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Three small islands off the coast of Pembrokeshire are flying high this month, as the latest seabird census results indicate that they are now home to more than 50 per cent of the world’s entire Manx shearwater population. It’s estimated that nearly a million breeding Manx shearwater adults reside on Skomer, Skokholm and Middleholm; based on the monitoring work by The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW), the National Trust and the University of Oxford and University of…

  A young woman, from Newport, has opened up about her battle with tinnitus that left her feeling ‘depressed’ and how she eventually found light at the end of the tunnel. Normally described as a ringing, whooshing or hissing in the ears, tinnitus is often triggered after being exposed to loud noises like music. One in ten people in the UK have experienced it at least once, but for around 10% of the population the persistent sound never goes away….

    Carl Marsh talks with the musical legend that is Peter Hook. He is touring with his band Peter Hook & The Light at the Tramshed in Cardiff on the 23rd February. You will know that he was in Joy Division and New Order, and he will be playing tracks from two New Order albums called Technique and Republic, while he may get to do a few Joy Division ones also. Your new tour will be having you perform…

    Cardiff and Vale UHB’s diabetes team based at University Hospital Llandough have been revolutionising the way patients with type 2 diabetes are cared for. Diabetes affects around 5.6% of the population of Cardiff and the vale. Roughly 9 out of 10 people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, a condition caused by problems with the production of the hormone, insulin. Type 2 diabetes is a lifelong condition which can lead to serious health complications. However, it can be…

A total of 28 talented artists and bands from across Wales have been successful in their bid for a music bursary worth a combined value of £35,000. Winners include artists such as iTunes chart-hitting reggae singer-songwriter Aleighcia Scott from Cardiff, who will use the bursary to produce a music video for her debut album. Christian Punter from Rhondda has also been successful. Christian crafts songs using stories inspired by his local village and the house he lives in, The Old…

  Members of BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) – including a former ice hockey player – joined ice hockey team the Cardiff Devils yesterday at the Viola Arena to give a special performance of Bolero, ahead of BBC NOW’s Bolero: Viva España concerts in Cardiff and Swansea this week. Ahead of the Cardiff Devils’ game in Cardiff Bay last night, sixteen members of BBC NOW took to the ice to perform a piece of music, which is synonymous…

AFTER stealing the show at the Royal Variety Performance last year, Cardiff comedian Rod Woodward returns to St David’s Hall on Saturday 2 March. Rod performed at the venue as part of The Journey Starts Here tour in April 2015 and brought the house down with his support slot for Welsh national treasure Max Boyce in February 2017. Now, he’s back with his hilarious new show I’m Not Being Funny, But… Named Best Variety Newcomer and winner of BBC’s Funny…

  The group is made up of representatives from Crimestoppers, as well as the Newport Serious Organised Crime Stakeholder Group who helped to launch the campaign today – including Gwent Police, Newport Council, Gwent Drug and Alcohol Service, Newport City Homes and Barnados.   The charity Crimestoppers today launched a new campaign in Newport to help target and prevent serious organised crime carried out by criminal gangs. Crimestoppers’ digital campaign will highlight the impact that these gangs have on our…

Appearing just outside Cardiff on the 9th February at Blackwood Miners Institute are The Searchers who celebrate their 60th year, Carl Marsh speaks with John McNally, and he chose to chat about the early days when he used to swap music with a fellow Merseybeat band called The Beatles, and Carl got to learn some unknown facts! When you were performing in the late 1950s, did you save anything such as posters, flyers, tickets of yourselves or even from the…

Plans to transform the neglected Bishop’s Park in Abergwili into a community jewel and put it firmly on the tourist map have taken another major step forward after the Tywi Gateway Trust received a £23,500 from a national grant-giving charity. The grant from Allchurches Trust will help towards funding a sensitive restoration of the under-used Bishop’s Park site, particularly the revitalisation of the walled kitchen garden and adjacent bothy, which is leased from the Church in Wales. The Walled Kitchen…