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As well as the stellar line up of international chefs, this year’s Abergavenny Food Festival will showcase an array of musical performers for not one, but two evenings of music, dancing and food on the 16 and 17 September. The Food Festival parties are without doubt the hottest tickets in town. You can boogie the night away next to some of the UKs top chefs, eat mind blowing food to keep your energy levels high and watch a spectacular firework…

Now you can #flyforafiver at Go Air, Wales’ largest trampoline park!  Liven up your weekdays for just a fiver! With over 120 trampolines, six super size foam pits, bounce basketball, trampoline dodgeball court and twin tumble tracks, an hour’s open jumping at Go Air will just “fly by”! Whilst you’re there, check out the impressive timetable of energising fitness classes, parkour sessions and trampolining lessons then refuel in the 100 seater café with it’s tempting range of barista brewed coffee…

FIERY Flamenco guitarist Juan Martín brings his virtuoso skills to the L3 Lounge at St David’s Hall next Tuesday (21 June). Starting at 8pm, this captivating concert in the Roots Unearthed series promises a spectacular showcase from a legendary performer, who was once voted one of the top three guitarists in the world by Guitar Player magazine. A native of Andalucía, Juan’s celebrated and highly distinctive compositional style has influenced several generations of artists and led to collaborations with acts…

15th June 2016: Proton Partners International will deliver a cancer network for the UK to improve treatment, care, survival and research, said its Chief Executive Officer Mike Moran. Speaking at the International Festival for Business (IFB) 2016 in Liverpool, Mr Moran discussed Proton Partners’ progress in bringing three proton beam therapy centres to the UK and the importance of making the treatment more available for patients across the country. There are currently no operational high-energy proton beam therapy facilities in…

Teachers from Wales have been encouraged to apply for the chance to be chosen as the world’s best teacher. Nominations have now opened for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2017 – widely referred to as the Nobel Prize for teaching – at www.globalteacherprize.org The US$1 million award, now in its third year, is the largest prize of its kind in education.  Maine teacher Nancie Atwell won the inaugural Global Teacher Prize in 2015.  Palestinian teacher Hanan Al Hroub won…

An international charity with twenty years’ experience bringing the benefits of music therapy to vulnerable people around the world is launching a new pilot project in Newport, South Wales for the first time this month.   Music as Therapy International will train care staff working at the Oaklands centre in Rogerstone, giving them the skills to use music therapy techniques with the children they care for on a daily basis. The children, many of whom have profound multiple learning disabilities…

      Commenting on the publication today of Wales’ most recent greenhouse gas emissions figures, WWF Cymru Policy and Advocacy Officer Jessica McQuade said: “WWF Cymru is pleased that Welsh greenhouse gas emissions have reduced between 2013 and 2014, and we’re back on the right path to tackling climate change. However, we need to act faster if we are to avoid the 2°c of warming in our climate that scientists agree would be catastrophic.   “We now have an Environment…

  How Hape Noah’s Ark will help introduce the celebration of World Environment day on the 5th June to our children. World Environment Day is celebrated to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. With this year’s theme: ‘go wild for life’, which is raising awareness about the illegal trade of wildlife products. Hape Noah’s Ark toy will help teach children about these magnificent endangered animals that need to be saved by us, much like they needed to be saved by…

  1 in 3 brides won’t let their future husbands make any decisions  1 in 5 brides fibbed to their fiancée about the cost of something at their wedding Just half of grooms decided on their bestman or groomsmen without their fiancée’s input   BRITISH grooms are being cut out of wedding planning and aren’t trusted by their future wives to make decisions on their own, according to new research.   A survey of 2,235 UK adults, carried out by One4all, the…

Local footy fans can win the chance to watch a match with John as the UHoF takes up residence in the city to screen games from this summer’s biggest football tournament   The UK’s largest electronic retailer has created the Ultimate Home of Football – a ‘pimped up’ touring RV equipped with the latest 4K TV technology The Ultimate Home of Football (UHoF) will visit cities in Wales, England, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland during this summer’s biggest football tournament…