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EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01AM WEDNESDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 2018 The charity Crimestoppers is today offering a reward of up to £10,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the robbery of a man in Cardiff, that left him with life changing injuries 16 years ago. The incident happened on February 14th 2002, when barman Leon Adams was found at around 5.10am, lying on the ground at the entrance to Grangetown Train Station in…

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) is working together with Cardiff University, BRAIN and CUBRIC to deliver a first in man trial of a “gene-silencing drug” for Huntington’s Disease. Huntington’s Disease (HD) is an inherited, progressive, neurodegenerative condition affecting approximately 300 families in South and South West Wales. HD is caused by patients inheriting a faulty gene (HTT), which leads to the production of a toxic protein called mutant huntingtin. Mutant huntingtin protein causes neurodegeneration by slowly poisoning specific…

Care Day takes place on the 16th February. It is the world’s biggest celebration of children and young people with care experience. Care experience includes children and young people who are or were cared for by parents or other family members with the support of social workers; or by foster carers. It also includes children and young people who live in children’s homes and residential units. The aim of Care Day is to flip the stigma that is faced by…

Why every tea party you hold this Spring could help save many lives throughout Wales. BBC Welsh correspondent and presenter Sian Lloyd is helping spearhead an all-Wales tea party campaign to save lives in Wales in collaboration with the Welsh Hearts Charity. Sian said ‘The one thing we love in Wales is our tea so why not be a part of Wales’ Biggest Tea Party and help Welsh Hearts raise much needed funds to place community defibrillators and hold heart…

Environmental charity Surfers Against Sewage launches Big Spring Beach Clean with a call for ‘avoidable plastic’ evidence • Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is calling on volunteers to take direct action to tackle plastic pollution on all beaches and rivers nationwide. • 20,000 volunteers will remove over 100,000 sacks of plastic pollution from beaches and waterways this April. Find your nearest event at www.sas.org.uk. • Volunteers will be asked to ‘record and share’ the vast number of ‘avoidable’ throwaway plastic items…

Better Llanishen Leisure Centre is pleased to announce that it is now equipped with Shapemaster toning tables and chairs. Unlike conventional exercise equipment, Shapemaster’s range of exercise equipment does not rely exclusively on muscle power but by an electronic power system enabling you to work passively or actively, depending on your ability. The equipment is perfect for those wanting to: • Lose weight • Get in shape • Improve mobility • Tone up • Improve strength As you do not…

WOMEN in South Wales are being urged to lace up their hiking boots and join the fight against cancer as Cancer Research UK launches an exciting new event in Wales Brecon Beacons has been chosen to host a Race for Life Hike event for the first time. The Race for Life Hike along Brecon Beacons will take place on Saturday 30th June. Just eight iconic locations in the UK have been selected to hold Race for Life Hike events, which…

It’s Year of the Sea in Wales and the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales’ Living Seas team at the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre (CBMWC) need your help to tackle marine litter! Dedicated to conserving the marine wildlife of Cardigan Bay through research, awareness raising and education, tackling issues such as litter in the marine environment is part of our ongoing conservation efforts locally. For over 15 years staff and volunteers at the CBMWC have been cleaning up…

LUKE EVANS WANTS TO DINE WITH YOU AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PRINCE’S TRUST The Luke Evans Experience Actor Luke Evans has partnered with Omaze, an online fundraising platform making giving fun and easy by offering once-in-a-lifetime experiences and exclusive merchandise in support of critical causes, for a lucky winner and a friend to join him in London where they’ll be wined and dined by the Beauty & The Beast actor to raise funds for The Prince’s Trust. But it…

Cardiff production company Boomerang secures industry award for hit series, Extreme Cake Makers Wednesday saw Wales-based production company Boomerang win the Broadcast Award for Best Daytime Programme for its Channel 4 series, Extreme Cake Makers. Extreme Cake Makers, narrated by Rufus Hound, lands us in the heart of the whirlwind that is extreme cake making with a magnificent line up of cake making extraordinaires. The show was Channel 4’s best brand new launch in the weekday 5pm slot since 2012…