Author: Rhys Gregory

Two local secondary schools have competed in an industry-led ‘Dragons’ Den’ style pitch at St David’s Cardiff. The Made in Cardiff competition was hosted by the city shopping destination, challenging Cardiff students to design an innovative community space in front of an expert judging panel. Inspired by the theme ‘Reimaging your Local Retail Space’, students were tasked to think creatively and efficiently about how their ideas could enhance retail destinations and create meaningful spaces that truly serve their local communities. Year 9 and 10 students from Eastern High School, in Rumney, and Ysgol Gyfun Plasmawr, in Fairwater, participated in a…

The Elan Valley Trust in Mid Wales will host the first ever Elan Dark Sky Festival on March 27 and 28 at one of the world’s best stargazing sites. The festival, held at locations across the Elan Valley and Rhayader, celebrates more than 10 years of International Dark Sky status in Cwm Elan and aims to raise awareness of the importance of dark skies for wildlife, conservation and wellbeing. The festival kicks off on Friday evening with a nocturnal creature walk and talk with Sorcha Lewis, a dark sky bike ride with Pippa Boss, a starlit concert with musicians Toby…

An exhibition inside a train that’s packed with interactive fun and fascinating facts is heading to Swansea – and it’s completely free to visit. More than 70,000 people have visited the Railway 200 exhibition train on its 60-stop, year-long tour of Britain, and 9 in 10 visitors would recommend it to a friend. Co-curated with the National Railway Museum and called Inspiration, it uses rare artefacts and amazing stories to explore how railways transformed the world. It includes hands-on engineering challenges and a whistle-stop tour of interesting – and lesser-known – careers on the railways. The next stops on its tour were announced this week, and excitingly it will be at Swansea railway station from Sunday 26 April to Tuesday 28 April, hosted by Transport for Wales and Network Rail. Tickets are free but availability is limited. Local schools will be invited for free, bespoke…

The landscape of the Welsh professional environment has undergone a significant transformation over the last few years. As businesses across Cardiff, Swansea, and the Valleys transition away from the rigid structures of the past, the focus has shifted toward creating agile, flexible workspaces that cater to a diverse range of employee needs. While the open-plan office was once hailed as the ultimate solution for collaboration, many organisations are now discovering that the lack of private space can hinder deep focus and confidential communication. The rise of hybrid working has altered the primary purpose of the physical office. For many employees…

There’s a tension that most long-form YouTube creators eventually run into. They’ve built an audience around in-depth content — the 20-minute deep dives, the detailed tutorials, the hour-long conversations. Their viewers expect that format, and that format is what the channel is known for. But the platform keeps nudging them toward Shorts, the algorithm rewards channels that publish across formats, and every month they watch newer creators build substantial audiences almost entirely through short-form content that takes a fraction of the time to produce. The typical advice for long-form creators is to clip their existing videos — pull out the…

The massive trend of 2026 is no-limit virtual cards. They are totally shattering the traditional banking mold, offering unprecedented flexibility, global reach, and zero of the usual restrictions. Unlike old-school cards tied to a specific bank and jurisdiction, these virtual solutions are tailor-made for the era of digital nomads, crypto investors, and global biz. They literally erase borders, letting you top up your balance with crypto, make worldwide payments without limits, and keep fees down to an absolute minimum. In this piece, speaking as experts in the global payments space, we’re dropping a detailed breakdown and ranking of the top…

40-year-old Rodney Roberts, of Trowbridge, Cardiff, was sentenced today at Newport Crown Court to five-years and one-month in prison for fraud by false representation. Officers from the Proactive Economic Crime Team at Tarian Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU), and South Wales Police, found that between 2021 and 2024 Roberts defrauded three victims of a combined £49,580. Roberts, using the name ‘Paul Smith’, met his victims through online dating and social media platforms. Roberts connected with his first victim in February 2021. He claimed that he was an American from California, working as an attorney and financier in the UK. Roberts…

Seventeen new bike hangars will be installed across Cardiff to help residents securely park their bikes without having to bring them into their homes.The hangars, each providing space for six bikes while taking up only half a car parking bay, will be installed on residential streets in Canton, Riverside, Plasnewydd, Cathays and Splott later this month. The scheme aims to make cycle parking more convenient and secure, so residents can access their bikes more easily, to encourage people to cycle, instead of using their private car. Following consultation with residents in August 2025, 17 locations were identified from an initial…

Proposals designed to accelerate the next phase of regeneration at Cardiff International Sports Village, including a plan for a permanent circa 900-space car park with the ability to generate renewable energy has been announced. Plans also include the release of new land for amenity development such as public open space, have been published in a report due to be considered by Cardiff Council’s Cabinet at their next meeting. The report, which provides an update on progress at the ISV and sets out a financial plan to enable the development to be completed without further Council borrowing, also reveals proposals to…

The Welsh Government has invested £8 million in a Swansea company developing cutting edge technology, helping to position Wales as a leader in offshore wind. Marine Power Systems (MPS) is the UK’s leading deep-water wind developer. The funding will help bring its technology to full commercial use. Around 80% of the world’s offshore wind resource sits in water too deep for traditional turbine platforms to reach. MPS will use the investment to market its PelaFlex wind turbine platform, which can operate at depths beyond 60 metres. The investment will also lay the foundations for a large-scale manufacturing facility in Wales,…