Author: Rhys Gregory

With schools having just returned for the start of a new academic year, St Tydfil Shopping Centre is giving them the opportunity to receive £200 to spend at The Works as part of its St Tydfil Cares Community Fund. [aoa id=”1″] Perhaps a school would like to add new books to its library, or increase its art supplies, or maybe a nursery would like to purchase new toys to help young children at the start of their learning. Whatever the reason, St Tydfil Shopping Centre would like to hear about it. From all the nominations received, the shopping centre will…

High-profile business organisations have re-stated their backing for Swansea’s transformation as it gathers pace. Paul Gardner, president of Swansea Bay Business Club, said: [aoa id=”1″] “Findings from our latest business barometer surveys show that the majority of our members predict that they will be performing better in the near future than in recent times which can be linked to the upward curve that Swansea is on. “The on-going regeneration work taking place throughout the city has the backing of the business club and it’s exciting to see the work getting under way as we begin to paint a picture of how…

National developer, Wates Residential, has started work on its fifth site to bring new homes to Cardiff as part of the Council’s flagship housebuilding programme. [aoa id=”1″] The work marks a major milestone in the ‘Cardiff Living’ programme, a 10-year partnership between Cardiff Council and Wates Residential which will see the development of 1,500 homes across a number of sites in the city. The Walker Mews site in Llanishen will provide a further boost to the area’s affordable new homes offer, with 16 properties to be completed by summer 2019. Four of these will be made available for council affordable…

A father-of-two whose drug addiction ruined his life and left him on the brink of suicide has received a special award from a policing czar. After three decades of drug use, 47-year-old John Redican has now turned his life around having been clean for almost two years and is now playing his part in helping others to steer clear of addiction. He was presented with the Recovery Award at North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones’ Community Awards event at the Celtic Royal Hotel in Caernarfon. John, originally from Manchester, was able to make his recovery and rebuild relationships…

Neath Port Talbot Council is seeking to recruit graduates looking for rewarding careers in local government services like public lighting, building services, waste and highways. [aoa id=”1″] As well as having degrees in relevant subjects, those successful in getting the new graduate posts must also be able to work to tight deadlines and be happy working as part of a team. And the new arrivals will be supported where necessary to pursue and achieve relevant professional qualifications as part of their career progression. Annual pay for the graduate roles – being created as part of succession planning – will be…

Award-winning Orchard Media and Events Group has once again signed as Headline Sponsor of the Welsh Premier Women’s League (WPWL) – helping to sustain the grass roots of the women’s game in Wales for the third season in a row at the most successful time in the country’s history, despite Friday’s setback. Orchard has been backing the increasingly popular women’s game in Wales for the past two seasons, becoming headline sponsor for the first time in 2016 in the biggest commercial deal in the history of the competition. The events group already works closely with the Football Association of Wales,…

Today (Monday 3 September), the Welsh Government launched the second phase of a major campaign focusing on the role of families in the organ donation process. Three hard-hitting advertisements show an individual’s choice to donate their organs being over-ridden by family members, because they didn’t talk to them about their decision or registration on the organ donor register to become a donor. The Welsh Government is urging people to talk during Organ Donation Week (September 3 to 9) to prevent lifesaving transplants being missed because families did not know their loved one’s organ donation decision. Surveys show around 80%…

The Welsh capital has been crowned the Greggs and Dominos Capital of the UK according to new research. In research carried out by FXTM in May this year, they have revealed that Cardiff has 30 fast food franchises for every 100,000 people. This means the Welsh capital has approximately 21.11 more fast food restaurants per 100k people than the UK capital London, which only has 9.39. [aoa id=”1″][/aoa] Cardiff is also the Greggs capital of the UK with one Greggs for every 19k people as well as being the Dominos capital of the UK with one Dominos for every 34,000 people. Birmingham is…

This is the moment a killer is told he has been caught after his fingerprint was found in blood at a murder scene. The police CCTV shows suspect Jake Melia being told about the “very, very rare” discovery made by forensic specialists investigating the murder of Mark Mason in the Home Bargains car park in Rhyl in October 2016. Now detectives and police staff have told the ITV Wales programme Crime Files how they used forensics and CCTV pictures to link Melia, 21, and three other members of a Liverpool drugs ring to the murder. [aoa id=”1″][/aoa] Father of two…

Local building group R&M Williams gathered forty volunteers to roll up their sleeves and help with clearing litter from Gelliswick beach and beyond on the Milford Haven waterway.  The team from R&M along with family, friends and even pets braved the elements on Saturday 18th August to clean up rubbish from the Pembrokeshire coast, a must-visit attraction at this time of year. Allen Evans, Construction Director at R&M Williams said: “We have so many great partnerships in West Wales and having worked closely with Pembrokeshire council in recent years, it was brilliant to be able to help the wider community…