Traffic Collision that occurred at approximately 21:47 hours on Thursday 7th February 2019 at Clase Road, Morriston Cross, Swansea. A grey coloured Ford Focus motor vehicle was in collision with a pedestrian. The female pedestrian was conveyed to Morriston hospital with head injuries. The carriageway was closed for approximately three hours while Police carried out initial investigations and recovered the vehicle. South Wales Police would like to thank the people affected by the closure for their patience and understanding. South Wales Police would like to speak with any…

Tesco is marking its centenary by offering community projects in North Wales the chance to bag their share of a huge £100,000 funding pot. [aoa id=”1″] As part of the supermarket’s anniversary celebrations, community organisations from across North Wales are being invited to share in the funding during two special Bags of Help voting rounds. Bags of Help, run in partnership with Groundwork, sees funding awarded to thousands of local community projects every year. Throughout July and August the first of two special funding rounds will concentrate on groups delivering health and wellbeing benefits, with a particular focus on groups…

Emergency staff are making a zero tolerance stand against violence after a patient spat at and tried to bite them – and grabbed one by the throat. The frightening incident at Morriston Hospital’s Emergency Department resulted in 19-year-old William Kory Mayberry being given a custodial sentence by a district judge this week. Becky Gammon, Head Nurse at Morriston ED, said: “We have a zero tolerance to verbal and physical abuse. “We are working closely with the police to ensure this sort of behaviour gets reported and individuals face the consequences of their actions.” Emergency Department Matron Andrea Bradley, who was involved…

An Aberystwyth University agriculture student is one of the top dairy students in the UK according to the Royal British Dairy Farmers Association – RABDF. [aoa id=”1″] BSc Agriculture student Steffan Rees from Llanarth, Ceredigion, was announced as runner up in the prestigious RABDF Dairy Student for 2019 at the Dairy-Tech conference held in Stoneleigh this week. Sponsored by Mole Valley Farmers, the RABDF Dairy Student competition has been awarded annually since 1991, and draws entries from agricultural colleges and Universities from across the UK and Northern Ireland. The competition reflects the need for modern dairy farmers to understand the…

Welsh rally driver Tom Cave will be competing for honours in this year’s Motorsport UK British Rally Championship. [aoa id=”1″]Tom, whose family owns the award-winning Trefeddian Hotel, Aberdyfi, will contest all six rounds of the championship behind the wheel of a Hyundai i20 R5, supplied and prepared by the PCRS team that ran a similar car for him on the Wales Rally GB last October. The 2019 British Rally Championship season kicks off on Saturday, February 16 with the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally, when Tom will be joined by fellow Welshman Dale Bowen as co-driver.[/aoa] “We’ve been working hard behind…

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…