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14/05/2019

  Due to popular demand, we are delighted to announce that comedian, choirboy and co-host of Soccer AM, Lloyd Griffith has added an additional six dates, including two at London’s Soho Theatre on 5th and 6th April 2019, to his All Rounder UK tour, which begins at The Stand Edinburgh on 29th January 2019. The tour will now take in a total of thirty dates and will conclude at Abbey Tavern, County Dublin on 25th May 2019. Tickets available now…

14/05/2019

  Follow in the footsteps of David Walliams and take on the English Channel for Heart Research UK, all from the comfort of your local pool. Forget dodging tankers and battling currents, this year Heart Research UK are asking you to take on their ‘Swim the Channel Challenge’, and conquer the English Channel in your local baths to raise money for their pioneering medical research into the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease. Swim as an individual or a…

14/05/2019

  Your favorite Superstars from Raw and SmackDown make their way back to the United Kingdom and Ireland in May 2019 for eight WWE Live Events, plus broadcast editions of Raw and SmackDown LIVE. Tickets are available now at www.bookingsdirect.com. (For Belfast and Dublin, go to www.ticketmaster.ie.) The WWE Live U.K. tour runs from 8 May through 18 May, with installments of Raw and SmackDown LIVE broadcasting from London’s O2 Arena on 13 and 14 May, respectively. See Roman Reigns,…

14/05/2019

  The gas emergency and pipeline service for Wales and the south west of England has opened its graduate programme for 2019 and is inviting prospective graduate engineers and project managers to apply. Wales & West Utilities’ graduate programme presents a fantastic opportunity for those who have recently, or are about to, step out of university and are keen to build a career in engineering. The company has two graduate routes available – one in mechanical engineering and the other…

14/05/2019

        Three generations of the same family and a team of superheroes were among 120 cyclists who took part in this year’s On Your Bike for Barnardo’s cycle ride. Organisers of the fundraising event were delighted with both its success and the perfect weather as the last attempt to run it in the autumn was scuppered by one of the biggest storms of the year. On Your Bike for Barnardo’s, which was founded back in 1982, had…

09/05/2019

  Distinguished New York-born, London-based singer-songwriter Nell Bryden announces a UK tour for June and July 2019, an intimate set of dates to support the release of her new EP, Soundtrack To Little Wing (Part 1), including a show at Acapela in Cardiff on Friday 5th July. A favourite of BBC Radio 2, Nell was recently a guest on The Michael Ball Show performing her new single Smoke In My Heart – Nell Bryden – Smoke In My Heart https://youtu.be/mM6cXlR5YI8 https://soundcloud.com/nellbrydenofficial/smoke-in-my-heart The shows will offer Bryden’s legions of fans the…

09/05/2019

  Cardiff’s green heart was in full bloom with the arrival of the annual Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show 2019. The focus of the show this year is on ‘wellbeing and inspiration for affordable gardens’. The RHS charity not only shared the best in gardening, but the best in weather as well. Expert, amateur and enthusiast gardeners were brought together in Bute Park by a scorching sun and a shared love for plants. Visitors were kept as busy as a…

09/05/2019

  The new singing and dancing sensation New Jersey Nights landed at the New Theatre in Cardiff tonight. The cast of a three piece-band, 6 dancers and four male singers did an outstanding job to deliver a packed two-hour show.  The musical numbers were pieced together with segments of background information around the music industry and Frankie Valli’s life during his career, told in a fragmented sequence.  It was a surprise that there was no programme available for the performance,…

09/05/2019

  I was so looking forward to seeing Aljaz and Janette in this show at St Davids Hall last Saturday night and boy did they deliver. It was a truly remarkable; unique and star studded roller coaster  ride through some of the best and memorable films.  There were tributes to –   The Greatest Showman La La Land Saturday Night Fever James Bond Caberet with many more.   The choreography  was amazing,  with over 200 costume changes. Aljaz and Janette…

09/05/2019

  A battle of the beds will be taking place this weekend down at Cardiff Bay Barrage.   Cardiff & Vale Health Charity, the official charity of Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, will host its second Cardiff Bay Bed Push Challenge, taking place on Sunday, May 12.   Doctors, Nurses and Health Board staff will be pushing hard to be crowned winners of the bed push challenge, with prizes also for the most amount raised for Cardiff & Vale Health…