Author: Rhys Gregory

There has been an exciting level of interest from businesses keen to take on a beach front tourist destination in Swansea. Swansea Council has already received more than a dozen inquiries from people wanting to find out more about the opportunity at the former 360 Centre even though it has yet to be advertised. The current tenant Bay Sports Ltd has decided to leave the premises on the seafront near St Helen’s rugby and cricket ground at the end of the summer. The search for a new tenant is underway and the council is appointing agents to market the venue…

Newport City Council’s cabinet has given in-principle backing to a £12 million redevelopment proposal to regenerate and revitalise the historic Newport Market. [aoa id=”1″][/aoa] Simon Baston, managing director of Loft Co, was behind the transformation Cardiff’s Tramshed, Barry’s Pumphouse and Porthcawl’s Jennings Building, now has exciting ambitions for the grade-two listed market. The company plans to work in partnership with Welsh company WRW Construction on the project which will be completed in three phases over 18 months. The award-winning specialist in SME incubation and community collaboration wants to create a 24-hour working/living space with a tech hub, apartments and performance…

The secondary element of Tonyrefail’s brand new 3-19 school has reached the latest landmark in its construction – and pupils have visited the site to see for themselves the progress being made. Tonyrefail Community School will form in time for the 2018/19 academic year, to provide current Tonyrefail Comprehensive and Tonyrefail Primary pupils with state-of-the-art new facilities. A huge £44m education and leisure investment is being delivered in the local community, as part an £85m transformation in education across Rhondda and Tonyrefail through #RCTinvest and the Welsh Government’s 21st Century Schools initiative. Brand new primary and secondary buildings are being constructed,…

Wondering how you’re going to keep the kids entertained during the summer holiday? There are loads of family-friendly events happening at Cardiff Council venues around the city – and most of them are free! [aoa id=”1″] Cardiff Council have kindly pulled together a list of all of the summer events taking place for week commencing July 23rd – 29th 2018 below. Cardiff Bay Beach The Capital FM Cardiff Bay Beach Festival is back – bigger and better than ever – in a new waterfront location near Cardiff Bay Barrage – and packing even more attractions into the summer holidays. Until…

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s School of Engineering is looking forward to hosting a range of activities at British Speedway Grand Prix 2018 in Cardiff this year. The main event hosted by the School of Engineering will be called ‘The Science of Speed’ which will be hosted in the fanzone. Participants will be able to take an in-depth look at the maths and science of motorcycle dynamics using Road-Race and Speedway machinery whilst getting up-close to a working bike from the track. Professor Michael Fernando is the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Computing, and Engineering. He said:…

Macmillan Cancer Support’s bus for Wales, ‘Bronwen’, is set to make her debut at the Royal Welsh Show on Monday 23 July. [aoa id=”1″] The bus, which has been specially adapted to offer free information and support about cancer to rural communities in Wales, will be at the showground for the entire week. Onboard Bronwen is a friendly team of health and social care professionals, who are there to answer questions about cancer, in a private and confidential setting. Visitors to the stand at Avenue B95 can also pick up sun cream and information and advice about skin cancer. In…

A Merthyr Tydfil resident is set to complete a world first to virtually cycle 18,000 miles – and with it, raise nearly £70,000 for cancer research. Chris Daniel, 55, began the epic challenge last December and has now cycled the equivalent distance of cycling around the world on a static bike. The fundraiser was in memory of Chris’ wife, Rita – affectionately known as Rity – who died of bowel cancer in 2016. The £68,000 raised will be split between Cancer Research Wales, Velindre Cancer Centre, Bowel Cancer UK and Beating Bowel Cancer. The ‘TACX Virtual World Ride for Rity’…

A doctor described by his colleagues as passionate, dedicated and a champion for stroke services in Wales has received the inaugural Welsh Stroke Excellence Award. Dr Hamsaraj Shetty, a consultant in Stroke medicine at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board picked up the first ever award at this year’s Welsh Stroke Conference. The new awards were launched for the 2018 annual conference and aims to recognise those practitioners in Wales who are providing high quality care to stroke patients and have excelled in the field of stroke medicine in both a national and international arena.  Dr Shetty has worked within…

Wales’ national airport is gearing up for a busy six weeks ahead, as 296,000 customers prepare to jet off with little ones for a summer holiday or to visit family and friends while the kids are off school. Over the six week summer holidays between July and September, Cardiff Airport is expecting an increase in passengers of 11% compared to last year, making 2018’s Summer holidays the busiest in ten years. Customers can fly to long haul destinations including Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bali on Qatar Airways with just one easy connection via Doha. This 5* airline provides a world-class…

From guided walks to live music there is something for everyone here in Snowdonia during National Parks Week. The aim of the week is to encourage more people to make use of our National Parks. Snowdonia attracts thousands of annual visitors to roam our trails and peaks but National Parks Week will provide an opportunity to learn more about Snowdonia’s special qualities and the diversity we have to offer. This year, celebrations run from Sunday 22nd July to Sunday 29th July and a number of events have been organised to coincide with the week. These are some of the events…