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    Photo: Cardiff University Logo A leading Welsh scientist whose work has helped cut the use of mercury in China’s chemical industries has been made an honorary professor of Tianjin University. Professor Graham Hutchings has been feted worldwide for his work on the acceleration of chemical reactions using catalysts. Research by the Director of Cardiff Catalysis Institute has led to a cleaner method for producing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) using gold as a catalyst, rather than harmful mercury. Thanks to…

Students from Cardiff High School got the chance to see what life in the construction industry is really like when a team from the building consultancy responsible for the Olympic Stadium, Pinewood film studios and Daytona Speedway joined them in the classroom. Property and construction consultancy Gleeds, teamed up with educational charity The Transformation Trust, to organise a curriculum-aligned challenge which saw 35 students aged 11 to 14 take part in a specially devised workshop. The participants were split into…

  Local Cardiff residents have been involved in developing a vital research programme that aims to identify what factors might lead to a person developing multiple sclerosis (MS). The study could pave the way for much needed new treatments in the condition, and has been offered a £40,000 grant from the MS Society. Led by Professor Neil Robertson, Professor of Neurology at Cardiff University and Consultant Neurologist at University Hospital of Wales, the research will look at how a person’s…

A group of volunteers from the Rotary Club of Llanishen have brought their community together to transform their local train station and plant hundreds of purple crocuses to help raise awareness of a worldwide initiative to end polio. Members from the Club enlisted the help of local schoolchildren from Christ the King R. C. Primary School to lay hundreds of crocus bulbs which will erupt into a stunning mauve floral display for commuters next spring at Llanishen train station. The…

Photographer: Thurstan Redding ST DAVID’S HALL is launching an exciting new series which mixes contemporary classical music with cocktails in the L3 Lounge! NightMusic brings together some of the most exciting and distinctive voices working today, and provides a more easy-going way to explore new directions in music. Get ready to revel in thrilling performances from electro-acoustic soloists and convention-flouting ensembles to the best new Welsh music courtesy of Tŷ Cerdd! Starting the season in style is The Hermes Experiment,…

Award-Winning ‘Totally Tina’ Show is Still Simply the Best and comes to Cardiff’s St. David’s Hall on Friday 2nd March 2018 It’s been the UK’s official number one Tina Turner tribute for the past five years (as voted by the Agents Association of Great Britain), with a Lifetime Achievement Award under its belt and a hectic, fast-growing gig schedule right across the UK and into Europe to boot. The cast of ‘Totally Tina’ it seems, is definitely ‘better than all…

Techniquest’s iconic planetarium has undergone a makeover thanks to £12,000 in inheritance funding from an “extremely generous” family. The Cardiff-based educational charity’s planetarium has been recovered thanks to a significant donation from the estate of the late Clifford Raymond Pike. Mr Pike had funds directed to the scientific discovery centre after his estate trustees selected it as a worthy cause, with money also filtered into his estate through his late wife Mary’s inheritance. As Mrs Pike’s brother Lawrence Granville Davies…

  Millions of pounds are being wasted on reassessing people with Parkinson’s for a benefit even though they will not get better. Based on analysis by Parkinson’s UK, the charity has estimated that to reassess everyone with Parkinson’s who received Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for the replacement benefit Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will cost the taxpayer a shocking £3 million. In addition, £1.3 million of this will be spent on reassessing people who were previously identified as having the highest…

Industry accolade also boosted by prestigious Institute of Practitioners in Advertising    Orchard Media and Events Group are celebrating being named as one of the Top 100 independent marketing and communications agencies in the UK as ranked by industry magazine The Drum which scored from over 16,000 independent agencies.  In a double-win, the Cardiff-based agency also secured membership of the prestigious IPA (Institute for Practitioners in Advertising) in the same month. Orchard’s media planning and buying department deliver bold and…

Stage adaption of tense thriller Gallowglass set to enthral Cardiff audiences. A world stage premiere of Gallowglass, from the pen of one of the world’s greatest thriller writers, Ruth Rendell (writing as Barbara Vine), will play at Cardiff’s New Theatre next week, 30 January – 3 February. It’s a new adaptation written especially for the stage and follows the gritty TV version which aired 25 years ago starring Michael Sheen. In Gallowglass, when Sandor snatches Joe from the path of…