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03/03/2017

Relate Cymru offers tips for deepening your friendships In a UK-wide study looking at the state of social relationships, people living in Wales were the most likely to report having good relationships with their neighbours – 67% or two thirds.*   People living in London were the least likely to report good relationships with their neighbours (52%). A report on the study’s findings, You’re not alone – the quality of the UK’s social relationships, was released this week by national charities…

03/03/2017

Do you have some spare time and want to do something enjoyable, rewarding and inspiring? The Positive Steps project needs volunteers across South Wales to support older people over the age of 50 to regain and maintain their independence. British Red Cross and Royal Voluntary Service charities are working together to enable individuals to take charge of their situation and, with support, become more independent and live more fulfilled lives. Whatever your age, you’ll find volunteering will change your life…

03/03/2017

On the 8th February, the staff and students from St David’s College came together for a charity fashion show in order to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust. While the event was organized by Enterprise Champion Liane Wigley, staff and students also helped a great deal to make the evening a success; from the marketing department who designed the posters and ticket, the canteen staff who helped with refreshments, and the students who ran their own stalls selling things…

03/03/2017

This spring, don your Easter bunny outfits, hop to Cardiff’s Revolution and get the party started with a shot of the new egg-citing limited edition Easterserve. Named the Chocolate Egg Vodka, this creamy, sweet treat promises to add a little more temptation to 2017’s chocolate-fuelled celebrations.   The 31st offering from Revolution’s iconic Handcrafted Flavours vodka range, this ultra-sweet and gooey Chocolate Egg Vodka is the perfect cheeky tipple served straight, available from 31st March whilst stocks last, so hurry up…

03/03/2017

The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod partners with Australia’s Gold Coast Eisteddfod once again to offer the 2017 Voice of Musical Theatre competition winner a 10,000-mile trip down under (Entries to close on Friday 3rd March 2017). The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod has partnered with one of the world’s biggest cultural festivals for the second year running, to offer musical theatre hopefuls the chance of winning a trip of a lifetime. The winner of the 2017 International Voice of Musical Theatre…

03/03/2017

LONG SHOTS will be produced by Matthew Doman (Doctor Who, Kerb Crawlers) and Rosie Vaughan (Urgent Assistance Required, Larrikin Productions) and the opening episodes are to be directed by James Plumb of Mad Science Films (Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection, Kerb Crawlers) from a script by writer Lucas Eisele. Cinematography will be handled by Tom Barker. Principal photography begins on 11 March 2017. Set in the ever evolving, ever stressful Welsh Film Industry, this is the story of four…

03/03/2017

CITY legal firm Clarke Wilmott has hired the first apprentice ever to be based at its Cardiff office in line with a call from Wales’ leading training provider for businesses to ‘think apprentice’ in 2017. Chris Matthews, 18, joins Clarke Wilmott’s administration team as the first candidate to be recruited as an apprentice into the national firm’s Cardiff office, which provides a broad spectrum of legal services for both individuals and business clients. Chris, from Whitchurch, fulfilled plans to access…

01/03/2017

CARDIFF’S own Capital City Jazz Orchestra return to St David’s Hall on Thursday 9 February for another exciting evening of jazz and swing. Plus, this time they are coming back with very special guest Bobby Shew! The internationally acclaimed American trumpeter’s CV reads like a who’s who of jazz over the last 50 years. After leaving the Army, Bobby joined Tommy Dorsey’s band and then played with the Woody Herman and then the Buddy Rich Big Bands in the mid…

01/03/2017

UNDEFEATED boxing legend Joe Calzaghe is back in front of Cardiff crowd for one night only at St David’s Hall on Saturday 11 March. But hurry as there are only limited tickets remaining to spend an evening with a genuine great of the squared circle! Starting at 8.30pm, the boxing icon known as ‘The Pride of Wales’ will share analysis and anecdotes from his astonishing pro career which came to a finale in 2008 with 46 wins, no losses and…

01/03/2017

  This St. David’s Day, Rebecca Evans joins BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales to celebrate Wales’ patron saint at St David’s Hall.   The Welsh soprano, with up and coming artists tenor Joshua Owen Mills [originally from Neath] and violinist Charlie Lovell-Jones, celebrate Wales’ rich cultural heritage with the music of Sir Karl Jenkins, Paul Mealor, Ivor Novello, Morfydd Owen and Joseph Parry. Winner of the Urdd National Eisteddfod’s composer medal and one of the most promising young…