Author: Rhys Gregory

Wales is set for a noticeably colder spell this week as temperatures drop and wintry showers move in, according to the latest Met Office forecast. After a bright but chilly start to the week, conditions will turn increasingly unsettled with some areas seeing sleet or snow over higher ground by midweek. Monday Most of Wales will enjoy a dry and sunny day today, though Anglesey and Gwynedd may see more cloud at times. It will feel cold despite the sunshine, with northerly winds easing through the afternoon.Top temperatures will reach around 8°C. Skies remain clear for many this evening and…

His Majesty, King Charles has officially opened the South Wales Metro Depot in Taff’s Well. Home of the South Wales Metro, the £100 million depot provides over 400 jobs and is where a fleet of 36 brand-new tram-trains will be stabled and maintained. The opening of the depot and introduction of the first tram-trains next year will continue the transformation of transport across South Wales. Transport for Wales is delivering the South Wales Metro, one of Wales’ biggest infrastructure projects. This includes electrifying over 170km of railway, allowing for the introduction of electric trains on the South Wales Valley lines…

SPECSAVERS is marking 40 years in Cardiff with a £1.1 million investment, opening a new store in St Mellons and completing a major refurbishment of its flagship Queen Street store. To celebrate the milestone, Dame Mary Perkins, co-founder of Specsavers, visited Cardiff to officially open the Queen Street store. The expansion strengthens Specsavers’ presence in Cardiff, ensuring more communities have access to high-quality eye and hearing care closer to home. The new St Mellons store comes following a £500,000 investment and has created nine new jobs, including two optometrists and a dispensing optician. The 1,800 square foot retail space at…

A North Wales pharmaceutical manufacturer backed by the Development Bank of Wales is accelerating its global expansion by launching two new products and unveiling plans to extend its global reach. Reacta Healthcare, based in Deeside, is transforming the way food allergies are diagnosed. It employs 80 people and their Oral Food Challenge (OFC) products, are shipped to over 300 clinical trials sites worldwide. Reacta Healthcare is recognised as the only OFC supplier working to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards and operating worldwide supplying global clinical trials. The company is extending its global footprint as demand for its pharmaceutical-grade, food allergy…

Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice has launched its new “Every Precious Life Appeal” which aims to raise £400,000 in just 60 hours. Donations made within the 60 hour appeal window, which will start at 10am on Sunday November 23 and finish at 10pm on Tuesday November 25, will be doubled thanks to a match-fund pot the charity has put together. Tŷ Hafan’s “Every Precious Life Appeal” focuses on stories of families who have experienced baby loss and who are being supported by Tŷ Hafan. Emrys Arthur was just 8 days old when he passed away on 14 March 2024 after he…

Exactly a decade after teaming up with MG Motor, Welsh car retailer Nathaniel Cars has sold its 20,000th new MG to establish the family business as the brand’s leading UK dealership. The landmark sale comes just ten years after the family-run business, founded in Bridgend in 1980, took on the MG franchise. Today, Nathaniel Cars has grown from a 43-strong workforce selling 1,000 new and used cars a year to a team of 200 people across four sites – Bridgend, Cardiff, Cwmbran and Swansea – with annual sales exceeding 8,000 cars. The relationship with MG began at a time of…

Monmouthshire Building Society has partnered with St David’s Hospice for the next two years to help raise funds for the charity. St David’s Hospice Care is a charitable organisation providing comprehensive, palliative care to patients, their families and carers facing life-limiting illnesses. It has become one of the UK’s largest providers of hospice at home care, caring for over 3,200 patients and families every year, serving communities in South East Wales (Newport, Caerphilly, Torfaen, Monmouthshire, as well as Mid and South Powys). The Building Society will take part in various fundraising events over the next 24 months to help raise…

Two women have rebuilt an essential community building after receiving a £50,000 grant. Denise Roberts and Helen Rodrick can continue their work transforming Pentre Comrades Club thanks to a substantial grant from the Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund. Sat in the Rhondda Valley, the club has been an important institution for the area for more than 100 years, with very few other options for the community to come together in a shared space. Denise and Helen met more than 30 years ago while working as barmaids and through the years began to take on increased responsibilities. Today, Denise…

Nationwide movement Walk for Wellbeing has reached an incredible milestone this year, raising over half a million pounds for UK charity Hospitality Action since its launch in 2020. This remarkable achievement celebrates the collective spirit of the hospitality community, who have come together in their thousands each year to help fund vital mental health and wellbeing support for individuals and families across the industry. Walk for Wellbeing has become a highlight in Cardiff’s hospitality calendar, uniting teams, friends, and families across the city to raise vital funds that support the mental health and wellbeing of people working in the industry.…

This Christmas on Saturday 27 December, the hallowed Tramshed presents MandideXMAS, an uncompromising night of drum & bass, jungle and hard tekno curated by the unstoppable Mandidextrous. With very special guest [IVY] and local firestarter Blondy, this is the only Christmas event at Tramshed where the tinsel comes off and the subwoofer comes on for a wholly alternative festive celebration. Mandidextrous is set to bring a decade-plus career of genre-bending intensity to Tramshed, fusing a set that is equal parts technical, nostalgic and annihilatingly dancefloor-driven. As founder of Amen 4 Tekno Records, releasing on such prominent imprints as Ram Records, and…