Author: Rhys Gregory

The man who died near to Llandaff Rugby Club on Western Avenue, Cardiff, has been named as Stephen Bulpin, from Fairwater, Cardiff. Emergency services were called to the path alongside the rugby club at around 3am on Monday, March 18. Detectives are appealing for anyone who may have seen Stephen from Sunday afternoon into the early hours of Monday to please come forward. His death is being treated as sudden and unexplained at this stage. A postmortem examination is being carried out to establish the cause of death and Stephen’s family is being kept updated. Detective Inspector Bob Chambers, from…

New commercial units, bringing empty properties back into use and the restoration of an historic theatre are among the schemes set to breathe more life into Swansea’s High Street. An investment worth over £100m is ongoing to transform the street for the benefit of businesses, residents and visitors to the city. Schemes either ongoing or planned will follow on from the completion of other major projects on High Street in recent years including the first phase of Coastal Housing’s Urban Village development and improvements in and around Swansea Railway Station. Swansea University has also opened the Oriel Science venue on…

Pembrokeshire County Council has taken direct action to remove a lean-to that was built against a neighbour’s listed building without consent. Paul Mason built the lean to without planning permission or listed building consent from the Council contrary to section 43 of Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. As a result, the Council issued a Listed Buildings Enforcement Notice on June 17th 2021. The notice related to ‘the construction of a rendered blockwork outbuilding within the curtilage of 1, Newport Road, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, and the attachment of this building to the neighbouring property at 1, Glyn-y-Mel Road, Lower…

49-year-old Martin Padfield – an amputee of 24 years – can join in with his son’s football team again thanks to Welsh Government funded specialist Microprocessor Controlled Prosthetic knees Martin is one of 80 people across Wales who have had their mobility transformed by Microprocessor Controlled Prosthetic Knees (MPKs), since the £700,000 Welsh Government fund was launched two years ago. The funding was split across the three artificial limb and appliance centres (ALAC) located in Swansea, Cardiff and Wrexham. MPKs are a type of prosthetic knee, used by people who have lost a leg at or above the knee. It…

Savills Cardiff has announced four promotions within its multi-disciplinary office. The promotions, which took effect on 1st March 2023, are within the real estate consultancy’s Planning and Property Management teams. Chris Potts, head of Savills Cardiff, said: ‘I am hugely proud of the talent we have within our Cardiff business and therefore it is a great pleasure to congratulate Portia, Nick, Joel and Jake, who have seen their hard work recognised with new positions within their respective teams.’ The full list of promotions is below: Portia Banwell Planning Associate Director Nick Heard Planning Associate Director Joel Williams Property Management Associate…

The University of South Wales (USW) has announced it will continue its sponsorship of the ABP Newport Marathon Festival as official partner. The event, which takes place on Sunday 28th April, will see more than 6,000 runners take to the streets of Newport for the new-look festival of running, featuring all-new marathon, half marathon and 10K courses for 2024. USW has been a partner since the event’s inception in 2018 and its campus building on Usk Way has been an integral base for runners ahead of them setting off around the city. Dr Ben Calvert, University of South Wales Vice-Chancellor,…

Think about a faulty faucet dripping water. If you put a glass beneath it, eventually the glass will be full of water. This is the exact concept of crypto faucets. They are applications or websites that rewards users with coins for completing simple tasks. However, the crypto rewards earned are very little and just like the water drops require you to collect a good number for a tangible crypto amount. The concept of crypto faucets was first introduced in 2010 by Gavin Andersen — shortly after Bitcoin, which was largely unknown, went public. To create awareness and educate the general…

An adventure therapy programme is being developed for people using three services in Gwent to help their health and wellbeing, thanks to support from The National Lottery. The wellbeing team at Gwent Drug & Alcohol Service (GDAS) and The Outdoor Partnership have collaborated to secure the funding to engage people in a range of outdoor activities that offer personal challenge through exploration and discovery within a safe and well supported environment. Many of these experiences incorporate activities such as cold-water immersion and use of perceived risk, such as being at height, as a mechanism to remove participants from their day-to-day environment while…

Matthew Hirst and Declan Dear stormed to a fourth consecutive Get Jerky Rally North Wales win on Saturday with a breathtaking performance that saw them win each one of the event’s eight stages. The 27-year-old driver was untouchable in the world-famous forests of Dyfnant, Dyfi and Gartheiniog, taking his Ford Fiesta R5 to a sensational win and his fourth in a row at the Welshpool-based event. Blasting through the tricky conditions, which were made even more treacherous by persistent rain during the day, Hirst returned a faultless drive to win the Interclub section of the event by a staggering three…

The CIPD in Wales, the professional body for HR and people development, has recognised the top HR and people development talent in Wales at its 2024 Awards ceremony. The CIPD Awards in Wales held its seventh annual award ceremony at Cardiff City Stadium and with more entries than ever before, this year’s awards honour over 80 finalists across nine categories. The awards saw 14 exceptional organisations and nine outstanding individuals beat strong competition to take home the industry’s most coveted accolades, recognising the resilience and flexibility across Welsh HR teams during a trying period that has seen budgets tightened and…