WAIT UNTIL DARK is set amidst the social turbulence of 1960s London and follows the story of Susy, a blind woman (played by blind actor Karina Jones) who, left alone in her apartment, becomes the victim of an elaborate scam hatched by a group of conmen. Left to fend for herself, Suzy eventually finds a way to turn the tables on the conmen and give them a taste of life in the dark. Frederick Knott, best known for writing Dial…
Pupils and staff from St Teilo’s Church in Wales High School, located in Llanedeyrn in Cardiff, have joined forces to show their respect to the fallen Service men and women by decorating their entire school with poppies. Each year the school creates remembrance displays, and this year the whole school has been transformed. Students across the age range have individually prepared one poppy with each petal containing a prayer, thought or reflection. When making their poppies, children considered the examples…
On Monday 13th November, Rugby star and captain of the British & Irish Lions Sam Warburton will be at hmv Cardiff from 12pm to sign copies of the new documentary The British and Irish Lions: Uncovered. The documentary gives an in depth look into the England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales rugby teams on their tour of New Zealand to go head-to-head against the mighty All Blacks. Feel the tension in the coaches’ box on match day as the Lions bounce…
Workers from the Taff Vale Railway who died in the First World War are now honoured at one of Wales’ busiest stations, and historians are seeking further information from descendants. The hand-written Roll of Honour on a wall at Cardiff Queen Street station lists all of the TVR company’s employees who served in the Great War. Those who died are denoted with a mark beside their names. Now Arriva Trains Wales, Network Rail and information project HistoryPoints have placed…
Dame Esther Rantzen, the well-known journalist, TV presenter and Childline founder has launched this year’s charity partnership between the NSPCC Cymru / Wales and Cardiff’s Winter Wonderland, the city’s principal festive attraction (cardiffswinterwonderland.com). Dame Esther was visiting NSPCC projects in Wales and met with Winter Wonderland operator Norman George Sayers at their local HQ to discuss fundraising and NSPCC events at the rink. Dame Esther said: “Cardiff’s Winter Wonderland is going to be raising money for the NSPCC and Childline, which…
Help for Heroes film shows bond between fundraising grandmother and former soldier she helps support
A grandmother who has fundraised more than £40,000 comes face to face with a former soldier whose life she has helped to transform in a video released today to celebrate the bond between Help for Heroes’ beneficiaries and its supporters. The film sees passionate fundraiser Dorothy Garrett, 72, meeting 30-year-old Mike Matthews, who tells of his struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a result of being seriously injured when the vehicle he was driving hit a roadside bomb in…
One hundred years ago on November 10 1917, the third battle of Ypres ended in a small Belgium village called Passchendaele and on Friday morning, November 10 2017 a unique new play commemorating the end of WW1, written by children from Thornhill Primary School, Heol Hir, Cardiff called Armistice Cantata will be premiered at Chapter Art Centre in Canton, Cardiff. On the same morning pupils from Rhydypennau Primary School with older people from the near-bye Goldies session at Rhydypennau Library will…
Year 2 pupils from Marlborough Primary with Rebecca Keatley Year two pupils from Cardiff’s Marlborough Primary School have played a starring role in the launch of a national competition as children’s TV presenter Rebecca Keatley descended on their classroom. Rebecca, who is famous for her role in CBeebies Let’s Play, teamed up with gas emergency and pipeline service, Wales & West Utilities, to launch Get Creative, Be Safe – a competition to raise awareness of the dangers of carbon…
Commendatore Antonio Carluccio OBE 19th April 1937 to 8th November 2017 It is with great sadness that Commendatore Antonio Carluccio OBE sadly passed away on the 8th November 2017. Commendatore Antonio Carluccio was an OBE, OMRI and a much loved and respected Italian cookery writer, cook, restaurateur, food expert and loved TV personality, he was regarded as the Godfather of Italian cooking. Raised in the rural North West of Italy, Antonio had a rare and privileged breadth of culinary knowledge. Antonio was appointed Commendatore…
Cineworld is once again supporting BBC Children in Need with special screenings of the hugely popular BBC Children in Need Rocks the 80s concert which will be screened in 49 Cineworld cinemas across the UK on Monday 13th November at 8:30pm. BBC Children in Need Rocks the 80s is a spectacular concert featuring a star studded line up of artists performing some of the biggest hits of the 80s, those taking to the stage include; a-ha, Bananarama, Boy George, Erasure,…
