Author: Rhys Gregory

Total Fitness has invested in Wrexham with a major club refurbishment, creating brighter spaces, upgraded studios and brand-new equipment designed to support the health and wellbeing of the local community.   With new flooring, fresh finishes and modernised studios, Total Fitness Wrexham has been transformed into a welcoming hub. The headline addition is a brand-new Cardio Theatre, packed with the latest kit to meet growing local demand for variety and energising cardio workouts. Strength training has also had a boost with upgraded benches, specialist machines and exclusive new kit, ensuring members can train safely and effectively, no matter their experience…

Young people in South Wales have secured apprenticeships and enhanced their skillsets on a multi-million-pound development courtesy of a partnership between a leading construction firm and a major UK learning provider. Wynne Construction joined forces with Itec Training Solutions Ltd to offer hands-on work placements at its £25m Sunnyside Wellness Village project in Bridgend. And now aspiring construction workers are starting out on their career paths following spending time on the scheme, which consists of a new three-storey medical centre and 59 homes. One such beneficiary was 17-year-old Pencoed College graduate Alfie Delahay, who approached Itec after completing his STEAM Engineering Level 2…

Mae’r stori hon hefyd ar gael yn Saesneg – cliciwch yma i’w darllen. Mae Tîm Porth Gofal Cyngor Sir Ceredigion yn cael ei ehangu i leihau oedi i breswylwyr sy’n barod i adael yr ysbyty ond sydd angen cymorth gofal. Mae’r Cyngor wedi sicrhau £726,503 mewn cyllid rheolaidd o Gronfa Trawsnewid Llwybrau Gofal Llywodraeth Cymru, sy’n cael ei ddefnyddio i recriwtio staff gofal cymdeithasol ychwanegol a chryfhau gwasanaethau sy’n cefnogi rhyddhau cleifion o’r ysbyty yn amserol, osgoi derbyniadau i’r ysbyty a byw’n annibynnol gartref. Bydd y rolau newydd yn cynnwys gweithwyr cymdeithasol, therapyddion galwedigaethol, cydlynwyr, a chynorthwywyr gofal, a bydd rhai ohonynt…

This story is also available in Welsh – click here to read it. Ceredigion County Council’s Porth Gofal (Targeted Intervention) Team is being expanded to reduce delays for residents who are ready to leave hospital but require care support. The Council has secured £726,503 in recurring funding from the Welsh Government’s Pathways of Care Transformation Fund, which is being used to recruit additional social care staff and strengthen services that support timely hospital discharge, admission avoidance, and independent living at home. New roles include social workers, occupational therapists, coordinators, and care assistants, some of whom will be based directly in hospital settings…

Sacyr UK, the contractor building the new Velindre Cancer Centre (nVCC), recently welcomed more than 200 NHS staff for tours of the construction site. The visits, organised in partnership with Velindre University NHS Trust, brought together a diverse group of colleagues from across the organisation. Staff including doctors, nurses, radiographers, physicists, to IT and digital teams, innovation leads, charity staff, patient representatives and volunteers had the opportunity to see the nVCC up close. For many, it was their first glimpse of the state-of-the-art centre that will soon become their workplace. Opening in Spring 2027, the nVCC will deliver better outcomes…

Get ready for a night of twists, tension and dark laughs as Murder at Midnight brings its brand-new comedy thriller to Cardiff’s New Theatre from 4 to 8 November 2025. Following the success of Murder in the Dark, writer Torben Betts returns with another gripping and hilarious whodunnit, produced by the award-winning Original Theatre. The show features a stellar cast including Jason Durr (Heartbeat, Casualty), Susie Blake (Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, Coronation Street), Max Bowden (EastEnders) and Katie McGlynn (Coronation Street, Hollyoaks). They’ll be joined by Callum Balmforth, Peter Moreton and Iryna Poplavska, with Bella Farr and Andy…

Mae’r stori hon hefyd ar gael yn Saesneg – cliciwch yma i’w darllen. Mae staff y cwmni teithio a hamdden TUI wedi cynnal digwyddiad agor swyddogol yn eu swyddfeydd newydd yng nghanol dinas Abertawe. Maen nhw ymhlith y tenantiaid yng nghynllun 71/72 Ffordd y Brenin ar safle hen glwb nos Oceana. Mae wyth deg y cant o’r swyddfeydd yn y datblygiad bellach wedi’i osod a disgwylir cyhoeddiadau pellach am denantiaid dros yr wythnosau nesaf. Mae’r tenantiaid eraill sydd wedi’u cadarnhau hyd yn hyn yn cynnwys IWG a’r cwmni ariannol Futures First. Bydd lle i 600 o weithwyr yng nghynllun 71/72 Ffordd y…

This story is also available in Welsh – click here to read it. Colleagues in travel and leisure company TUI have held an official opening at their new offices in Swansea city centre. They’re among the tenants at the 71/72 Kingsway scheme located at the former Oceana nightclub site. Eighty per cent of the office space at the development is now let, discussions with potential tenants for all remaining space are ongoing, and further announcements are anticipated for the coming weeks. Other confirmed tenants so far include IWG and financial company Futures First. Developed by Swansea Council and part-funded by the Swansea…

Mae’r stori hon hefyd ar gael yn Saesneg – cliciwch yma i’w darllen. Ar ôl ymgysylltu â chymunedau lleol, bwriedir i wasanaethau trên gyda’r nos ar y Cambrian barhau i weithredu ar ôl newid yr amserlen ym mis Rhagfyr. Mae’r gwasanaethau canlynol wedi’u cynllunio i fod yn rhan o’r amserlen ar ôl newidiadau eleni: Dydd Llun i ddydd Sadwrn 20:26 Pwllheli – Machynlleth 21:47 Machynlleth – Pwllheli Roedd y gwasanaethau hyn i fod i gael eu dileu yn ystod misoedd y gaeaf ar ôl dangos nifer isel o deithwyr yn eu defnyddio dros y gaeafau blaenorol. Fodd bynnag, yn dilyn ymgysylltu cadarnhaol…

This story is also available in Welsh – click here to read it. After engagement with local communities, evening train services on the Cambrian Line are intended to remain in operation after the December timetable change. The following late evening services are planned to still be part of the timetable after this year’s changes: Monday to Saturday 20:26 Pwllheli – Machynlleth 21:47 Machynlleth – Pwllheli These services were due to be removed during the upcoming winter months after showing low numbers of passenger use over previous winters. However, following positive engagement and discussions between Transport for Wales and local community groups, the…