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The Best House in Town, BBC One Sidney Street, the makers of Mary Berry Everyday, Classic Mary Berry and The Farmers’ Country Showdown are making an exciting new TV series for BBC One. ‘The Best House in Town’ will see proud property owners, who all go the extra mile to make their houses stand out from the crowd, compete against each other. With local knowledgeable neighbours doing the judging it’s a competition that celebrates the best of British ingenuity, creativity…

    As a creator and co-star of Dirty Sanchez, MTV’s notorious noughties prank show, Matt Pritchard’s job description was essentially being filmed doing stupid stuff whilst being drunk and high. The show made him a global star but it came at a price. Matt has spent the last decade kicking drugs, alcohol and re-inventing himself as a clean, ultra athlete using diet and fitness to fight his demons. In “Wild Man to Iron Man” a BBC Wales documentary made…

The Empress of Soul – Gladys Knight, who was the music guest on Strictly Come Dancing at the weekend, is proud to announce –  two extra shows to her eight  date UK tour in June/July 2019 at Liverpool Echo Two – July 3rd and Cardiff Motorpoint Arena – July 4th. Tickets for extra dates go on sale:   Friday, October 12th @ 9.00am  Gladys Knight,  known for her collection of classic hits such as: ‘Midnight Train To Georgia’ (which was honoured as…

This November, Wahaca will celebrate Mexico’s famous Day of the Dead festival in the St David’s Dewi Sant with a week-long celebration of delicious feasting menus, specially crafted cocktails and traditional decorations from Monday 29th October – 4th November. The week will be a positive celebration, giving customers the chance to get involved with the true meaning of Mexico’s Day of the Dead tradition in remembering their own favourite people. In tribute to Mexico’s world-famous Dia de los Muertos, Wahaca…

By Laura Little, Learning and Development Manager, CABA It’s that time of year again, where one of the nation’s favourite programmes returns to our screens. Each year tens of thousands of people apply to take part in Alan Sugar’s The Apprentice, and whilst the blunt ‘you’re fired’ may not be typical of every workplace, there are some valuable lessons for anyone who wants to be a success in the workplace. For starters, each episode of the show focuses on a…

As one of the most distinguished song craftsmen of the 21st century, Tom Baxter  set off on a 24-date UK tour at the end of September 2018 in support of his first official release in a decade, the highly acclaimed ‘The Other Side of Blue‘, and will be coming to Cardiff at the end of next month.     It was in 2008 that Tom brought out the self-funded ‘Skybound,’ the follow-up to the 2004 debut ‘Feather & Stone,’ which first alerted the wider…

The Sherlocks are announced to appear at BBC Introducing – Live at Tobacco Dock, London on Thursday 8th November. The brand new three-day music festival is dedicated to discovering & supporting new music. It encompasses live shows, music industry workshops, interactive sessions, inspiring performances and masterclasses. Entrance to the concert is free to anyone who has purchased a £10 day ticket or weekend pass to the Introducing Live event. The Sherlocks concert will be hosted by Steve Lamacqand broadcast on…

Air Cadets from Penarth, just outside of Cardiff, are preparing to sing the praises of the RAF in Concert tour – the final chance to celebrate RAF100. Eleven Squadrons from across the country are showing their support for the final RAF centenary salute by selling programmes at their local concert venue. The concert is among a wide range of exciting events being staged around the UK this year that serve to commemorate and celebrate the Royal Air Force as well…

BBC Children in Need has announced that it has awarded a total of £215,628 to two local projects providing services to disadvantaged children and young people. The charity currently funds 22 projects across Cardiff, with over £1.3m invested locally. The newly awarded grants come as BBC Children in Need celebrates its fundraising total for the 2017 Appeal: £60.7 million.  Highlights from the 2017 Appeal include BBC Radio 2’s amazing fundraising efforts spearheaded by Chris Evans’ Breakfast Show which saw millions…

Cardiff’s Willows High School has received more than 30 laptops from Circle IT, which has introduced a scheme to regenerate a range of IT consumables and donate them to local schools across South Wales. Cardiff Gate-headquartered, Circle IT, made the donation as part of its commitment to benefiting those in the local community and it’s now hoped that many of Willows 600-plus pupils will benefit from the opportunities the technology offers. The laptops will replace the aging IT desktop equipment…