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The Welsh Government is spearheading a new drive to get people in Wales to recycle more in a bid to be the world leader in recycling. Launched during Recycling Week (21 – 27 September), the campaign fronted by chef, author and ultra-marathon runner Mathew Pritchard, asks everyone to ‘Be Mighty, Recycle’ by making small but important changes in how they recycle and push Wales towards the number one spot. Wales has come a long way since 1999, increasing recycling from 5%…

The Royal British Legion is encouraging people to lace up their trainers this October and November to take part in its free to enter Virtual My Poppy Run to help support service and ex-service personnel and their families.   The Legion’s Poppy Run events, which usually take place in ten Cities across the country, including Cardiff, are unable to go ahead in their usual format this year due to social distancing measures. Instead, people can show their support for the 2020…

With the new academic year underway, it isn’t just teachers and pupils who are having to get used to new ways of going to school. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board’s Children’s Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) team is changing how it provides services to schools across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Children’s SLT team works closely with education staff and parents to support them in meeting the needs of children with speech,…

Photograph – Rob Payne from South Wales Freemasons meeting Prof Paul Morgan   Research into a crucial protein linked to the development of Alzheimer’s has been supported by a £76,000 grant from South Wales Freemasons. The grant is funding an Alzheimer’s Research UK PhD student, Aurora Veteleanu, at the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) at Cardiff University. Scientists know that small changes to a gene that provides the instructions for producing a protein called clusterin are linked to an…

I’m sat here in a beautiful cottage writing this month’s article and feeling very inspired by the stunning scenery around me. This might come as a surprise considering that the countryside isn’t usually credited for its sense of style, but this type of place offers inspiration for every topic, including fashion. The autumn season is upon us and that brings me a lot of happiness since autumn fashion was one of the main contributing factors in my love of clothing!…

My fellow self-isolators, on a recent weekend away in Devon, we saw this fish sculpture on the beach.  A nice use of builders’ rubble wouldn’t you say.  Funnily enough, I’ve been training as a sculptor since lockdown but I’m not particularly good at it.  Just the other day I made an Elk from limestone which I thought was good, but my art teacher Mr Watson couldn’t work out what it was.  I said to him:  “Surely you can see that…

Three generations of a lifesaving Pontypool family have defied the odds by each being selected to donate their life-saving bone marrow to three complete strangers thousands of miles away. Allan (65), Chris (33) and Corey Taylor (25) were all selected from the Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry as the only suitable matches in the world capable of saving patients from Africa, America and Europe respectively. To mark World Bone Marrow Donor Day (Saturday 19 September), the Taylor family is calling on 17-30 year olds across Wales…

This September, environmental charity Keep Wales Tidy is calling on communities to ‘be part of the pick’ by getting involved in Autumn Clean Cymru. The campaign, which was postponed in early spring due to Covid-19, is running between 11-27 September 2020. It will encourage the Welsh public to take part in small, socially distanced clean-ups to remove litter from streets, parks and beaches. Keep Wales Tidy Chief Executive Lesley Jones said: “It has never been more important for our country…

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Twits, James and the Giant Peach… children and adults have been delighted by Roald Dahl’s books for generations. September 13 is Roald Dahl Day, a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our favourite Dahl stories and characters with fellow fans all over the world. Here, Dahl fan and former primary school teacher Laura Steele of educational resources experts PlanBee shares her top facts about the much-loved author. Who was Roald Dahl? Roald Dahl is one of…

Heart of Cardiff inspired by the people and communities of the City Cardiff’s award-winning Sherman Theatre has announced its autumn season which includes the new audio series Heart of Cardiff, inspired by the people and communities of the city. The season also includes an audio version of a popular new comedy drama and two series of podcasts. The Sherman will also continue a programme to support freelance theatre makers and connect and develop young people. All of the audio and…