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28/06/2016

Efail Isaf Village Stores & Post Office, located in the Welsh village of Efail Isaf, has been successfully sold by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. Situated 10 miles north of Cardiff, the store had been owned and operated by Owen and Joanne Morris for the past 11 years who decided to sell to enable them to retire from the retail industry and pursue other interests. The store was marketed at a freehold price of £300,000 and has the…

28/06/2016

We are delighted to announce that hmv Cardiff will be reopening on Friday 1st July in its new location at 41 Queen Street. Cardiff has always been a very important city for hmv, where we have been trading successfully as the home of entertainment for over thirty years. The original store was opened by Bananarama and Saxon in 1983, and once also hosted a signing by US rock legends Kiss. The store then moved to its second location in 2004,…

28/06/2016

Cardiff’s House of Sport is to host Kidz to Adultz Wales – one of the largest, free Welsh events dedicated to children and young adults up to 25 years with disabilities and additional needs, their families and the professionals who work with them in Wales. Figures state that just over 15,000 people in Wales are living with a learning disability, and over 76,000 people with a physical or sensory disability. Over 95+ exhibitors will assemble at House of Sport on…

28/06/2016

  With the Wimbledon Championships now under way, and tennis fever in the air, Local Tennis Leagues will soon be starting around Wales to enable players of all standards to play competitive matches on local courts. Local leagues are taking place in the following areas from July: Flintshire:  closing date for entries – 11th July, starting on 14th July; Cardiff: closing date for entries – 4th July, starting on 7th July; Swansea: closing date for entries – 18th July, starting…

28/06/2016

‘Names on a Plane’ is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity from the RAF Museum for everyone to be a part of the RAF’s history. The Royal Air Force Museum has created an exciting new campaign which offers members of the public the opportunity to have their name written on the wings of an RAF Red Arrows Hawk Jet that will fly throughout the Red Arrows’ 2017 display season. For one spectacular season of air shows and celebrations, the underside of one of…

28/06/2016

Liverpool FC legend and Sky Sports Pundit Graeme Souness is the latest sporting legend to star in a sports dinner at the Vale Sports Arena on Friday November 4th. The former Liverpool FC player and 5 times Champions League winner is another huge name to hit Penarth Vale Sports Arena joining Robbie Fowler, Didi Hamman and Jason McAteer, Paul Gascoigne and current champion of the world and Hollywood actor Tony Bellow. Guests will enjoy a 3 course meal, Q and A, speeches, auctions and much more in a fun and enjoyable…

28/06/2016

As football fever hits Wales due to the national side success at Euro 2016, a festival of football hit Cardiff as teams from across Wales, from Penarth, Cardiff, Barry and far afield such as places like Swansea, Ceredigion, Gwent and Pembrokeshire ascended on Cardiff Arms Park, the home of Cardiff  Blues. The non competitive festival aimed at U6 to U11 age groups saw over 180 teams and 1900 children taking part in the prestigious football festival played under the FAW…

28/06/2016

New research from the British Army indicates that young people in Cardiff are keen to be given greater opportunities to develop and demonstrate their leadership skills. Leadership was seen as one of the skills most valuable to employers (39 per cent) and almost half of Millennials in Cardiff want to manage and lead people, yet: just under one third of Millennials say they lack leadership skills one in eight have never exercised leadership in their lives before 66 per cent…

28/06/2016

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales perform a concert to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. Conducted by Adrian Partington, the concert will feature music by George Butterworth, Francis Purcell Warren, Gordon Jacob and Albert Roussel who all served or died in the Battle of the Somme. The concert also features music written in memory of the fallen, by Herbert Howells and Delius. George Butterworth and Francis Purcell Warren joined the infantry and fought at the Battle of…

27/06/2016

Today Cardiff’s Mayor Monica Walsh participated in Gumtree’s Upcycling Revolution bus tour in Churchill Way. She was given a full tour of the bus as well as taking part in an activity with celebrity upcycler and designer Max McMurdo of Dragons Den and Channel 4.    She commented ‘It’s’ a wonderful thing Gumtree are doing here and very creative. Teaching young people a way forward and how to look after things instead of throwing them out.’ To celebrate the second year of the Upcycling…