Author: Rhys Gregory

Wales is on course for a kaleidoscopic Christmas this year as tickets for the nation’s premier festive lights trail, Christmas at Bute Park, go on sale this week (June 27th). Visitors are in for a spectacular display at the 4th award-winning event, with a re-imagined route of all new installations created by a selection of world-class artists and designers on offer in 2024. Organisers have released an early sneak-peek of two illuminations set to appear at the event, both created by world class lighting experts. Leading the new sights on show, Mycelium Network is a huge, fibre-optic network of festive…

Nathan Turner, 34 from Maesteg was sentenced at Newport Crown Court on Friday June 22 to a total of 18 years in prison for multiple offences. Turner was convicted of the following offences: 1)Coercive and controlling behaviour 2)ABH 3)Criminal Damage 4)ABH 5)Pervert the course of justice 6)Rape 7)Rape At Newport Crown Court Turner was sentenced to 15 years in prison with three years extended for a total sentence of 18 years. He was also subject to an Indefinite Restraining Order, Forfeiture & Destruction of the defendant’s phone and had to pay a victim surcharge of £270. Police Constable Rebecca Gordon…

In the days when Sara Edwards’ great-grandmother farmed, agriculture had an informal network of mentors in the shape of her neighbouring farmers, sharing ideas and passing on knowledge. Three generations later and Sara sees the Farming Connect Mentoring programme as the modern-day equivalent. The former BBC journalist returned to Pantyfen Uchaf, her family’s 200-acre farm on the Carmarthenshire-Ceredigion border, to continue the work of her father, John Edwards. Throughout his many years of looking after the farm he has seen great value in agri-environment schemes, planting 2,000 native trees and managing 1.5 miles of riverbank along the River Teifi. Sara…

Wales’ first ever conference focusing on sustainability in the food and drink industry will be held on Wednesday 3 July 2024 at the All Nations Centre, Cardiff and will be open to all food and drink businesses and professionals in Wales. The Food & Drink Wales Sustainability Conference, which is being delivered by the Welsh Government’s Food & Drink Wales Sustainability Cluster, in collaboration with the Food & Drink Wales Insight Programme, will help businesses improve their sustainability in areas that matter most to consumers. Using an interactive mix of activities and networking opportunities, the event aims to increase business…

VISITORS are flocking to experience a series of thrill-seeking attractions, revamped facilities and special offers at a popular holiday resort. The White House Leisure Park in Towyn welcomes the public as well as owners and guests, who are all capitalising on a period of redevelopment over past months. Hundreds of people from across North Wales and beyond have taken on the new high ropes course and ‘The Jump’, adrenaline-fuelled activities which have added to the SF Parks portfolio. And with plans for an upgrade to Jakes family restaurant and pub – which feature an amusement arcade, a cinema room, spa…

RSPCA Cymru is appealing for information after an American Bulldog type dog was left abandoned outside its animal centre in Newport. The dog – named Kevin by staff – was left in a crate with no bedding, food, water or shelter. He was found outside the Hartridge Road centre last Monday (17 June), at around 7.40am. He was believed to have been left at around 7am. RSPCA Deputy Chief Inspector Gemma Black said: “Luckily he was found quite soon after he had been left – but understandably he was extremely scared and frightened. “It took the staff at the centre…

South Wales Police, serious collision investigation unit are continuing their investigation following a serious road traffic collision that occurred at 06:05hours on Friday the 3rd May 2024 on the A48 , St Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan. The collision involved a single vehicle, a green ford fiesta. A 20-year-old female was conveyed to UHW following the collision. She sadly passed away from her injuries on the 20th June 2024. She has been named as Helna Marie Siby from India. The family are being supported by specially trained officers and have released the following tribute: “Helna was an adored daughter, sister and…

Aberystwyth University research will benefit from being part of $30 million Bezos Earth Fund grant to make global food systems more environmentally friendly, in a global project led by Imperial College London.  Funding for the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein will help develop alternative food products that are economically and environmentally friendly as well as nutritious, affordable, and tasty. The new Centre will advance research into precision fermentation, cultivated meat, bioprocessing and automation, nutrition, and AI and machine learning. The Bezos Earth Fund is providing the funding as part of a $100 million commitment to developing sustainable protein alternatives and…

Temperatures will continue to rise this week, with a change to our weather expected on Thursday. Some areas of low cloud and patchy drizzle will persist around southwestern coasts, and the northwest will be cloudier with patchy rain. It will feel very warm in places, with maximum temperatures of 28°C in London and mid-20s across the eastern half of the UK. Overnight remained largely dry with cloud thickening in the far west and northwest though giving patchy rain. From today (Tuesday), patchy fog in the south will clear to leave a fine day with light winds and further warm spells…

A Cardiff man caught with a kilo of cocaine has been jailed. Shaho Fatah ran away from officers into undergrowth but his bid for freedom came to end thanks to police dog Alfie. Cocaine, worth between £23k and £32k, and around £1.5k cash, was found in the car Fatah was driving. Detective Sergeant Dominic Belotti, from South Wales Police, said:“Officers stopped a blue Range Rover SVR being driven by Shaho Fatah on Southern Way in Rumney during the early hours of Saturday, February 17. “He ran from the car into nearby undergrowth but was quickly located by a police dog…