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Women in Wales will benefit from a new cervical screening test that reduces the need for repeat smears. From May 31, women found to have very low level cell changes during their screening (smear test) will only be referred to colposcopy clinics if their test shows that they have the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) virus. HPV is a very common virus that most women will have at some point in their lives. Although it usually clears without symptoms or treatment, some…
A high-tech mission to uncover the secrets of our seas has revealed a ‘hotspot’ for marine wildlife off the southern coast of Wales. The mission saw an unmanned underwater ‘glider’ travel to an area around 50 miles to the south west of Wales called the Celtic Deep, which is a haven for wildlife but also an extremely busy shipping route and fishing ground. The glider travelled 600km in 30 days, undertaking nearly 3000 dives from the sea surface to the…
British Airways’ team of expert engineers at Cardiff has welcomed one of the airline’s 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft for the first time for planned maintenance. The aircraft recently arrived at British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC), the airline’s long-haul aircraft heavy maintenance facility in South Wales, for a planned 12 day ‘B’ check, conducted every three years. The in-depth inspection was successfully completed by a specially trained team of engineers and included emergency evacuation slide checks, engine ground runs, and…
Records have been set in 2015 for inbound visits with strong growth from Britain’s major inbound markets including the US and Europe and double digit growth from newer markets China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show stellar growth from China with visits up 46 per cent on 2014 to 270,000, and spend up 18% to £586 million, moving China into the UK’s top 10 most valuable inbound markets. Visits from…
“Some things are better out in the open”: Everyman Theatre is pleased to present a bigger, better and refreshed festival for the 2016 summer season taking place in Sophia Gardens from Thursday 23 June. The Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival has grown far beyond where the festival started in Duffryn Gardens in 1983 and even beyond its smaller origins in Sophia Gardens in 2013. It is part of Cardiff’s growing summer scene which last year was touted as “vital to…
Top Hair and Beauty Stars are announced Over 400 of the Welsh elite hair and beauty professionals gathered at the Mercure Holland House Hotel for a glamorous ceremony to recognise and reward the best in the industry on Sunday May 15. Thousands of nominations were received by the welsh public, who voted for their favourite hair and beauty guru’s. The third annual Welsh Hair & Beauty Awards has become a staple event in the industry calendar, which celebrates the amazing…
Sustainable transport charity, Sustrans Cymru is transforming part of a road in Cardiff to demonstrate how, with a little creativity and lots of colour, a regular street can be re-modelled to create an inviting space, where people choose to spend their time and children can be free to play safely. Sustrans Cymru’s first ever ‘parklet’ event, will take place on Tuesday 24th May from 10.30am – 1.00pm and will launch the charity’s new placemaking guide which shows that when designed well, streets have…
Commenting on a report issued this morning by the Wales Governance Centre, a spokesman for Vote Leave Cymru, has claimed that Wales would be better off after a Vote to Leave. He said: “Reports such as these ignore one crucial fact: there is no such thing as European money. It’s money that hardworking families have paid in taxes, and money which could be better spent locally. “In any case, we do not recognise these projections, and if the UK votes to…
Base + Barley, a sourdough pizza and craft beer restaurant located on Queen Street, Cardiff, has collaborated with local artist Nathan Wyburn to create a unique Manic Street Preachers portrait made entirely from pizza. With May 2016 marking the 20th anniversary of the Manic Street Preachers’ epic album Everything Must Go, the Base + Barley team wanted to do something to celebrate the success of one of their favourite bands. In the spirit of rock and roll, however, they wanted…
Brits’ green-fingered efforts wilt in national knowledge crisis wasting millions each year May 2016 – Brits are wasting an estimated £672m per year on their gardens according to new research out today by gardening experts Gardena. The excessive cost is a result of plants dying in the garden – a big problem for over two thirds (65%) of Brits. The research shows that this is due to a lack of basic gardening knowledge in the UK with a fifth simply forgetting…
