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Principality Building Society has launched new initiatives to support its Members and colleagues in Wales Wales’ largest building society has introduced a Welsh language contact centre and Welsh lessons in branches as part of its commitment to supporting the Welsh language. The contact centre will be based in Bangor and will be open from 9am until 5pm Monday to Friday and 9am until 1pm on Saturdays. Recently the Society also held its first Welsh lesson at its St David’s branch…
Last week Cardiff’s only five star hotel, The St. David’s Hotel & Spa, held an official Rugby World Cup evening event in association with Heineken. The evening, held on the eve of the first Quarter Final match of the Rugby World Cup, was hosted by former Welsh international player Tom Shanklin, and included a lively panel discussion between Wales international Scrum Half Rhys Webb and former All Blacks Scrum Half Justin Marshall about the Rugby World Cup so far. A…
Do you find yourself curled up by the fireplace in the pub every weekend, watching on as the humans laugh and converse whilst drinking that sweet smelling, chilled drink they call beer, wishing you could have a little tipple too? After all, your week has been just as strenuous as the humans, you have chased squirrels, warned off intruders, namely the post man, barked at the neighbours and kept the humans warm during these cold months. The wait is…
I am currently in the process of waiting for The grand finals in Paris 2016 for ‘Face of the Globe’ where I will be representing Wales with another one hundred women competing from the rest of the world. I have decided to dedicate my time to help the refugees at the borders in Greece as a social worker. I feel it’s a wonderful experience, where i am meeting different people, helping out, and most of all supporting the people that…
From Babies with Love has some of the most ethical gifts on offer to parents-to-be and children this Christmas. For starters, every penny of profit is used to help abandoned and orphaned children all over the world. This, combined with the fact, From Babies with Love gifts are all made using GOTS certified organic yarn. Then add to the mix, recycling and upcycling and you’ve got the ultimate ethical gift! To date, From Babies with Love has assisted over 500…
COMEDY legends Jasper Carrott & Alistair McGowan will share the bill next Tuesday (1 December) at St David’s Hall for a special night of superb stand-up and uncanny impressions. Drawing on their vast experience on the UK circuit, this show promises to have you roaring with laughter in no time – but hurry only limited seats are remaining! Born Robert Davis, the lovable Brummie Jasper Carrott MBE has become a familiar face on our TV screens as a comic, actor…
Tuesday the 24th of November will see Cardiff author Mark Blayney launch his short story collection at First Space in Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff at 7.30pm. Blayney, the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, will be reading from his collection in which Ghosts torment from the past; future selves write back; the lost look about, find themselves watched, are lead astray. Come and keep company with thieves and murdering artists, with the couple who miss the ferry for their make-or-break…
Five authors from three genres discuss why they write, why they came together and what the future holds for their (currently) all female collective Gillian Hamer What was it about crime writing that appealed to you? It was crime ‘reading’ that first appealed from a very early age. I read every Famous Five and Secret Seven book in the village library. Then I moved onto Nancy Drew … and finally Agatha Christie. I think it was the pace and tension…
A new agreement between Community Housing Cymru and Public Health Wales has committed the organisations to working more closely together to improve the lives and health of people in the most deprived communities in Wales. A Memorandum of Understanding signed on 19 November 2015 will ensure that the organisations work together to identify common problems and develop joint solutions. The memorandum is a commitment to a joint focus on prevention and early intervention, to ensuring work is informed by the…
A major new production of classic Broadway musical Mack & Mabel comes to Wales Millennium Centre next week (1-6 December) starring double Olivier award-winning Michael Ball as Mack Sennett. Based on the real-life romance between Hollywood legends Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand, Mack and Mabel tells the story of a group of pioneering filmmakers who changed the world surrounded by the great fun of the silent screen: heroes in capes, girls tied to the tracks, glamorous Bathing Beauties and the…
