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Great British Bake Off star, Iain Watters announced as Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Charity Ambassador for this year’s BIG Bake   Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Charity is delighted to announce Iain Watters as the latest celebrity calling on the nation to ‘raise some dough’ for this year’s BIG Bake, to improve the lives of sick children in hospitals and hospices across the UK. Former Great British Bake Off star Iain, joins ‘Queen of Cakes’ Fiona Cairns in  encouraging the nation to…

Nationwide scavenger hunt launched to coincide with anniversary Flight Centre UK, the leading independent travel experience company, is celebrating another milestone in the month of November– its 20th birthday. In tribute to the landmark occasion, the group will be launching #20YearsofTravel – a scavenger hunt, spanning 20 days, running from the 2nd until the 21st November 2015, at multiple Flight Centre stores across the country, giving participants a chance to win £500 in gift vouchers daily. The digitally driven campaign will…

An exciting brand new winter attraction arrives in the city in November, with the opening of the Ice Kingdom Cardiff at Cardiff’s WalesOnline Winter Wonderland (Cardiff’s WOWW) – creating an ice phantasia in the heart of the capital that will appeal to all ages.     The Ice Kingdom Cardiff will run alongside the open air ice rink and fairground attractions from November 12 to January 3, and features numerous dynamic ice sculptures made from some 40,000kg of ice, all…

SAMPLE a taste of the sensational Spanish lifestyle as St David’s Hall gets transformed into sunny Spain for one night only for the breathtaking opera Bizet Carmen (Wednesday 11 November). The acclaimed Opera & Ballet International presents the hottest ticket in town as award-winning producer Ellen Kent brings the fiery passion of Spain to Cardiff with a host of international soloists, captivating chorus and full orchestra. Carmen features a brand new set encapsulating the awe-inspiring architecture of Seville complete with…

By James Staring, Fit to Last “Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believ’d” Daniel Defoe, The Political History Of The Devil, 1726 In the same way that death and taxes can be firmly believed, so can the fact that we are all getting older. Exercise and proper nutrition are not the panacea to stop the ageing process – nor are they the recipe for the fountain of youth.  However, exercise and proper nutrition are a…

By James Staring, Fit to Last  If you’re looking for a flatter tummy, or you want to shift some weight from your middle, then here are some tips that will help you torch your unwanted belly fat: 1.      Keep carbohydrates unprocessed and only eat them post-exercise Avoid carbohydrates that are refined i.e. white bread and pasta as these enter your blood stream much faster. They are also absorbed very quickly, and cause an insulin spike followed by a dip in…

  NEW RESEARCH REVEALS CARDIFF RESIDENTS’ FAIR WEATHER SOCIAL HABITS   Busy Cardiff-dwellers struggle to spend 45 minutes a day with family and friends – and spend over an hour a week less with friends and family than the average Brit Over a quarter say they ‘long’ to spend more time together One in five admit to fibbing to family and friends to get out of social occasions As the clocks change, the nights draw in and thoughts turn to…

World of Words (WOW) is a non-profit, social enterprise with a constitution and fundraising necessities. WOW empowers children via literacy and language. WOW responds to partnership schools that refer children in order to build confidence and self-esteem. WOW works with pupils for any number of reasons e.g. the children may be: Reluctant readers; underachievers; dyslexic; In need of verbal interaction with male company; needing focussed attention in smaller classes; infants moving up to junior level; pupils who can upgrade skills…

The Cardiff Pride of Place Project is giving visitors an opportunity to define where they live – and how they live – in the twentyfirst century, through research conducted in the spirit of ‘Mass Observation’. The exhibition opened with photos of Cardiff by The Caravan Gallery as a catalyst to get people talking. A selection of images from an open submission photography competition which asked What does Cardiff mean to you? also formed part of the opening display , with…

This week is the last chance for people in Wales to vote for the wild flower community project that they feel most deserves to receive £120,000 funding. Thousands have already cast their vote, but each project needs as much support as it can get to help realise its vision. The UK’s biggest ever seed sowing campaign, Grow Wild, will award the funding to one of three projects throughout Wales when voting closes at midnight on Sunday 1st November. Grow Wild is…