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The Last Call St David’s Hall Friday 15 May 7.30pm Mary Black’s Final Farewell Tour! IRELAND’S national treasure Mary Black will bid an emotional farewell to her Welsh fans at St David’s Hall next Friday (15 May). After more than 25 years in the spotlight, the much-loved Dubliner has made the difficult decision to hang up her touring boots. But she believes behind a staggering legacy of 11 acclaimed albums, which have all reached Platinum status and spawned countless hits….

Students from around the world are set to have their accommodation paid for through the world’s first crowd-funded scholarship. Since university fees were raised following the last general election, some students have found the cost of university out of their reach. With UK uni fees set to remain high regardless of who makes it to number ten, help is arriving in the form of the ‘Living the Dream’ scholarship from the fastest growing online booking platform for student accommodation, Uniplaces. The new…

B Fit PT tackle hypertension, a condition responsible for nearly 13% of deaths worldwide.     With May 17th being World Hypertension Day, B Fit PT is putting the focus on helping people reduce hypertension. According to the World Health Organisation, over a billion people worldwide suffer from hypertension. Hypertension is defined as either having abnormally high blood pressure or being in a state of great psychological stress. Uncontrolled high blood pressure increases people’s risk of both heart attack and stroke so it is…

Residents in Cardiff spend nine hours each day connected to the web Residents would give up chocolate, alcohol and sex before broadband connection Average resident has three web-connected devices According to a survey of 500 consumers in Cardiff, the average resident is spending nine hours of each day online. Hyperoptic, the UK’s leading Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband provider, commissioned the research to get insight into local web habits. Such is Cardiff’s love for connectivity that residents confess they would rather sacrifice…

MARITIME CHARITY REMEMBERS WARTIME CONTRIBUTION WITH NEW FILM May 2015 Seventy years after the guns fell silent in Europe, a national maritime charity is marking VE Day (8 May) by launching a new video looking back at the work it undertook during the Second World War, and how its role has changed in the years since. During the six years of conflict the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society gave financial support to thousands of shipwrecked survivors; not just sailors but soldiers, airmen,…

Survey reveals top regions and cities for housing market optimism  Research released today has revealed fresh insight into regional property trends across the UK*. Overall, people in southern areas are much more positive about their prospects of buying a house with 33% saying things are better, or much better, than a year ago. This figure drops to just 25% in the north, on average, and 24% in the east. The cities with the most positive outlook are London (22% are…

Vodafone would like to highlight that an increasing number of University students are being duped by mobile phone fraudsters using financial incentives, into handing over their personal data so that multiple phone contracts can be taken out in their name. This ongoing scam is losing students thousands of pounds, affecting their long-term credit rating and risking them a criminal record. On average, each claim is around £5k and 6 contracts are being taken out against each student’s details – this…

MAY promises to be another action-packed month at St David’s Hall with a dazzingly diverse programme featuring everything from side-splitting stand-ups to stunning solo artists! Art-rock legend Bryan Ferry reels off the hits from his solo career to a sold-out Cardiff crowd on 11 May – he may even throw in a few Roxy Music classics too! Likewise, there’s not a seat left in the house for Texas (5 May), who will give intimate performances of the very best from…

Aspiring Welsh tennis players enjoyed success in early pre-season tournaments nationally and internationally across various age groups. At the International Tennis Federation (ITF) event in Malta, Welsh U18s had a week to remember. Cardiff-based Matt Story reached the semi-finals in the male singles while Ricky Tong, also from Cardiff, secured a well-earned place in the quarter-finals. And after their exploits in the singles, Matt Story and Ricky Tong teamed up to take the boys doubles title in dramatic fashion. Also…

A lifelong Manchester United fan has supplied artwork for the recently opened Hotel Football Old Trafford, after GG Hospitality director, Gary Neville spotted his work on Twitter. Welsh artist Neil Roberts, aged 32, from Caernarfon, has designed a one-of-a-kind timeline featuring football superstars. The artwork lines the stairway to the Old Trafford Supporters Club and the main hotel stairway leading to the Player’s Lounge and Stadium Suite conference and event spaces. Neil’s artwork compliments the 70 pieces supplied by students…