ITV today announced a brand new reality show, Singletown, which will air on ITV2 later this year. From Keshet Productions, this 15 x 60 series will see five couples press pause on their relationships and spend one incredible summer experiencing single life in the most glamorous city in the world, London. Each couple will have a different reason for putting their relationships on ice – from school sweethearts who’ve never dated other people properly, newer relationships that have hit the…

Howthelightgetsin announces their full programme for their 10th anniversary year which will be taking place in Hay-On-Wye, the 24th-27th of May. The programme is made up of over 300 events including debates and talks, live music, comedy, arts, ideas & culture, wellbeing, film, parties, and so much more. Enjoy electrifying live performances from Anna Calvi, British Sea Power, Donovan, Zero 7 and many more. Mathematical physicist and Stephen Hawking collaborator Roger Penrose puts forward his theory for why 95% of…

Facing The Music is a campaign I started after a recurrent and life-threatening brain-tumour took my peripheral-vision. Ironically I began to see all too clearly the many ways you could be mistreated should you be considered “dis-abled.” Ways that would be considered totally unacceptable by anyone considered “able.” However, even worse, I also began to see that there would be little or no consequences for any of these mistreatments. This lack of legally-enforceable consequences for all disability-related mistreatment is what…

        To help mark its 180th anniversary, Perennial has partnered with Irish garden designer Peter Donegan with a show garden for RHS Flower Show Cardiff (12-14 April 2019). It is the first time the horticulture trade charity has exhibited at the show and the first time Peter (or any Irish designer) has designed there. The garden has been made possible by the support of the horticulture industry and in particular Burnham Landscaping, who are constructing the garden…

Dogs Trust has officially unveiled plans for its brand-new Cardiff Rehoming Centre which is set to open in 2021 to help save 1,000 dogs a year. Joining rescue dogs Coffee a six-month-old Shih Tzu and Hercules a five-year-old Terrier from the charity’s Bridgend rehoming centre was Welsh Rugby star, Shane Williams MBE, Dogs Trust Interim CEO Jim Monteith, Paul Davies AM and other Assembly Members, for a celebration of Dogs Trust’s work in Wales and to mark the start of…

A South Wales charity which offers care and support to children with cancer has benefitted from a donation from a local housebuilder. Kids Cancer Charity, which is based in Swansea and has a fundraising office in Cardiff, received a cheque of £550 from Bellway Wales, which is building new homes at St Lythans Park, in Culverhouse Cross. The money donated will go towards sending a child and their family to one of the charity’s four holiday homes located on the…

Cardiff & Vale Health Charity’s Staff Lottery has recently funded a cinema room on Meadow Ward, Llanfair Unit at University Hospital Llandough for patients suffering from mental health conditions, helping them feel more relaxed and at home while they are in hospital. With comfortable chairs, new audio visual equipment and a newly decorated room, service users are able to watch films and TV programmes that they choose. The space can also be used for service users to engage in low…

Prospective home-buyers are being urged to act fast at Redrow Homes’ Severn Heights development, as it soars past the halfway mark of houses sold. Launched in February 2017, the Lydney-based development consists of 107 three- and four-bedroom homes and boasts fantastic views of the River Severn and the Severn Bridge, giving the development its name. The first phase of Severn Heights proved so popular that the majority of properties sold off plan before construction commenced. With houses starting from £281,995,…

Moto employees in Cardiff played their part in raising £2m for Help for Heroes, which the charity will use to provide lifelong support to wounded Veterans. The Moto service station on the M4 helped the Moto in the Community Trust (MITC), the charitable arm of Moto services, reach the milestone following a dedicated seven-year fundraising drive, which included collections on Armed Forces Day, school holidays and Bank Holidays, and an annual Big Battlefield Bike Ride through Northern France. Their incredible…

I visited Etc in Penarth to experience their Motown supper club and it was truly superb. I was really impressed with the opulent ‘GATSBY’ decor, which really heightened the elegant ambiance. The fusion inspired restaurant and cocktail bar was really inviting and had plenty of staff to cater for your every need. I felt really comfortable and relaxed, it was almost like I was in my own home having a dinner party. The space is intimate and charming, with beautiful…