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Milton Keynes, UK, October 5, 2015: Green Star Energy is pleased to announce the launch of the Unlimited Tariff, a unique product for residential customers that removes the uncertainty associated with typical energy tariffs. With the Unlimited Tariff, customers gain the ability to fix their home gas and electricity bills, whatever the weather, for a full year. “We’ve seen in recent years some customers moving to fixed priced tariffs. Although these can offer price certainty, they lack protection against a…

Casting has been announced for the Music & Lyrics Limited and West Yorkshire Playhouse production of the much-loved Sherman Brothers musical CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG. Lee Mead (Casualty, Legally Blonde, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat) will play Caractacus Potts, Michelle Collins (EastEnders, Coronation Street) will feature as Baroness Bomburst and Welsh actor Andy Hockley (The Phantom Of The Opera) will star as Grandpa Potts. Casting for the roles of Truly Scrumptious, Lord Scrumptious and the Childcatcher are to be announced. Ewen Cummins plays The Toymaker/Mr Coggins, with Sam…

QWill Writing Services Limited (“QWill”), located in Cardiff Bay, has a mission to reduce the cost of Will writing and Lasting Power of Attorney (“LPA”) work whilst also taking a charitable approach to the business. Louise O’Halloran, Managing Director of QWill, established the Will writing business after experiencing considerable expense setting up a Will to protect her own family. Recent reports suggest that over 67% of the adult population in England & Wales do not have a Will. Reasons given include lack of knowledge surrounding the…

The International Concert Series continues at St David’s Hall next Tuesday (20 October) with the acclaimed Armonico Consort featuring one of the most exciting talents in Welsh classical music.  Swansea soprano Elin Manahan Thomas will share the stage with the supremely talented trio of William Towers, Alexander Aldren and Yvette Bonner for a powerful programme of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.  Written just weeks before his death at just 25, Pergolesi’s imperishable Stabat Mater is one of the…

Two of the finest emerging talents in classical music will join forces next Tuesday (20 October) for a special Lunchtime Concert at St David’s Hall.  Benjamin Baker Acclaimed violinist Benjamin Baker and the supremely talented pianist Jonathan Ware will share the stage for a sensational programme of Schubert and Elgar. Born in 1990 in New Zealand, Benjamin studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Royal College of Music with Natasha Boyarsky and Felix Andrievsky. Over the last year Benjamin…

More than half of people living with dementia in Wales have still not received a formal diagnosis according to a new report, Diagnose or Disempower?  launched by Alzheimer’s Society today at their annual conference, ‘Making Wales a dementia friendly nation’. The report reveals new evidence that of the 43% of people who have received a diagnosis, many will not have had adequate information and support needed in order to live well with dementia. This figure varies widely within Wales, no…

On Saturday 3rd October, over 100 children accompanied by family and friends turned up to the launch of The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts Cardiff. The atmosphere was electric, lots of excited young faces turned up not knowing what to expect! The children were split into age groups and got to sample classes in PQA’s core modules; comedy and drama, musical theatre and film and television, whilst the parents had the opportunity to take a peek at their children…

Guidance to help non-party campaigners comply with the campaigning rules for the National Assembly for Wales elections has been published by the Electoral Commission. All individuals and groups that intend to spend more than £10,000 campaigning in the regulated period before the National Assembly for Wales election – which runs from 5 January 2016 to 5 May 2016 – will need to register with the Commission and will be required to comply with rules on campaign spending, donations and loans…

Libraries are not the usual place that you would expect to go for a fun sing-along, but that is definitely the case with a new lunchtime sing-along session that will start at the Cardiff Central Library Hub on Tuesday November 3, 12.30-1.30pm. It will be led by ‘cover girl’ 85 year old Hilda Mooney from Barry.    The Goldies CYMRU Charity is spreading across Wales with its daytime singing and activity sessions for older vulnerable people. The charity was started by…

New data reveals there is a staggering £110 million worth of savings available to households in Wales if they simply switch their energy supplier. As colder weather sets in, the Government revealed new figures estimating that 550,000 households in Wales still stand to save £200 or more by switching their gas and electricity supplier. However a recent poll of over 2000 GB adults conducted by the Government found that of those surveyed in Wales: Only six per cent realised they…