Agriculture

Farmers are being warned not to jeopardise European subsidy payments or face heavy court fines by cutting down too many trees on their land. Over the past two years, six cases of suspected deforestation involving farmers have been investigated. The trend has prompted a call for farmers to steer clear of trouble by checking with [...]

Animals

Dog walkers on Benllech beach were given a free pack of dog poo bags on Wednesday when the sun shone over the Easter break. Taking the lead in organising the event was PCSO Iona Beckmann with the Isle of Anglesey Waste Management Team, Tidy Towns and Gareth Owen, Keep Wales Tidy. “Over the winter months [...]

Arts

Are you an individual looking for studio/workshop space to develop a new business or community enterprise idea, or are you an existing early stage creative business which has been trading for less than two years? Do you have an existing link to Aberystwyth University (as a student / member of staff / alumni) or does [...]

Business

A green energy pioneer from North Wales is in the running for two top awards. Gareth Jones has been short-listed for Young Director of the Year for North Wales in the Institute of Directors Wales Awards and also nominated in the Renewable Energy Association Awards for the UK as Installer of the Year. His Carbon [...]

Charity

The charity Christian Aid shows God’s love in action across the world, and churches should be proud to support it – says the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon. Bishop John Davies is urging all churches in Wales to make an extra effort to highlight the work of the charity during Christian Aid week which started [...]

Children / Young People

Monmouthshire County Council has launched a new website offering parents and carers free, impartial and comprehensive advice on childcare, nursery admissions, local support services and lots of other vital information. Set up by the council’s Family Information Service (FIS), the website – www.monfis.org.uk – is aimed at all parents, carers and families across the county [...]

Community

A ground-breaking education project to help people mental health problems is in the running for a major award. Coleg Harlech WEA’s Open Minds project is short-listed in the Inclusive Practice Category of the Gwobrau Colegau Cymru 2012 (Colleges Wales Awards 2012). According to Project Manager Sarah O’Connell Jones, the scheme is proving a big hit [...]

Crime

South Wales Police has launched a murder investigation following the death of a man in the Roath area of Cardiff earlier today. The incident happened in Claude Road at around 2.45am on Saturday, April 28. Police wish to trace a man who was seen in nearby Oakfield Street at around the time of the incident. [...]

Dance

Continuing the season of live broadcast ballets at Theatr Mwldan this spring we are delighted to bring you the latest production from The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. La Fille Mal Gardee screens live in HD via satellite to Mwldans screen at 7.30pm on 16th May. Ever since it’s triumphant [...]

Disability

Deaf and hard-of-hearing people in North Wales can enjoy the latest movie blockbusters thanks to a cinema’s backing for Deaf Awareness Week. The Odeon, at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham, already screens at least three subtitled films a week. During Deaf Awareness Week, May 7-13, the cinema will increase the number of screenings [...]

Drama

Extra audition dates have been announced for Strictly Come Dancing star Russell Grant’s upcoming showbiz spectacular. The well-known TV personality is searching for budding divas to take part in his latest production with Coleg Harlech. The concept of the show, Strictly Divas, is not only to uncover new talent but also to offer potentially life [...]

Education

The school family of Ysgol Dyffryn Iâl is celebrating a very positive Estyn report which says the school’s strengths outweigh the areas for improvement. Estyn has rated the school’s teaching standards, care, support and guidance and pupil’s well – being as “Good” and says the valuable church links contribute to successful spiritual and moral standards. [...]

Emergency Services

Porthcawl RNLI lifeboat crews were paged to launch on three occasions during Sunday 22 April. The most serious of the incidents involved an experienced kite surfer who was being dragged out to sea at Newton after he lost control of his board and got the kite wires tangled around his leg. The RNLI crew who [...]

Employment

Welsh Conservatives have called for clarity over the First Minister’s call centre jobs mistake. His announcement of 600 new jobs in Cardiff – made as Wales prepared to enter a local election campaign – has now been called a ‘misunderstanding’ by the company itself, Firstsource. It is reported that the ‘vast majority’ of the jobs [...]

Environment

Farmers are being warned not to jeopardise European subsidy payments or face heavy court fines by cutting down too many trees on their land. Over the past two years, six cases of suspected deforestation involving farmers have been investigated. The trend has prompted a call for farmers to steer clear of trouble by checking with [...]

Exhibitions

The notorious prisoner known as Coch Bach Y Bala, has escaped from Ruthin Gaol, but local residents need not worry, as the escape is all part of the tenth birthday celebration of the Gruelling Experience attraction. During the week there have been various sightings of Coch Bach (real name John Jones), attempting to escape from [...]

Faith

The charity Christian Aid shows God’s love in action across the world, and churches should be proud to support it – says the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon. Bishop John Davies is urging all churches in Wales to make an extra effort to highlight the work of the charity during Christian Aid week which started [...]

Fashion

A shopping centre was transformed into a giant catwalk as Wrexham became the fashion capital of the UK for a day. Crowds of shoppers clapped and danced along to the music as the professional models strutted their stuff at Eagles Meadow, showing off the latest fashion trends. Wales’ top style expert and popular S4C television [...]

Festivals

The sounds and flavours of Africa and the Caribbean Islands came to Bangor last week. Organisers of Kaya Festival, a new music festival coming to the Vaynol Estate, Bangor, 1–3 June, are working closely with Coleg Menai to provide significant work experience placements. Festival organisers want to leave a positive economic footprint from the festival [...]

Film

A new stage version of an Oscar nominated film is brought to life this month, as ‘ELWYN’ is performed at   Mwldan, Cardigan  on 15th May at 7.30pm. Directed and adapted by the renowned director Michael Bogdanov, ‘Elwyn’ is a hilarious tale of two men adjusting to living in the outside world, after years spent in [...]

Food and Drink

It’s the world’s most popular meat, but with a reputation that has kept it off most local dining tables. Until now. Goat meat is now becoming a firm favourite with customers of the favourite fishmonger of the world’s biggest band, U2. According to Tim Wooldridge, the owner of Tim’s for Fish at the Eagles Meadow [...]

Health

Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar has called for assurances over the future of accident and emergency services at Glan Clwyd Hospital. The calls came following the publication of a Welsh Government report which revealed plans to reduce the number of hospitals providing 24/7 consultant-led accident and emergency services in Wales. The Welsh NHS is currently [...]

Heritage

The notorious prisoner known as Coch Bach Y Bala, has escaped from Ruthin Gaol, but local residents need not worry, as the escape is all part of the tenth birthday celebration of the Gruelling Experience attraction. During the week there have been various sightings of Coch Bach (real name John Jones), attempting to escape from [...]

Housing

This month a new role has been established within Tai Ceredigion for a Supported Housing Co-ordinator. Emma Cave will manage and monitor the day to day delivery of the housing related support service for the elderly and vulnerable; whilst ensuring adherence to the government Supporting People programme’s aims and objectives. As part of her role [...]

Humour

After slipping on a wet floor and banging his head on a door frame, Balisdon born Barry Dishcloth now believes he is Welsh. The 24 year old hairdresser has shamed his family and friends by professing his ‘true nature’ as a Welshman. Barry told us: “When I came round I had an unstoppable urge to [...]

International

Dr Jasmine Donahaye from Swansea University has recently written a book which examines the long history of Welsh interest in Palestine and Israel. The book, entitled ‘Whose People? Wales, Israel and Palestine,’ published by University of Wales Press asks searching questions about the relationship that Wales has with the Israel-Palestine situation. Surveying Welsh missionary writing, [...]

Language

Swansea University are pleased to announce that they wish to appoint five new Welsh language medium academic staff. The posts, which have been funded by Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol are part of their national programme to increase the amount of academic staff who teach through the medium of Welsh. Swansea University wish to appoint applicants to [...]

Leisure

Flintshire County Council has publicised details of the road closures that will take place during the two hours the Olympic Torch Relay travels through the County on 29 May. The Torch will be carried first through Connah’s Quay, starting at about 4.10pm on the B5126 Mold Road near its junction with Ffordd Llanarth, downhill to [...]

LGBT

Education Minister to launch an investigation after Catholic Education Service urges schools to support anti equal marriage petition. Welsh Education Minister Leighton Andrews confirmed last night that he would be launching an investigation after the Catholic Education Service wrote to its schools urging them to support an online petition opposing equal marriage. “We are pleased [...]

Literature

On Thursday 10 May at a star-studded event at Theatr Brycheiniog in Brecon Literature Wales announced the nine English and nine Welsh-language titles to have reached the Wales Book of the Year Award 2012 Short List. This year, categories are introduced for the first time. Three titles have been short-listed in each three category: Poetry, [...]

Local Government

Steve Thomas CBE, WLGA Chief Executive said: “We welcome the findings in the Estyn Report published today and we fully acknowledge that there is a problem. Welsh councils are committed to putting the educational needs of children and young people within their communities first. The issue of surplus school places is indeed a major challenge [...]

Media

An S4C drama about world famous actor Richard Burton has been awarded one of the highest accolades of the Celtic Media Festival. The feature length drama Burton: Y Gyfrinach?, produced by Greenbay Media, was awarded The Jury Award in a ceremony on Friday night, 20 April. This special award is given for quality of production, [...]

Music

After hundreds of entries and three incredible nights of live music at The Globe, folk, roots band  Rusty Shackle have won The Big Gig 2012. They put on a blistering performance which just pipped the flamboyant funky indie pop of Palomino Party. The banjo plucking maestros from Monmouthshire will now join Brit Award winner Emeli [...]

People

The Leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the Assembly, Andrew RT Davies AM, has challenged the First Minister to admit that political motives were the driving force behind the decision not to press ahead with a badger cull. It follows the resignation of a scientist from the government’s TB eradication board this week. In his [...]

Politics

Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar has called for assurances over the future of accident and emergency services at Glan Clwyd Hospital. The calls came following the publication of a Welsh Government report which revealed plans to reduce the number of hospitals providing 24/7 consultant-led accident and emergency services in Wales. The Welsh NHS is currently [...]

Retail

A Swansea city centre café was this week the scene for a summit meeting of the European heads of one of the world’s most iconic brands. National directors for Coca-Cola from several European countries were at The Gallery restaurant in the city’s Quadrant Shopping Centre for a special meeting. Those present included Hubert Patricot, President [...]

Seniors

Wales’ favourite food to share with family, friends and loved ones is pasta – that’s according to Age Cymru. The charity asked its 2,800 Twitter followers to nominate their favourite dish to share ahead of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations on 3 June. Nia Butler from Age Cymru says: “Age Cymru is a lead partner [...]

Sport

Wrexham Assembly Member, Lesley Griffiths, has spoken of her pride in Wrexham Football Club’s achievements on and off the pitch this season, despite the club narrowly missing out on a place in the playoff finals at Wembley. Having finished second in the Blue Square Premiership, Wrexham narrowly missed out on automatic promotion, despite an impressive [...]

Technology

A “nap app” designed by Cardiff-born IT expert Matthew Nifield to ensure his twin daughters enjoyed a goodnight’s sleep has been downloaded more than 250,000 times worldwide since it was launched last year. Matthew, 33, who now lives in Silicon Valley, California, put together a range of 50 sounds on the colourfully designed White Noise [...]

Tourism

The readers of Which? Magazine have given a top rating to the National Botanic Garden of Wales. A survey of more than 4,000 subscribers of the Consumers’ Association’s magazine saw the Carmarthenshire attraction rated at 79%, based on overall satisfaction and the likelihood to recommend. This put it level-pegging with the Eden Project in Cornwall [...]

Transport

The recently commenced work to link the M4 at junction 23A near Magor and Newport’s Queensway is expected to be completed early next year.  The majority of the work on the new link – the Steelworks Access Road – will involve upgrading and reconstructing the existing dual carriageway adjoining the Llanwern site and will have [...]

WAG

Welsh Conservatives have called for clarity over the First Minister’s call centre jobs mistake. His announcement of 600 new jobs in Cardiff – made as Wales prepared to enter a local election campaign – has now been called a ‘misunderstanding’ by the company itself, Firstsource. It is reported that the ‘vast majority’ of the jobs [...]

Anglesey

At 52, with two redundancies behind him, Colin Williams would not have thought a colourful new career was on the horizon. But Colin, from Bangor, is now hoping to set up his own business working with stained glass thanks to an employment project run by Coleg Harlech WEA. The Intermediate Labour Market (ILM) project pays [...]

A planned new footpath on Anglesey will take walkers on a journey back through time – all the way to 860 million years BC. In those days, Anglesey was part of what we now know as Antarctica and the island is still on the move – at a rate of three centimetres a year towards [...]

Blaenau Gwent

TARGET is a not-for-profit theatre initiative based in South Wales, that works to encourage individuals to get involved in the performing arts through classes, workshops and projects. We offer innovative and exciting arts projects for participants, usually in association with a local or national charity. Over the last few years, we have run a number [...]

Her Majesty The Queen will join parishioners for two church services as she tours Wales to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee this week. The visit will begin on Thursday at Llandaff Cathedral when The Queen will join 600 people for a national service of thanksgiving for her 60-year reign. Then on Friday Her Majesty and The [...]

Bridgend

A major donation from construction materials company, Lafarge is helping Eisteddfod organisers keep ‘on track’ in the build up to this year’s festival.  Through a partnership between Lafarge’s cement works at Aberthaw, and its stone quarry at Ewenny near Bridgend, the company is donating over £10,000 worth of stone for the construction of the road [...]

Porthcawl RNLI lifeboat crews were paged to launch on three occasions during Sunday 22 April. The most serious of the incidents involved an experienced kite surfer who was being dragged out to sea at Newton after he lost control of his board and got the kite wires tangled around his leg. The RNLI crew who [...]

Caerphilly

Labour AM Jeff Cuthbert has welcomed prospective Assembly legislation that will give the Welsh NHS power to recover the costs of treatment for asbestos-related diseases. Fellow Labour AM Mick Antoniw will introduce a draft bill to the Assembly next week that seeks to redress years of suffering by people who have worked with asbestos and [...]

Last week two Caerphilly residents launched their Speak to a Million to Raise a Million charity initiative at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay with the help of local AM Jeff Cuthbert. Louise Kirton and Jamie Pritchard plan to travel the length and breadth of Wales to raise million pounds for charity one pound at a [...]

Cardiff

After hundreds of entries and three incredible nights of live music at The Globe, folk, roots band  Rusty Shackle have won The Big Gig 2012. They put on a blistering performance which just pipped the flamboyant funky indie pop of Palomino Party. The banjo plucking maestros from Monmouthshire will now join Brit Award winner Emeli [...]

Parishioners in Llandaff raised a record £14,000 over six weeks to help homeless teenagers in Zimbabwe. The Dean of Llandaff, John Lewis, thanked those who supported the Cathedral’s Lent Appeal this year for the Tariro Project – a church-run charity in Harare which gives youngsters the chance of a home and an education. He said, [...]

Carmarthenshire

A rare scarlet bloomer at the National Botanic Garden of Wales has flowered on what has been a big weekend for ‘scarlets’. This striking Banksia coccinea (or ‘Scarlet Banksia’) has burst into bloom the same time that Scarlets legend Stephen Jones played his last game for the club. The record-breaking former Wales captain bowed out [...]

The readers of Which? Magazine have given a top rating to the National Botanic Garden of Wales. A survey of more than 4,000 subscribers of the Consumers’ Association’s magazine saw the Carmarthenshire attraction rated at 79%, based on overall satisfaction and the likelihood to recommend. This put it level-pegging with the Eden Project in Cornwall [...]

Ceredigion

On Monday 14 May 2012, the new National Plant Phenomics Centre, which features the most advanced research greenhouse in the UK, was formally opened at Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences. The new Centre (http://www.phenomics.org.uk/) is a Biotechnology and Biological Research Council (BBSRC) supported national facility and has been developed at a [...]

This month a new role has been established within Tai Ceredigion for a Supported Housing Co-ordinator. Emma Cave will manage and monitor the day to day delivery of the housing related support service for the elderly and vulnerable; whilst ensuring adherence to the government Supporting People programme’s aims and objectives. As part of her role [...]

Conwy

Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar has called for assurances over the future of accident and emergency services at Glan Clwyd Hospital. The calls came following the publication of a Welsh Government report which revealed plans to reduce the number of hospitals providing 24/7 consultant-led accident and emergency services in Wales. The Welsh NHS is currently [...]

Taxpayers are forking out £63k every year on empty Welsh Government buildings in Conwy and Denbighshire, according to figures obtained by Darren Millar. There are nine buildings in Conwy and Denbighshire currently owned by the Welsh Government but not being used, including a building in Conwy which has been empty since 2002. Responding to a [...]

Denbighshire

The school family of Ysgol Dyffryn Iâl is celebrating a very positive Estyn report which says the school’s strengths outweigh the areas for improvement. Estyn has rated the school’s teaching standards, care, support and guidance and pupil’s well – being as “Good” and says the valuable church links contribute to successful spiritual and moral standards. [...]

Ysgol Gynradd Llandrillo are celebrating their Estyn inspection report which praises the “happy, friendly ethos”, that exists at the school. The current performance of Ysgol Gynradd Llandrillo is good with adequate prospects for improvement. The Inspection states:  “In the Foundation Phase, pupils are making good progress in their literacy skills. Pupils’ oral language is good [...]

Flintshire

Children, young people and services from across the county took part in Flintshire’s Respectfest ’12 recently, at Elfed High School. The event focused on encouraging respect within schools and communities and celebrated the work going on in Flintshire in line with the Welsh Government’s Anti-bullying guidance ‘Respecting Others’. Respect is a core value at Elfed [...]

Flintshire’s Countryside Rangers say that the waters in Wepre Park, Connah’s Quay reached new heights recently, following the prolonged and heavy rain. After the severe wet weather, rangers and volunteers spent four days repairing the damage that had been caused. Senior ranger Gilly Seddon said: “Waters reached a height that regulars using the Park have [...]

Gwynedd

The sounds and flavours of Africa and the Caribbean Islands came to Bangor last week. Organisers of Kaya Festival, a new music festival coming to the Vaynol Estate, Bangor, 1–3 June, are working closely with Coleg Menai to provide significant work experience placements. Festival organisers want to leave a positive economic footprint from the festival [...]

Gwynedd Council’s Exercise Referral Scheme Team has a very good reason to celebrate after being awarded the title of ‘Exercise Referral Scheme Team of the Year’ by Fitness Wales, which is the governing body for exercise and fitness in Wales. The award acknowledge the excellent work done by the National Exercise Referral schemes (NERS) throughout [...]

Merthyr Tydfil

Officers at South Wales Police hope dramatic CCTV footage taken from a Merthyr betting shop which was recently targeted by thieves, will encourage people to come forward with valuable information. On Monday (April 16), at around 1.45am, a local man called the police when he was awoken by the crash of a vehicle as it [...]

A digital campaign to promote some 30 local parks, open air museums and gardens across South Wales was launched at Cyfarthfa Park in Merthyr Tydfil last week (Friday 2 March 2012). This is a joint initiative between Capital Region Tourism (CRT) and Southern Wales Attractions Partnership (SWAP). At the touch of a button now, members [...]

Monmouthshire

All of us associate Monmouthshire County Council’s register office in Abergavenny with births, marriages and deaths but how many of us are aware that the premises are also used to welcome new British citizens? Becoming a British citizen is a significant event and is celebrated in a meaningful way.  Since January 2004, all adults wishing [...]

The recently commenced work to link the M4 at junction 23A near Magor and Newport’s Queensway is expected to be completed early next year.  The majority of the work on the new link – the Steelworks Access Road – will involve upgrading and reconstructing the existing dual carriageway adjoining the Llanwern site and will have [...]

Neath Port Talbot

As plans for this year’s Real Nappy Week get underway, Neath Port Talbot Council has teamed up with Waste Awareness Wales to encourage local parents to join the growing numbers using ‘real’ cloth nappies on babies. Real Nappy Week is an annual event between 16th and 22nd April and aims to show how reusable nappies [...]

Whilst some parts of the UK have been hit with snow recently, Neath Port Talbot Council is ensuring it has sufficient salt storage for future cold snaps. The Council, for many years, has kept a salt supply in a depot at Margam to deal with its winter maintenance programme. However this storage facility was owned [...]

Newport

The recently commenced work to link the M4 at junction 23A near Magor and Newport’s Queensway is expected to be completed early next year.  The majority of the work on the new link – the Steelworks Access Road – will involve upgrading and reconstructing the existing dual carriageway adjoining the Llanwern site and will have [...]

What would a Roman cook make for Come Dine with Me? Find out with your hosts at the National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon on Bank Holiday Monday 7 May, 11am-4pm and sample some Roman-style food, learn ancient recipes and find out more about fascinating Roman cooking techniques. Watch the four hosts as they set out [...]

Pembrokeshire

How did a shy Welsh minister’s daughter become a booze-soaked, foul-mouthed, fading Hollywood star? The fascinating story of the outrageous actress Rachel Roberts, wife of Rex Harrison, is tackled by playwright and Welsh BAFTA-winning actress Helen Griffin, in the latest production from the Torch Theatre Company. Directed by Peter Doran and co-written with actor/playwright Dave [...]

A 10m yacht, which ran aground east of the Valero oil refinery jetty on the Milford Haven Waterway, was towed to safety by RNLI Angle’s inshore lifeboat on Saturday (7 April). The lifeboat was launched at 3.16pm, at the request of Milford Haven Coastguard, and her volunteer crew found that, although the tide was making, [...]

Powys

On Thursday 10 May at a star-studded event at Theatr Brycheiniog in Brecon Literature Wales announced the nine English and nine Welsh-language titles to have reached the Wales Book of the Year Award 2012 Short List. This year, categories are introduced for the first time. Three titles have been short-listed in each three category: Poetry, [...]

The peaceful town of Brecon will be a rainfall of voices next Thursday night as four renowned poets take to the stage at Theatr Brycheiniog. The evening will be a celebration of the power and the pull of words. Not only will there be readings from Wales’ Children’s Poet Laureate (Bardd Plant Cymru), Eurig Salisbury, [...]

Rhondda Cynon Taf

First Minister Carwyn Jones today refused an invitation by Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood to condemn the £102,000 a year earned by the Labour leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf council. Leanne Wood raised the issue in questions to the First Minister less than a week after it was revealed that Russell Roberts raked in the [...]

Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood was given a tour of the Otley brewery as part of her local government tour of Wales. The AM for South Wales Central was shown around the Cilfynydd-based microbrewery by company director Nick Otley on an afternoon that also saw her campaigning in Pontyclun, Talbot Green and Ynysybwl.  She was [...]

Swansea

Swansea University are pleased to announce that they wish to appoint five new Welsh language medium academic staff. The posts, which have been funded by Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol are part of their national programme to increase the amount of academic staff who teach through the medium of Welsh. Swansea University wish to appoint applicants to [...]

A Swansea city centre café was this week the scene for a summit meeting of the European heads of one of the world’s most iconic brands. National directors for Coca-Cola from several European countries were at The Gallery restaurant in the city’s Quadrant Shopping Centre for a special meeting. Those present included Hubert Patricot, President [...]

Torfaen

Even the tiniest clues can be crucial in a crime scene investigation.  A team of budding scientists from Coleg Gwent recently tested their attention to detail with a ‘crime scene’ of their own. Making sure they left no stone unturned, Level 3 Forensic Science students from Coleg Gwent’s Pontypool Campus gathered and examined ‘evidence’ from [...]

Coleg Gwent is getting set for a range of taster sessions, events, open days and workshops taking place between 12 and 20 May 2012 for Adult Learners’ Week, a UK-wide initiative to celebrate the benefits of learning. Throughout Wales, ‘Learning Festivals’ have been planned for communities by local learning providers to highlight the wealth of [...]

Vale of Glamorgan

A major donation from construction materials company, Lafarge is helping Eisteddfod organisers keep ‘on track’ in the build up to this year’s festival.  Through a partnership between Lafarge’s cement works at Aberthaw, and its stone quarry at Ewenny near Bridgend, the company is donating over £10,000 worth of stone for the construction of the road [...]

With less than three months to go before this year’s Eisteddfod, the semi-final interviews for the Welsh Learner of the Year competition will be held in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan over the next few days.  Interviews will be held over a two day period and with some competitors taking part over Skype, because [...]

Wrexham

Parishioners will pray for people called to lead the church at special services across Wales on May 20. Ministry and Calling Sunday focuses on people thinking about becoming or training to be priests in the Church in Wales. The day is part of a wider drive by the church to seek out its next generation [...]

Wrexham Assembly Member, Lesley Griffiths, has spoken of her pride in Wrexham Football Club’s achievements on and off the pitch this season, despite the club narrowly missing out on a place in the playoff finals at Wembley. Having finished second in the Blue Square Premiership, Wrexham narrowly missed out on automatic promotion, despite an impressive [...]