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• Special guests include Ruby Turner, Eddi Reader, Pauline Black and Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson • 32-date tour includes London’s Royal Albert Hall, Bournemouth’s Windsor Hall, plus arena shows in Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena, Peterborough’s East Of England Arena and the Brighton Centre • Tickets go on general sale this Friday 1 February Musical virtuoso Jools Holland and his distinguished Rhythm & Blues Orchestra have announced dates and special guests for their well-renowned autumn/winter UK tour for 2019. Tickets go on general…

DEBUT ALBUM ‘HILLS END’ CROSSES 30,000 UK SALES MARK – AWARDED BRIT CERTIFIED BREAKTHROUGH STATUS CURRENT ALBUM ‘FOR NOW’ OUT NOW THROUGH INFECTIOUS RECORDS. DMA’S have today announced that they will be returning to the UK this April 2019for a headline tour. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 25thJanuary at dmasdmas.com (full dates below). The band recently completed a sold out headline UK tour last December 2018. DMA’S have been embraced by the UK audience, seeing their live…

After waiting nearly three months, on Monday night I had the pleasure of going to see alternative sing-song writer John Grant at Cardiff’s St David’s Hall. Upon stepping inside the door, I could tell from the loud chatter, excited kids and the adults with a drink in hand that Monday blues had well and truly melted away. The venue was packed and there was a great buzz inside the venue as people eagerly waited for him and the support act,…

In March, the Band of the Welsh Guards are holding a charity concert in Brecon at Theatr Brycheiniog, in aid of the Welsh Guards charity. The concert will be on Friday 1stMarch at 7.45pm, and will feature the Band of the Welsh Guards under direction of Major David Barringer, with guest singer Lucie Jones direct from the west end. Tickets are £13.50 available from the theatre website www.brycheiniog.co.uk The Welsh Guards Charity exists to support the Regiment, the Battalion and…

  Proposals to overhaul midwifery education in the UK have been outlined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) today. These proposals aim to ensure that the UK is the best and safest place to have a baby. As part of its UK-wide consultation on the future of midwifery education, the regulator has set out the draft skills and knowledge the next generation midwives will need to learn so they can deliver great care in the years to come. Under…

BLACK GRAPE ANNOUNCE UK SPRING TOUR 2019 Following the success of their album ‘Pop Voodoo’ (Universal Music) which showcased the band’s first new material in 20 years the band announce a series of shows in the UK.  As Irvine Welsh writes in the band’s biography: “I’m delighted to report that Black Grape are back on the road, and with new album Pop Voodoo that really does rock the f*ck out of the discotheque. Shaun’s word play has never been deployed…

Laura Ford riffs on the castle’s fabled past Cadw presents an exhibition of new works by Laura Ford in partnership with gallery/ten in Spring 2019   Installation view, ‘The little lords’, 2019, Castell Coch, © Laura Ford, photography Jon Pountney Laura Ford unveils a series of new sculptures inside Wales’ iconic Castell Coch, as visitors are invited to discover over 20 works created by one of the UK’s leading contemporary artists. Commissioned by the 3rd Marquess of Bute in 1870s…

TSB IN CARDIFF FUNDRAISES FOR LOCAL CHARITY BOBATH ON VALENTINE’S DAY Yesterday, TSB’s Partners and customers in Working Street, Cardiff, raised over £130 for their Local Charity Partner, Bobath, by holding a Valentine’s themed event. Like TSB, Bobath is passionate about helping the local community in Cardiff to thrive.  Bobath Children’s Therapy Centre Wales provides physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech, and language therapy to children all over Wales who have cerebral palsy.  The funds raised will go towards improving its…

Busy Bee Life Insurance and Tesco raise over £1,600 in community fundraising event. A total of £1,612.50 was raised by Tesco and Busy Bee Life Insurance and at a fundraising event which took place on Saturday the 9th of February at the Tesco Superstore in Barry, to help Martine to make memories. Scott Adams, Martine’s husband, was diagnosed with an incurable heart disease on the very same day he was given the all clear from Leukemia, after enduring two successful…

ARC – Anna’s Rescue Centre, based in Rumney, rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes stray, sick, injured and abandoned cats and kittens. Since setting up the charity in 2016, the charities namesake Anna Mason, together with her large team of volunteers, has helped 1000’s of desperately in need animals and they can’t do this without you. Having expanded in 2018, they now have space for approximately 60 cats at any one time – over 2 rescue catteries and 10 foster carers. This may…