Wales’ gold medal Olympic boxing champion, Lauren Price, has today added yet another accolade to her name after being crowned Olympian of the Year in the 2021 National Lottery Awards. Following Tokyo, Lauren Price, returned to Pontypool Amateur Boxing Club where her amazing trajectory towards Olympic stardom began. She was presented with the inaugural Olympian of the Year National Lottery Award by her grandmother, Linda Price – who Lauren hails (along with her late grandfather Derek Price) as one of…

Cardiff-based Coles Funeral Directors is going from strength to strength as it announces the opening of its second premises, the creation of between seven to ten new jobs and four award-nominations. The family-run business will be opening a second funeral home in Cardiff in October 2018 to better serve its growing customer base in the North of Cardiff. The old Barclay’s Bank on Heathwood Road, which was once a hub of the community, is finally getting its new lease of life…

      A doctor described by his colleagues as passionate, dedicated and a champion for stroke services in Wales has received the inaugural Welsh Stroke Excellence Award. Dr Hamsaraj Shetty, a consultant in Stroke medicine at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board picked up the first ever award at this year’s Welsh Stroke Conference. The new awards were launched for the 2018 annual conference and aims to recognise those practitioners in Wales who are providing high quality care to…

The show comes to Cardiff on the 5th May – here’s why you should see it   It’s been the UK’s official number one Tina Turner tribute for the past five years (as voted by the Agents Association of Great Britain), with a Lifetime Achievement Award under its belt and a hectic, fast-growing gig schedule right across the UK and into Europe to boot. The cast of ‘Totally Tina’ it seems, is definitely ‘better than all the rest’. Now seven…

Rachel Owen, a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Cardiac Rehabilitation from Cardiff in Wales has been highly commended for Leadership and Engagement in the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Alliance Awards, at the annual British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) conference in Manchester. The award, presented by Simon Gillespie, Chief Executive of the BHF which is a key supporter of the conference – recognised Rachel, 50, for demonstrating bravery, compassion and drive in her day to day work. In her role Rachel has shown…

Dr Sarah Curran, Reader and Principal Lecturer in Podiatry at Cardiff Metropolitan University’s Cardiff School of Health Sciences, has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy. Dr Curran is the first podiatry lecturer in the country to win the prestigious award. Dr Sarah Curran The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme, funded by the Higher Education Funding Councils for England and Wales and the Department for the Economy (DfE) Northern Ireland, recognises and rewards excellent learning and teaching. …

ST DAVID’S HALL has seen off competition from some of the most prestigious venues across the globe to be ranked in the Top 10 of the world’s best-sounding concert halls. According to leading media website Business Insider UK, the National Concert Hall of Wales offers superior sound quality to world-famous venues such as the Royal Albert Hall and the Sydney Opera House. Located in the heart of the Cardiff city centre on The Hayes, St David’s Hall finished ninth on…

WELSH businessman Stuart Barrow was invited to present a prestigious social care award at a ceremony at the House of Lords recently on July 13th. Stuart, who is managing director of private occupational therapy company Promoting Independence, presented the Handyperson Service of the Year Award at the Foundations 2016 award ceremony hosted by Lord Richard Best. Foundations is the national organisation for home improvement agencies across the UK and it seeks to share best practice and excellence, build a network…

After months of rolling, mixing, baking and tasting Pieminister has launched its two most popular Classics as gluten free pies. And proving that they taste just as great as their non-GF counterparts, both new pies triumphed in the 2016 British Pie Awards.Taking first place in the Free From Class, the Gluten Free Heidi was crowned Class Champion, making it officially the best gluten free pie in the UK. The Gluten Free Moo was also judged as one of the top three ‘Free From’…

Rant Media, Thud Media and Cube Kids enjoy success at the Cardiff ceremony Cardiff, 18th June 2016: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in Wales, BAFTA Cymru, announced the winners of the British Academy Cymru Games Award and four commendations. The ceremony, now in its fourth year, was held at the Tramshed as part of the Wales Games Development Show.   Pictured right: Host Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto from Torchwood) Rantmedia (pictured below) won the Best Game Award for…