BBC’s Rip Off Britain recently filmed Daniel Williams as he’d been refused to be picked up over a 100 times by Uber drivers because he has a guide dog. The programme is aired today and will also be available on i-player shortly after broadcast.Here’s the link to view online: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000krg6 Photo: Zodiac guide dog and owner Daniel Daniel has written the following poem – Zodiac and me! I love you more than I could have ever imagined, We met, we…
Digital Cities Cardiff is back from 1st to 5th April 2019, with a packed week of events for people in the creative industries and tech sector. We have top speakers, practical digital production skills workshops, business insights, entrepreneur advice and commissioning opportunities. For more details and to book tickets please go to: bit.ly/digicitiescardiff Follow #DigiCities and @BBCAcademy for updates. Monday April 1st: · Creative & Cultural Skills National Conference: A UK conference on widening opportunities for people to get into the…
In the early hours of the 14th of February 1988 a young woman is murdered in an unlit, empty flat above a betting shop at number 7 James Street in Cardiff’s docklands. Any murder is shocking but this one… particularly unsettling. Twenty-year-old Lynette White had been subjected to a vicious and frenzied knife attack. A team of 50 detectives set about the hunt for her killer. That investigation led not only to one of the UK’s most notorious miscarriages…
The serious business of comedy will be one of many contemporary topics under discussion at this year’s Creative Cities Convention, hosted by top journalist and Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark. After its highly successful inaugural event held in Leeds last year the convention’s second outing, on Monday April 1 and Tuesday April 2 at the wonderful Royal College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, is shaping up to be a full house of industry leaders and a packed programme of…
Members of BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) – including a former ice hockey player – joined ice hockey team the Cardiff Devils yesterday at the Viola Arena to give a special performance of Bolero, ahead of BBC NOW’s Bolero: Viva España concerts in Cardiff and Swansea this week. Ahead of the Cardiff Devils’ game in Cardiff Bay last night, sixteen members of BBC NOW took to the ice to perform a piece of music, which is synonymous…
Amazon bosses apparently either don’t know or don’t care about the appalling health and safety record in their Swansea warehouse. A total of 84 serious health and safety incidents at Amazon’s Swansea warehouses have been reported to the Health and Safety Executive since 2015/16, a GMB Union investigation has revealed. This was the second highest number of reported incidents for Amazon warehouses in the UK. According to RIDDOR reports, workers have been hit by moving objects, hit by fixed objects,…
Are you a fun-loving family looking to get healthier but struggling to find ways that work for you? A brand new BBC1 show is on a mission to help us all live better with quick & easy fixes. KEO Films is widely regarded as the UK’s top independent production company with a long history of making award-winning documentaries. Notable awards to date include BAFTAs for Hugh’s Fish Fight (about trying to protect our oceans) and Welcome to Lagos, as well as an Oscar nomination for Exit Through…
Three major Cardiff employers have received Credit Unions of Wales Awards for helping to improve the financial health of their workforce. Cardiff Council, Cardiff Bus and the Cardiff-based offices of Legal & General were honoured for supporting the welfare of their staff by encouraging them to access a range of affordable financial services from their local credit union. All three companies received their awards from BBC broadcaster Jennifer Jones at a ceremony in The Pierhead, Cardiff Bay on International Credit…
BBC Countryfile Magazine are inviting readers to send in their suggestions of the very best of the British countryside for the BBC Countryfile Magazine Awards 2019. Nominations open from today, giving the people of Wales the chance to celebrate the counties’ mighty landmarks, outstanding national parks, beautiful nature reserves and finest rural pubs. This year there will also be a new category – Village of the Year – which is sure to be hotly contested. Place your nominations at www.countryfile.com/awards….
BBC Gardeners’ World magazine have announced the shortlist for the People’s Choice Award 2018 – which includes a garden in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan. Launched earlier this year, BBC Gardeners’ World magazine’s Garden of the Year competition, sponsored by Flight Centre, asked readers to nominate their private gardens to win the coveted accolade. Nearly 500 entries were whittled down to a shortlist of 11, from which Wayne Amiel’s Jamaican inspired South London garden was named the Judge’s Choice. Now, all…
