Cardiff’s Willows High School has received more than 30 laptops from Circle IT, which has introduced a scheme to regenerate a range of IT consumables and donate them to local schools across South Wales. Cardiff Gate-headquartered, Circle IT, made the donation as part of its commitment to benefiting those in the local community and it’s now hoped that many of Willows 600-plus pupils will benefit from the opportunities the technology offers. The laptops will replace the aging IT desktop equipment…

Claire Gaffey, from Swansea, is the face of this year’s Memory Walk TV ad. Claire, 44, was delighted to be picked to front the charity’s biggest annual fundraising event and is excited for Memory Walk to return to her home city on Saturday 13 October. Claire said “I was over the moon – filming the ad was great fun. It really made me feel that I could do my little bit.” She was skiing in the Alps when she heard…

★★★★★ “A fine split between offence and actual brilliance – and Bianca treads it perfectly” GAY TIMES ★★★★★ “Prepare to have your sides split.” ATTITUDE MAGAZINE “On point and hilarious” HUFFINGTON POST THE BIGGEST EVER SOLO DRAG SHOW TO VISIT 13 CITIES INCLUDING GLASGOW, NEWCASTLE, BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, CARDIFF, DUBLIN, LONDON AND MORE TICKETS GO ON GENERAL SALE THIS FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER, 9AM Following two consecutive sell-out UK tours, including three sold out nights at London’s Eventim Apollo, comedy queen and…

This October, actress and TV presenter Lisa Riley is encouraging the UK public to dig out their pink glad rags for Breast Cancer Now’s flagship fundraiser, wear it pink, which takes place on Friday 19 October. Wear it pink, the UK’s biggest pink fundraiser which takes place during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, calls on supporters to ditch their everyday colours and pull on some pink to raise money for Breast Cancer Now’s life-saving breast cancer research. The fundraising event,…

“I’m lazy in every way apart from writing songs. I think I’m looking for the song that loves me back …” Ian McCulloch // Mojo August 2018 Bands rarely ever arrive as the full package. Some manage to achieve that status through a lot of effort and a bit of luck; often though, there’s a magical element that sits just out of reach. Echo & the Bunnymen were the full package – maybe the first band of my youth to…

Debenhams Cardiff store is on the hunt for over 95 new members of staff this Christmas to help deliver the perfect shopping experience and encourage shoppers to ‘do a bit of Debenhams’. The colleagues will work on the sales floor during the store’s busiest times including Black Friday, Christmas and the Boxing Day sales. Successful applicants will start mid-November and work until the beginning of January. Debenhams has a strong position in the gifting market with ranges across beauty, accessories,…

A talented young footballer who received a traumatic brain injury from an unprovoked assault is running the Cardiff Half Marathon for Cardiff & Vale Health Charity to say thank you to the staff at the University Hospital of Wales for saving his life. Kristian Speake was taken to the University Hospital of Wales following an assault in Haverfordwest in February 2018. Kristian tells us his story: “For 24 days I was in a coma on the Critical Care Unit at the Heath…

Staff working for Bellway Wales – which has its divisional head office in Cardiff – have raised and donated an amazing £12,745 for Cancer Research UK over the past two years. Fundraising events were organised by employees from the Cardiff office in St Mellons and the division’s developments across South Wales and Gloucestershire, with the totals raised by staff boosted by double match funding from Bellway’s head office in Newcastle upon Tyne. Further events are now already being planned for…

  Samuel Coles, 20, a stroke survivor from Cardiff is set to take part in the Step Out for Stroke fundraising walk in aid of the Stroke Association at Roath Park on 10 June.   The anatomy student is looking forward to meeting other young stroke survivors at the walk as he works to overcome the emotional effects of the stroke he had in just March.   Step out for Stroke walks will take place across Wales from May to…

Around 14,500 dog attacks have taken place on postmen and woman over the last five years , with over 2,400 in the last year alone Royal Mail’s fifth annual Dog Awareness Week launches today and runs from the 3 to 8 July 2017. It aims to raise awareness of the issue of dog attacks and encourage responsible dog ownership The number of dog attacks on postmen and women has fallen by 7% on the previous year to over 2,471. This…