Author: Rhys Gregory

Welsh Government funding for schemes throughout Wales will help support communities and alleviate child poverty, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Jane Hutt has said. The projects to benefit from funding support the aims of the Child Poverty Strategy which outlines how the Welsh Government will work with partners and organisations to tackle the issue. The Cabinet Secretary recently visited a project supporting Cardiff’s Somali community, which is one of many across Wales being funded by the Welsh Government’s Child Poverty Innovation and Supporting Communities Grant. The Empowering Somali Families project, which is led by Hayaat Women’s Trust on behalf of…

Wales’s Chief Plant Health Officer is asking all landowners, foresters and farmers to be vigilant for signs of Ips typographus. Also, known as the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus is a serious pest of spruce trees in Europe which was first identified in the UK in 2018. This year for the first time, we caught a very small number of beetles in a surveillance trap in Monmouthshire. Natural Resources Wales, in conjunction with plant health service partners, undertook swift investigations and have confirmed there is no evidence of an outbreak in the area. Recent findings in England have also…

The charity Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £10,000 for information given anonymously to them that leads to the arrest of a man in connection with an attempted murder in Cardiff. Elliot Fiteni, aged 23, is wanted following a violent assault which happened in Cardiff in July this year which caused serious injury to the victim.   Fiteni, who lives in Cardiff, is thought to have fled the area to avoid arrest.Please do not approach Fiteni. If you know of his whereabouts, in an emergency speak to the police directly by calling 999 – to stay anonymous or…

Hexarelin, a synthetic hexapeptide, belongs to a class of compounds referred to by scientists as Growth Hormone Secretagogues (GHS). This peptide has garnered increasing interest in the field of scientific research due to its potential impacts on various biological systems, suggesting numerous experimental and theoretical implications. By targeting specific receptors and influencing metabolic, regenerative, and hormonal pathways, Hexarelin is believed to hold the key to understanding certain physiological phenomena and may serve as a model for investigating broader biological principles. This article aims to investigate the mechanisms by which Hexarelin may interact with the growth hormone (GH) axis, its possible…

Several of Cardiff’s landmarks were lit up in purple this week to mark the start of City Hospice’s annual Light up a Life appeal and recognise the specialist palliative and end of life care the charity has been providing to the people of Cardiff for 40 years. The iconic locations across the city that turned purple included Cardiff Castle, Mermaid Quay, and Roath Park. The illuminations highlighted City Hospice’s Light up a Life appeal which aims to bring light and hope for people in Cardiff by remembering and celebrating the lives of loved ones in the lead up to Christmas.…

In its biggest simultaneous roll-out of funding rounds to date, Media Cymru has announced a bumper crop of funding opportunities for businesses, organisations and individuals working in the media sector in Wales, with a combined total of over £1.2 million available across five separate funds.  Following the successful funding of over 75 projects to date, the UKRI-funded Media Consortium has also unveiled two brand new funds designed to super-charge their fair, green and global ambitions to grow Welsh media innovation. The newly available funding opportunities follows news that Cardiff and surrounding cities Newport and Swansea make up a “creative cluster”…

Bluestone National Park Resort has this week launched a three-hectare solar farm which will power a third of the resort. The launch is a significant milestone for the holiday park – voted 3rd best in the UK for the second time running by Which? – and forms an integral part of Bluestone’s £30 million investment strategy to expand its facilities while championing sustainability projects to further protect and enhance the local area. The solar farm setup, with a lifespan of 40 years, aims to secure the long-term viability of Bluestone. Over a year, the solar farm is expected to generate…

GlobalWelsh, the non-profit Welsh diaspora organisation, has announced that it has relaunched its global hub in Ireland. Previously GlobalWelsh Dublin, GlobalWelsh Ireland is a ‘virtual’ hub led by long-time Dublin resident and businesswoman, Teresa Lewis. The hub will focus on growing and connecting the business diaspora network in Ireland and facilitating opportunities for mutual growth between Wales and Ireland. Through their shared Celtic history, Wales and Ireland are culturally and geographically very similar but economically very different, a factor making it a desirable destination for many Welsh people to emigrate. Ireland also has a long history of diaspora engagement success.…

Swansea Building Society has announced the launch of two new mortgage products available from October 1, 2024. These products are specifically designed for limited companies looking to invest in buy-to-let and holiday-let properties, offering flexible terms to support property purchases, remortgaging, and capital raising. The first product, the Limited Company Buy to Let Mortgage (LBTL60), is ideal for limited companies aiming to purchase, remortgage, or raise capital on residential properties to let. The mortgage offers a variable rate of 6.35%, which is 0.55% above the Society’s Base Rate, currently set at 5.80%. The product allows for loans ranging from £50,000 to…

Leading partnerships developer Lovell and Cardiff Council have hosted a ‘topping out’ ceremony, to celebrate the roof being installed on the first apartment block at the St Mellons Community Living Project, which will provide high-quality, independent living accommodation for older people. Situated on Crickhowell Road, on the site of the former Youth and Community Centre, the £17.2m development will deliver a total of 60 one and two-bedroom, self-contained apartments for social rent, that will be built to high sustainability standards, powered by a communal heating system and benefit from solar panels. The site will also be home to a wide…