The Capital FM Cardiff Bay Beach Festival is back and it’s bigger and better than ever – in a new waterfront location near Cardiff Bay Barrage – and packing even more attractions into the summer holidays. The new Beach Festival takes over the newly developed event site on Barrage Walkway that was used so effectively for the Volvo Ocean Race Village and will be home to the Beach from July 6 (4pm) for an expanded nine weeks of family entertainment…
‘Fearless’ competition forms part of a wider campaign to raise awareness of knife crime in South Wales Young people across South Wales are being given the chance to win a prize bundle worth over £250 by entering a talent competition launched by the charity Crimestoppers’ youth service, Fearless. Called ‘FAME by Fearless’, the competition is for 11-16 year-olds, and will be the third competition the charity has run in the UK, accepting entries from across South Wales from…
This August Bank Holiday (24–26 August 2018), Camper Calling returns for a third year as the perfect way to see out your summer. Set in the spectacular grounds of Ragley Hall in Warwickshire, Camper Calling boasts headline performances from the voice of the Spice Girls, Melanie C, indie rockers Feeder, and the Wirral’s very own The Coral, and is thrilled to announce the full lineup for the three-day extravaganza. The three superbly curated stages will be home to a wildly…
Comedian and Children’s Author David Walliams named Judge of the 10th National Young Writers’ Awards
The National Young Writers’ Awards is set to return with a bang as world renowned best-selling children’s author David Walliams has been named judge for 2018! The competition, organised by tuition provider, Explore Learning, has been running for ten years and has inspired hundreds of thousands of children across the UK to put pen to paper and give writing a try. The theme for this year is ‘Heroes’ where children are tasked with writing a 500 word story…
Patisserie Valerie opened their second store in Cardiff on Tuesday 13th February 2018. The popular cake shop and continental café, which is renowned for being a true haven of self-indulgence opened their new store on Queen Street, making this their second store in Cardiff and fourth in South Wales. This is therefore, the brand’s next step towards their expansion strategy of opening 20 new stores annually. Patisserie Valerie currently operates 155 stores across the UK and the Republic of Ireland,…
Rewarding excellence and originality in contemporary watercolour painting 18 – 23 September, Mall Galleries, London Now in its 30th year, The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition is the largest and most prestigious prize for contemporary watercolour painting in the UK. Whether it be through abstract or figurative, contemporary or traditional, the competition aims to celebrate and redefine the beauty and diversity of watercolour and water-based media. Eighty-seven works have been selected from a total of 1057 submissions by a panel of…
O’NEILL’S IS HOSTING A COMPETITION TO FIND THE NEXT BIG THING IN MUSIC – AND YOU’RE INVITED! If you love discovering new acts, hidden talent and listening to live music, O’Neill’s Sound of Summer is your chance to do just that. This is the ultimate nationwide battle of the bands, coming to a venue near you. One band will win an incredible prize package including £6k, a slot in the Jaegerhaus at a UK leading festival, as well as enough…
This week, 16 of South Wales’ food and drink makers met Morrisons at an event in the region in an attempt to gain a place on the supermarket’s shelves. Morrisons announced the search for local suppliers in February after research found that customers want to see more food and drink made and produced ‘just down the road’ from their communities. More than 70 producers from across Wales applied to take part in the regional programme. The best 16 suppliers were…
The Swansea Triathlon took place on Sunday 28th May, in Swansea with almost 1000 athletes starting the race. This is a sprint triathlon where athletes swam 750m in the SA1 dock, cycled 20k on closed roads around the city centre and ended their race with a 5k run crossing the finish line in Castle Square to great crowds of supporters. The top 3 male winners of the Swansea Triathlon were Alex Matchett with a time of 55 minutes and…
Award-winning actor Bill Ward, who left ITV’s Emmerdale in a murderous exit this October, is to star in the next thrilling stage adaptation of multi-million selling author Peter James’ Not Dead Enough. Appearing alongside Laura Whitmore and Stephen Billington, Bill Ward will play Peter James’ famous literary Detective Superintendent Roy Grace from Tuesday 18 April 2017. The show is coming to Cardiff on Tuesday 13 June 2017. As well as his 3 year run and a recent explosive exit from his role…
