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Iconic American brand, Sailor Jerry, will be hitting the road once again for round two of The Ride. Kicking off on Saturday 2nd July, three bad-ass, bike building teams from across the UK will be tasked with a series of epic challenges and compete against each other on a hell raising journey of balls-to-wall riding. This year’s teams, hailing from across Great Britain, include Hackney Wick’s finest bike specialists, Kingdom of Kicks, Welsh motorcycle club and hot rod masters, FTH and 2015’s returning challengers, The…

Gig Of The Month Lionel Richie Liberty Stadium Swansea Legend is a word thrown around too easily today when describing pop stars but the legend that is Lionel Richie has more than earned the title and when he brought his show to Swansea Liberty Stadium on June 18th 27,000 fans got to witness The Legend at his very best. When I say very best that’s what you got, all the hits in one show, the night kicked off with Running…

FREE activities for kids! Thu 21st July – Wed 31st Aug Exotic animal encounter – Meet up to 35 exotic animals  (10am-4pm) Tue 2nd & Sat 13th Aug -Free face painting and glitter tattoos (11am – 4pm) Tue 21st, Mon 25th, Thu 28th July Fri 5th, Wed 10th, Tue 16th, Sun 21st, Tue 23rd, Fri 26th , Mon 29th August -Arts and craft sessions (11am – 4pm) Sat 23rd & Wed 27th July Wed 3rd, Sat 6th, Tue 9th, Fri 12th, Wed 17th, Fri 19th, Wed 24th, Sat 27th, Wed 31st August ***Free competition…

CALLING ALL CITIES: WIN UP TO £10,000 FOR YOUR LOCAL HIGH STREET •           Launch of the Great British High Street competition 2016 •           Last year’s competition had 230 entries and over 200,000 public votes •           New categories for individuals, including high street employees under 25 years old High Streets Minister Marcus Jones is calling on cities across the country to enter the Great British High Streets competition 2016. Now in its 3rd year, the competition celebrates the great work that…

Organisers of Venturefest have announced that the investment and collaboration event is set to return to Wales’ SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, for its third consecutive year on 28 September 2016.   This year’s Venturefest Wales event will focus on breaking through the common business barriers that Welsh business leaders and entrepreneurs have identified are holding them back, as well as bringing together investors with academics, entrepreneurs and innovators to create meaningful business partnerships. Having conducted market research to understand what Wales’…

Edwards Coaches of Llantwit Fardre, near Pontypridd have launched a campaign to encourage business owners and employees to wear red on Wednesday in show of their support for the Wales national football team, as they take part in their first ever tournament semi-final. Proud sponsors of the FAW, Edwards feel it is important to capture the nation’s emotions and bring everyone closer than ever by simply wearing the colour red. In France, the Welsh supporters have been dubbed the ‘red…

We are delighted that one of the Airmen in ‘Allo ‘Allo is being played by Tom Seymour. In the Second World War Tom’s father served as a navigator in the RAF. During that time he flew 17 missions over France. They involved both dropping supplies for the Resistance and dropping British Agents by parachute to serve alongside them. For this distinguished service in these secret missions Tom’s Dad was awarded Croix de Guerre. The photograph shows the medal being pinned…

We’re just under a week until our concert and all the last minute items on the To-Do list are gradually being ticked off. The choir and our soloists are sounding great and we’re looking forward to the big day. City Voices Cardiff have been around since 2008 and now have a membership of almost 180 singers who rehearse once a week working towards two main concerts a year in St David’s Hall. We are not a ‘traditional’ choral society but…

The search is on to find the UK’s most dog-friendly places, as the Kennel Club launches its Be Dog Friendly Awards 2016. The competition, now in its tenth year, is part of the wider Be Dog Friendly campaign which aims to break down barriers for man’s best friend by encouraging more businesses and public spaces to welcome dogs. With around 8.5 million dogs in the UK, and around one in four households owning a dog, the great British public are…

Public Health Wales is launching its fourth annual ‘Screening for Life’ campaign on 1 July to raise awareness of the free national screening programmes offered by the NHS. The month-long campaign is aimed at encouraging people from across Wales to take up free NHS screening. This year’s campaign will focus on raising awareness of all screening and look at breaking down barriers to screening which may affect a person’s decision to take part in screening or not. Throughout the month,…