Author: Rhys Gregory

Cardiff and Vale College Electrical Installation apprentice Tom Lewis has been selected for Team UK at the forthcoming EuroSkills 2018 contest in Budapest in September. EuroSkills is the European championship of young professionals, and is the regional version of the WorldSkills competition. Young people from across Europe compete in a range of disciplines from Construction and Building Technology through to Creative Arts and Fashion. “I didn’t expect to be selected but I was very happy – when I got the email I was over the moon,” 21-year-old Tom said. “I’m nervous but at the same time I’m looking forward to…

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Young-minded residents at a care home are proving you’re never too old to limber up by taking part in new weekly yoga sessions – in their 90s. The “chair-based” yoga sessions are becoming so popular at St David’s Residential Home in Rhyl that staff are even joining in to fight old age and boost their flexibility. The weekly classes, run by professional yoga teacher Alison Jones, have brought the home to a standstill on a Tuesday afternoon as the elderly residents – the eldest of which is 98 – eagerly “strike a pose” in the lounge. Activities coordinator Joan Mitchell…

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