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St David’s Hall Sunday 12 June 9am Registration THE first ever Flex Lewis Welsh Classic is set to bring one of its biggest bodybuilding events to St David’s Hall on Sunday 12 June. Registration starts at 9am for this highly competitive event brought to you by Y3T and Flex-ordinary Productions Ltd and sanctioned by the United Kingdom Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation (UKBFF). Four-time 212 Mr Olympia Flex Lewis will also be at the event. …
A budding opera star from Cardiff will join singers from across the UK as a warm-up act for superstar soprano Katherine Jenkins at this summer’s Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod William Rennie, from Roath, will be among opera singing students who are in for the experience of a lifetime after being invited to appear on the outdoor stage at July’s 70th Eisteddfod opening day ahead of Katherine Jenkins’s Carmen concert. They have been raising the roof at a Llangollen church while…
A high-tech mission to uncover the secrets of our seas has revealed a ‘hotspot’ for marine wildlife off the southern coast of Wales. The mission saw an unmanned underwater ‘glider’ travel to an area around 50 miles to the south west of Wales called the Celtic Deep, which is a haven for wildlife but also an extremely busy shipping route and fishing ground. The glider travelled 600km in 30 days, undertaking nearly 3000 dives from the sea…
Records have been set in 2015 for inbound visits with strong growth from Britain’s major inbound markets including the US and Europe and double digit growth from newer markets China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show stellar growth from China with visits up 46 per cent on 2014 to 270,000, and spend up 18% to £586 million, moving China into the UK’s top 10 most valuable inbound markets. Visits from…
This weekend sees a push by organisations committed to getting young people to register to vote in the EU referendum. Wake Up And Vote, a volunteer organisation encouraging young people to vote in the referendum, and Bite the Ballot, an organisation committed to empowering young voters, have released a new video to raise awareness of the deadline. It is a filmed live stunt – giving real young people a surprise when they went to register. It’s demonstrating that no-one else…
Over May Half Term Euro 2016 Football fever headed to the Vale Sports Arena and the Principality Stadium to celebrate Wales qualification to Euro 2016. Premier league giants Everton FC also held a Soccer Camp coaching and developing local children at the Vale Sports Arena in partnership with PG10 Coaching. The opportunities where open to children and young people aged 5-14yrs old; of all abilities. To celebrate Wales Qualification to the Euro 2016 in France the Vale Sports Arena hosted a special 2…
80 events took place over the course of the campaign to help tidy the Welsh coastline ahead of the summer Local residents and staff from the local McDonald’s restaurant in Longwood Drive took part in a clean-up event in Cardiff to help support the fourth annual Clean Coast Week, sponsored by McDonald’s. 25 volunteers from the local area and McDonald’s joined forces to help clear unwanted litter from Parc Tredelarch to help get the stretch of coastline looking…
Walk your way to beautiful legs! What do Kelly Brook, Heidi Klum and Elle Macpherson have in common? Beautiful legs! And it’s all thanks to … walking. Combined with good posture, it can make your pins look toned and slimmer, just in time for Summer! Walking is one of the most basic aerobic exercises you can do, and done right, it can have maximum effect for minimum effort! It’s not only something that we all do everyday but it’s also…
Faith and community leaders speak at Welcoming Ramadan event Alima Ali, a solicitor from Barry, has an Umrah trip for two to look forward to after finding a special ‘golden ticket’ in Islamic Relief’s first Ramadan mailing of 2016. Alima was presented with her prize – donated by Al-Hidayaah Travel – at our Welcoming Ramadan reception at Cardiff County Hall on June 2, which was addressed by faith and community leaders including Stephen Doughty MP. Alima spoke about how humble…
A group of year 10 students from Mary Immaculate High School who are working towards their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award, were given a rare insight into the mind of a record-breaking extreme adventurer this week, as Tori James called in to offer some encouragement and share her top tips. Pembrokeshire-born Tori became the youngest British woman and the first Welsh woman to climb to the summit of Mount Everest in 2007. She continues to partake in extreme adventure events…
