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Blood cancer charity Bloodwise has joined forces with UK auction house Classic Car Auctions to launch this year’s Big Welsh Car Show, taking place in Margam Country Park on Sunday 18 September.   The specialist auction house, which is the official sponsor of the classic car show, wants to raise funds for the charity and is appealing to generous vintage car dealers to donate a car. This would be auctioned in December, with all of the money raised from it…

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 &…

Monkey Shoulder has officially launched the third annual Ultimate Bartender Championship in the UK giving the country’s most kick-ass bartending talent the chance to roll up their sleeves and show off their skills that pay the bills.   The unconventional Scotch whisky brand is encouraging bartenders to rip up the rulebook and forget everything they know about traditional bartender competitions as the one-of-a-kind championship launches for the third year running.  The 2016 Championship will have more regional heats, a final…

Welsh councils reported a 30% fall in the weight of landfill over the last three years and now the launch this month (April) of SkipAdvisor, a free iPhone app for people planning home improvement projects, aims to further reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.    Developed by Constructing Excellence in Wales (CEW), a Welsh Government supported initiative, SkipAdvisor provides householders with advice and guidance so that they can make sure that any waste leaving their property is dealt…

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…

ROALD DAHL’S CITY OF THE UNEXPECTED Wales Millennium Centre & National Theatre Wales Directed by Nigel Jamieson 17-18 September 2016, Cardiff city centre http://www.cityoftheunexpected.wales/   Wales Millennium Centre and National Theatre Wales have today called out to the people of Cardiff, Wales and Britain to take part in Roald Dahl’s City of the Unexpected, Cardiff’s landmark celebration of Wales’ foremost storyteller. Director, Nigel Jamieson, leads the search for a cast of 6,000 volunteers, including 2,000 choristers, 1,000 dancers, 50 Morris…

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…

Brian Wilson, Jason Donovan, Craig Campbell, Killer Queen, Graeme of Thrones & Many More! MAY offers another action-packed programme at St David’s Hall with a magnificent mix of retro and modern entertainment.   The month starts in style with the Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Sunday 1 May) performing Three, which includes the UK  premières of a trio of exciting pieces and features the breathtaking  Céline Forrest. The stunning soprano represented Wales last year in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the…

With Special Guests Mon Amie St David’s Hall Friday 6 May, 7.30pm   LIMITED SEATS REMAINING!     EIGHTIES pop icon Jason Donovan will perform classic album Ten Good Reasons in its entirety at St David’s Hall next Friday (6 May).   Plus, if it that wasn’t enough incentive for fans of the Aussie star to rush to the Box Office, he’ll also be performing a greatest hits set! But hurry, only limited seats are now remaining!   Jason initially…