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ONE of Ireland’s greatest female singers is coming to St David’s Hall as Mary Coughlan brings her remarkable voice to the Roots Unearthed series next Tuesday (15 March). Over the last 25 years, Mary has established herself as a superb solo artist with her enviable body of work encompassing the genres of jazz and folk in an uncompromising, wholly personal and universal manner. Whether she’s tackling Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Elvis Presley or even Joy Division, her flawless delivery sails…
Former England Manager Glenn Hoddle will be heading to the Vale Sports Arena in Penarth as part of a special Euro 2016 Sports Dinner. Guests will enjoy a 3 course meal, Q and A, speeches, auctions and much more in a fun and enjoyable action packed evening. Hoddle will be joined by Wales legend Neville Southall on 13th May in a special warm up encounter to Euro 2016 and the much anticipated encounter between England and Wales. He will also discuss his playing career and time as England manager. Manchester United…
Welsh National Opera will commemorate WW1 and the centenary of the Battle of the Somme with a world premiere of a new opera commissioned to mark the company’s 70th birthday. In Parenthesis is acclaimed British composer Iain Bell’s adaptation of the epic poem by poet, writer and artist David Jones. The work is a remembrance of David Jones’ personal experience as a soldier at the Battle of Mametz Wood. Alongside the staging of the opera, WNO are embarking upon…
Winners will be awarded £500 each and an exclusive invitation In the run up to Earth Hour on 19th March, WWF and People’s Postcode Lottery have launched a nationwide search to find ingenious sustainable ideas that could make your neighbourhood, workplace or school more environmentally friendly. WWF’s Eco Challenge invites people to think outside the box and design an innovative solution to reduce the pressures put on our planet. From a revolutionary scheme to reduce waste at work to a…
Your chance to make a world of difference to vulnerable children in IAAF World Half Marathon Action for Children is looking for runners to join its IAAF World Half Marathon team ahead of the prestigious event taking place in Cardiff on March 26th. The event is the perfect opportunity for runners of all ages and abilities to run in the footsteps of champions, as this mass participation event is being run simultaneously to the elite race, for the first time…
Join national charity Together for Short Lives and children’s palliative care services across the country for this year’s Children’s Hospice Week (23-29 May). It’s the UK’s only awareness and fundraising week for children with life-shortening conditions and their families, and the palliative care services that support them. This year Children’s Hospice Week will be saying it’s ‘time to put families first’: focusing on what life is like for families caring for children with life-shortening conditions. It’s also a call for…
Cardiff, Wales, 26th February 2016 Firstsource Solutions, the UK’s customer experience expert, has announced that it will create more than 300 new jobs as it opens its 2nd contact centre in Cardiff. The new centre at Oakleigh House comes 4 years after the opening of Firstsource’s flagship facility in the city which currently employs 1,000 people. Opening for business from the end of February the new centre will make Firstsource one of the largest contact centre employers in Cardiff. …
Cardiff, Wales, 9th March 2016: Firstsource Solutions, the UK’s customer experience expert, has won Outsource Contact Centre of the Year at the Welsh Contact Centre Awards. Attended by more than 700 guests, and hosted by comedian Jimmy Carr, the event celebrated the best of an industry worth £650m to the Welsh economy. Shortlisted alongside a number of global outsourcing firms, Firstsource took home the prize for the second year in a row, cementing its position at the top of…
DANE BAPTISTE ‘REASONABLE DOUBTS’ FOSTER’S COMEDY AWARD 2014 BEST NEWCOMER NOMINEE CHORTLE AWARDS 2015 – BEST NEWCOMER NOMINEE Dane has just wrapped filming on his own BBC Three sitcom commissioned called Sunny D. And he’s recently appeared on Live at the Apollo. If you missed him on that (more fool you!) – be sure to catch him on Live at the BBC this month. Hot off the press as well: ITV2 have commissioned ‘Elevenish’ – their version of…
New white paper report finds alarming number of non-retired over-60s feel unprepared for their retirement. 39% of UK’s non-retired over-60s population don’t know how much money they have in their pension pot, whilst 29% are not aware of the pension freedoms which came into force last April. Report also suggests that fixed retirement age in the UK could be a thing of the past, with over a third of pre-retirees not envisaging being able to retire until after 70, and…
