Welsh Folk group Calan bring their World Premiere tour of a musical adaptation of children’s story “The King, The Cat & The Fiddle” to schools across Wales this April-June. Following the performance’s success at St David’s Hall, Cardiff on April 22nd and 23rd, Calan will continue to tour their interactive musical show this week starting at Riverbank special school, Cardiff on Monday 25th April and ending the week in Heronsbridge Special School, Bridgend on the Friday. The tour continues into…

Manchester United FC legend Andrew Cole was recently in the Vale of Glamorgan starring in a Sports Dinner held at the Vale Sports Arena in Penarth supporting PG10 Coaching to raise funds for their junior players tours to Barcelona FC and Ajax FC   Hundreds of guests where given opportunities to learn about Cole career, achievements and stories from a successful professional football career for club and country.   Guests learnt about the treble winning season with Manchester United FC, his time at…

The ‘Oscars’ of the fish and chip industry have launched today (Tuesday 3 May), marking the start of a nine month hunt to find the UK’s best fish and chip businesses.   Casting the net further than ever before, The 2017 National Fish & Chip Awards are calling on major city centre fish and chip businesses to get their entries in – hoping to hoping to ‘hook’ some from Cardiff.   Now in their 29th year, The National Fish &…

Millions of elderly Brits are not getting the care they need from their own relatives, according to a new study.   Researchers questioned 2,000 adults with elderly relatives, both living alone and in care homes, revealing 52 per cent in Cardiff admit they are NOT giving them the care they need.   57 per cent said they feel guilty about their elderly relatives – with 49 per cent claiming “living far away” was an obstacle and 19 per cent claiming…

The Lord Mayor of Cardiff and The Honorary Consul of France in Wales hosted a fundraising reception in support of The Alliance Française de Cardiff and Velindre Cancer Centre. 80 guests recently attended a French evening at Mansion House and enjoyed a Franco-Welsh buffet, wine and French classical music including singing, harp and flute performed by students of Cardiff University School of Music. A wine sampling of the French Centre “Carte des Vins” (Wine Menu) took place and Saturday’s guests…

Community groups in Wales  are being invited to enter an award scheme which last year gave out £5,000 to the country’s good causes. Ten Welsh based community groups were amongst those celebrating at the end of last year after local supporters helped them secure £5,000 of funding from Skipton Building Society’s Grassroots Giving Scheme. The winners were chosen by public vote after being shortlisted from over 1,000 community organisations across the country. Now in its fourth year, Grassroots Giving was…

Ombudsman Services received 619 energy complaints from residents of Cardiff last year 385 complaints about telecoms also received   Residents in Cardiff made 335,000 complaints about products and services last year1, but more than 515,000 issues were ignored.   According to data compiled by Ombudsman Services, the sole provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) for the energy industry, residents made over 619 complaints about their energy suppliers alone, up 7 per cent from 2014. The company also recorded a further…

After celebrating another record breaking season with thousands of junior players participating in football activities and over a hundred children progress to join professional football clubs.   PG10 Coaching the FAW/UEFA football accredited football provider which has development centres across Wales and also linked and endorsed by Premier League giants Everton FC, have announced its plans for its academy status for the 2016/2017 season.   From next season PG10 will play its home games at the new Vale Sports Arena in Penarth on…

Swansea is the UK’s panic attack hotspot, followed by Wolverhampton, Cardiff, Glasgow and Birmingham, according to a new study into panic disorders, involving 3,000 UK adults.   The research, conducted by a team headed by panic disorder specialist Dr. David Sinclair, founder of bcalm, also revealed:   The majority (52%)* of us will have at least one panic attack in our lifetime (that’s more than 46 million panic attacks happening in the UK every year, or 120,000 panic attacks per…

Wales’ first Organic Beauty Salon opened its doors in Cardiff last month. Luna Organic Beauty Boutique is an eco friendly ethical organic beauty and holistic therapy boutique and is the accumulation of over a decade of work by founder Samantha Davies. Luna Organic Beauty Boutique will be holding a launch party on Wednesday the 27th April 2016 from 6pm – 8pm. Cardiff born Samantha is a passionate advocate for sustainable, eco-luxe beauty treatments and following the personal need to avoid harmful and artificial ingredients…