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  In celebration of St David’s Day, the Football Association of Wales have released ‘Getting to Know’, an original, feature series across the FA Wales YouTube channel. The brand-new series follows former Wales footballer and sport presenter Owain Tudur Jones on a mission to enable football fans the opportunity to really get to know their footballing heroes, both past and present, whilst offering a unique insight into the personalities of these athletes that is rarely ever seen. The first episode…

The iconic Shakin’ Stevens performed at St David’s hall Sunday and boy did he deliver! He was accompanied with a 9 piece band, who were sensational! Aged 70 years at the time of this concert as he turned 71 on Monday! The audience actually sang happy birthday to him which was really memorable. He was full of energy and his passion for his music  shone through on stage. He performed classic hits like “Give me your heart tonight” , “You…

Education expert and former teacher Becky Cranham can help you decide. So you want to be a primary school teacher? Let’s look at the skills you’ll need to join this truly rewarding career. You’ll need to: Enjoy being around children. This might seem obvious but it is definitely a must-have! If you’ve never spent much time around kids, try volunteering at a local primary school. You’ll soon find out if the thought of being surrounded by children all day is…

Whitchurch High School’s very own Elinor Crawley, has appeared in many screen productions such as Vikings and The White Queen since her debut in the Welsh made film Submarine. Carl Marsh got to talk about her latest movie Burning Men. Your latest film has a POV (point of view) camera angle to it, and it took me a little while to get used to it, but once I did, I really did get to experience a film like no other…

Initiative supported by industry figures Jane Featherstone, Phoebe Fox, Emma Freud, Maike Mia Höhne, Kate Kinninmont, Stacy Martin, Archie Panjabi, Marianne Slot and more (Thursday 28th February, London, Paris, Berlin) Bumble today announces that The Female Film Force, a Bumble initiative offering unique grants to aspiring women filmmakers is now open in France, Germany and the UK. Following the production of five female led films supported by The Female Film Force in the UK last year, and overwhelming demand from…

With Mother’s Day approaching, one of Barnardo’s adoptive mums has shared her inspiring story in the hopes of encouraging other families to welcome a vulnerable child into their lives. Louisa, 47, from Birmingham, works in a school and had seen how children in care flourish when they find their forever families. When her sons left home and she decided to extend her family, she contacted Barnardo’s, which has been finding families for vulnerable children for more than 100 years, and…

  The serious business of comedy will be one of many contemporary topics under discussion at this year’s Creative Cities Convention, hosted by top journalist and Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark. After its highly successful inaugural event held in Leeds last year the convention’s second outing, on Monday April 1 and Tuesday April 2 at the wonderful Royal College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, is shaping up to be a full house of industry leaders and a packed programme of…

Two staff members at Transport for Wales are set to star in a new BBC Wales series exploring the hidden world of night shift workers. Lynne Bartlett and Andrew French, both from Cardiff, are members of Transport for Wales’ Train Presentation team and spend hours every night preparing the carriages for the 12,000 commuters who use the network every day. The grime fighting duo, who between them have spent more than 30 years working the night shift, will now star…

Celebrated Welsh authors and illustrators will bring their stories and characters to life as they inspire and entertain young and avid readers at this year’s springtime Cardiff Children’s Literature Festival. Running over two weeks in March and April (Saturday 30th March – Sunday 7th April) the Welsh and English Festival will host numerous storytelling sessions, craft workshops, creative writing workshops and games across Cardiff’s iconic venues including Cardiff Castle, City Hall and Cardiff Central Library. There will also be free…

  Charities and community groups across Wales are being invited to receive free surplus food from Tesco this Easter. Across the UK the supermarket distributes a million meals a month to good causes as part of its Community Food Connection scheme, run in conjunction with food charity FareShare and powered by FoodCloud technology. Community Food Connection enables some 7,000 charities and community groups to pick up free food from Tesco each week, but some of those groups take a break…