Author: Rhys Gregory

City Hospice, the only provider of home-based specialist palliative care in Cardiff, has announced it is opening its largest charity shop to date. The new store located on Colchester Avenue, Cardiff spans over 3,500 square feet and will not only offer a wide range of high quality pre-loved items such as accessories, books, clothing, furniture and homeware, but will also feature a dedicated community space. Designed to bring people together, the community space will allow local residents to participate in crafting sessions, upcycling and other creative workshops and will provide a welcoming environment for individuals to learn new skills, connect…

Anglesey’s largest town is set to benefit from significant investment, as work to transform its main street gets underway. Part of the £22.5 million awarded to the Holyhead Regeneration programme in 2021/2 by UK Government (formerly Levelling Up Fund), the Townscape Transformation Project will invest in properties and empty buildings on Stanley Street. The overall aim is to increase footfall and attract further investment to the town. Recognised as one of the most deprived areas in Wales, the decline of Holyhead town centre, amplified by Covid and the cost-of-living crisis has been well-documented. Through this latest investment it is hoped…

A tasty opportunity to acquire a detached four bedroomed cottage with a huge garden is on the menu in the gastronomic border town of Abergavenny. The bustling Gwent market town attracts hordes of foodies to its world-renowned annual food festival and year-round to its covered market and theatre. Now, a rare chance to snap up a delicious cottage with extensive gardens, has been plated up by South Wales based Paul Fosh Auctions. Sean Roper, of Paul Fosh Auctions, said: “Cae Kenfy Cottage, on Monmouth Road, Abergavenny, is a truly wonderful property. With its large gardens it is an opportunity not…

Look forward to a magical day of world class, site-specific theatre, from established and emerging Welsh artists, performed throughout Carmarthenshire’s historic market town of Llandovery. Have you been in a café and cannot help but listen to the conversation happening next to you? Or how about going to the local chip shop and eating your meal whilst watching a play about Celtic mythology! Both of these are possible, and there are more diverse options to choose from, when you visit the first ever Heart of Wales Theatre Festival on Saturday, 28 September 2024. Llandovery is set to host an array…

An empty factory in Port Talbot could become the site of a new dialysis centre as part of a £70 million investment in South Wales renal services. Plans have now been submitted to partly demolish Stationary House in Acacia Avenue, Sandfields, ready to build the state-of-the art unit. Along with a dialysis centre currently under construction in Bridgend, the Port Talbot development will help relieve pressure on Morriston Hospital and means dialysis patients can be treated closer to home. Assuming the plans, which also include car park and landscaping work, are approved, it is hoped the centre will be ready…

Lovetovisit, the innovative online platform transforming how people discover and book leisure activities across the UK, has been named the Best Tourism & Leisure Start-Up of the Year at the 2024 National Start-up Awards. The Cardiff-born business beat 1600 competitors to secure the prestigious title, just months after winning the Welsh category earlier this year. The awards recognise the nation’s most promising and dynamic new businesses and were presented by Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE at the awards ceremony in Tring. Lovetovisit’s win is a significant milestone, underlining the company’s rapid growth and its disruptive impact on the UK’s domestic tourism sector. Founded in 2021 by twin sisters Alice and Georgia Aubrey, alongside tourism expert Fed Pereira, Lovetovisit was created to fill a clear gap in the market.…

Two seasoned Gower runners – Helen Nicholas, founder of Gower Unearthed, and her best friend, Sally Munro – are set to embark on a mammoth 200-mile journey from Oxford University Museum to Goat Hole Cave, Paviland, on the Gower Peninsula. This extraordinary run, beginning on October 20, aims to raise awareness of one of South Wales’ most significant archaeological treasures: the Red Lady of Paviland. Discovered in 1823 by archaeologist William Buckland, the so-called Red Lady is, in fact, an Ice Age hunter from around 33,000 years ago. Alongside the remains, a mammoth skull was also found, linking this discovery…

Tŷ Hafan’s first ever ‘A Walk to Remember’ event has, so far, raised more than £7,000. Last Saturday (14 September) Stol Coffee kindly provided the pre-walk coffees at Penarth Pier before a 28-strong group set off at dawn on the six-mile walk along the coastal path to Tŷ Hafan’s hospice in Sully. Tŷ Hafan’s Events Manager Jodana Weekley, said: “The weather couldn’t have been more perfect as we walked, talked and remembered our loved ones while the sun rose across the sea. “When we reached Tŷ Hafan, we were met by our wonderful volunteers who were on hand with hot…

A 25-year-old man has been jailed after attacking his ex-partner. Iwan Lloyd, of Derwen Deg, Ganllwyd, appeared at Caernarofn Crown Court last week, Friday September 20th, after admitting to assaulting his ex-partner. On July 5th Lloyd had been arguing with his ex-partner when he grabbed her by the throat and repeatedly hit her against the floor. He threw bottles of beer around the house and smashed them against the walls, damaging items inside the house. His partner later went to hospital which revealed a head injury caused by the attack. He was jailed for two years. He also received a…

A 19-year-old man from Swansea appeared before Winchester Crown Court last week (Thursday, September 19, 2024) after pleading guilty to terrorism offences and an assault that was motivated by and demonstrating hostility towards the victim based on her transgender identity. Alex Hutton, who has previously been convicted of offences under the Terrorism Act was arrested in November last year after South Wales Police received a report from a member of the public stating they had viewed a video on Hutton’s Instagram in which he claims to have kicked an unidentified person in the head. The video also contained far right imagery. Hutton…