Dame Kiri Te Kanawa   THE BBC Cardiff Singer of the World returns to St David’s Hall (Saturday 15 – Saturday 22 June) with the very best young opera talent globally competing for the prestigious prize. Over 400 singers applied worldwide, but only 20 singers made it through the rigorous selection process and will now have the chance to perform in front of a distinguished jury including José Cura, Frederica von Stade and Dame Felicity Lott. The singers will be…

  CARDIFF, GET READY TO ESCAPE THE ORDINARY… In what could be the worst-kept secret of 2019 so far, The City Zip Company is excited to announce that it is bringing its thrilling zip wire attraction to Cardiff this summer, in the first ever event of its kind in the Welsh capital!   Allowing visitors the opportunity to launch themselves from 45 metres up off the roof of the voco St. David’s Hotel in Cardiff Bay, riders will travel 350…

HOUSEHOLD FAVOURITE PETER ANDRE JOINED A CHALLENGE AGAINST THE CLOCK TO RESTORE AN ORCHARD TO ITS FORMER GLORY  THE ORCHARD OVERHAUL MARKS THE FIVE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BULMERS AND THE ORCHARD PROJECT THE ORCHARD PROJECT CHARITY IS BREATHING LIFE INTO THE UK’S FORGOTTEN ORCHARDS ALONGSIDE PARTNER BULMERS, WHO HAVE A SHARED PASSION FOR ORCHARDING AND CHAMPIONING THE USE OF 100% BRITISH APPLES IN THEIR CIDER IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 200 COMMUNITY ORCHARDS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO BE USED BY THOUSANDS…

  Four Scout leaders from the Cardiff and Vale area have been recognised for their service to Scouting with an invitation to a Buckingham Palace Garden Party. Mike and Mo Lewis, both leaders with 1st Rhiwbina, have, between them, given young people in Rhiwbina over 110 years in services teaching them the Skills for Life through Scouting. Chris Parsons, the current District Commissioner for Tir a Mor, which covers Barry, Rhoose, Cowbridge, Llanwit Major, St Athan and St Brides, leads…

  Footballer, philosopher, actor… Spaceman: Eric Cantona adds another string to his bow announcing he is going to space – to prove that Kronenbourg is not just le taste supreme in the world, but in the entire universe. To commemorate Cantona’s announcement, Kronenbourg has created a world-first levitating monument of Eric – featuring the Frenchman dressed in a spacesuit and floating in thin air Seemingly defying the laws of gravity, the statue uses state-of-the-art magnetic technology to enable the homage…

  Author, philanthropist and burns survivor Katie Piper officially launches the country’s first ever Burns Rehabilitation Centre in June 2019. Katie Piper, through her charity The Katie Piper Foundation has been working for years behind the scenes to make this facility a reality for those with burns and scars in the UK. Based at Fairfield Independent Hospital in, St Helens  Merseyside, the Centre aims to treat twenty patients in the first 12 months of opening. Offering patients access to  adapted…

  Mencap Cymru has found that people with a learning disability are less likely to be in any kind of relationship than people without a disability. The findings from its National Lottery funded project, ‘Our Social Networks’ will be revealed at a ‘pop-up museum’ in the Chapter Arts Centre during Learning Disability Week which runs from 17th – 23rd June. The Mencap Cymru team conducted almost thirty oral histories with people discussing their friendships and romantic relationships.. The stories detail…

  Venues across the UK will be swinging to the very best of big band sounds as the Glenn Miller Orchestra announces UK dates for the autumn.   The Glenn Miller Orchestra roll back the years with much loved hits such as ‘Moonlight Serenade’, ‘American Patrol’, ‘Tuxedo Junction’, ‘Little Brown Jug’, ‘Pennsylvania 6-5000’, ‘Chattanooga Choo Choo’ and ‘In The Mood’, all of which helped establish Glenn Miller as the most celebrated big band leader of the twentieth century.   Veteran…

  A nine year old from Pontyclun Primary School has been named a regional finalist in the Explore Learning Writers’ Awards! Emilie Williams’ story was a tale based on this year’s theme of “a chance to change the world”.  She was crowned the regional finalist for Wales!   The competition, which has been running for the past three months, invited children from across the UK to write a 500-word story. The competition organised by tuition provider, Explore Learning is now…

The Welsh National Opera got its summer season ‘FREEDOM’ off to an explosive start at Wales Millennium Centre with its production of Dead Man Walking. With music by Jake Heggie, the opera follows the work of nun: Sister Helen Prejean as she works with death row prisoner Joseph De Rocher who has been convicted of the rape and murder of a teenage couple. Set in Louisiana in 1980’s, there are many themes raised in the opera, through emotional and sometimes…