The Social Mobility Foundation (SMF), a charity that works with high-achieving young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, has opened a new office in Cardiff and it’s first office in Wales, adding to their offices in Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, London, Manchester and Newcastle. The charity works with over 1600 young people each year and supports them into the top universities and professions through a 5-year programme that consists of mentoring, internships, university and job application support, and skills sessions. Having supported…

  Set on Cowbridge road east is the fetching Purple Poppadom Indian restaurant. The restaurant had a lovely airy feel to it and the decor was very contemporary. Upon arrival, we were greeted straight away and quickly shown to our seats and offered drinks. Carl Marsh and I  asked the waiter for his recommendations. He was knowledgeable and explained the different curry offerings and spice intensity. We opted for a traditional ‘SHEEKH KEBAB’ and ‘PRAWN PORICHATHU’ to start. The sheekh…

  Sunday 10 March 2019. Race begins at 11am (registration from 9.45am) Bute Park, North Road, Cardiff CF10 3ER Among the runners is mum Melissa, who had a stroke only a day after the birth of her first child. Many people think strokes only happen to older people, so a stroke in a younger person can come as a big shock. Melissa told us: “The thought of not being able to talk with, or sing songs to my son made…

  THE legendary Paul Carrack is back with his best album in years and he’s coming to St David’s Hall on Sunday 10 March. Paul remains one of the most revered voices in music and a figurehead of soulful pop for decades. These Days is his most accomplished collection of songs in his distinguished career featuring 11 new compositions – six self-penned tracks and five co-writes with his old Squeeze bandmate, Chris Difford. With an extensive back catalogue of hits…

  In the early hours of the 14th of February 1988 a young woman is murdered in an unlit, empty flat above a betting shop at number 7 James Street in Cardiff’s docklands. Any murder is shocking but this one… particularly unsettling. Twenty-year-old Lynette White had been subjected to a vicious and frenzied knife attack. A team of 50 detectives set about the hunt for her killer. That investigation led not only to one of the UK’s most notorious miscarriages…

  Fundraising travel company challenges adventurers with a new way to conquer Africa’s mightiest mountain. Fundraising tour operator, Charity Challenge has launched a thrilling new way for adventurers to conquer Africa’s highest peak, crossing its remote Northern Icefields. The new “Kilimanjaro North Face Climb” itinerary from Charity Challenge takes adventurers up the virtually untouched north flank of the mountain, allowing them to reach the summit in daylight, something that the traditional Kili climbs have not been able to do. The…

  Sarah Rowe is busy training for her first London Marathon and she’s never short of motivation – because it surrounds her every day she goes to work. Sarah is manager of the Bridgend Disability Support Service which helps children and young people up to the age of 25 develop the skills and confidence to get involved with local sports and leisure activities and she has seen the life changing impact it has on many of them. The service is…

We all remember picking up a dictionary as a child and surreptitiously looking up that rude word you heard in the playground, but now Oxford University Press (OUP) will publish the first collection of cheeky words that parents will love too: Roald Dahl’s Rotsome & Repulsant Words, on World Book Day, Thursday 7th March 2019. Naughty words have been making their way into dictionaries since the eighteenth century, and even Samuel Johnson (who omitted most of them) permitted bum to…

The Football Association of Wales has today (Wednesday, 6 March) announced the Wales squad for the ‘C International Challenge Match’ against England at Salford City’s Peninsula Stadium on Tuesday, 19 March. Manager Mark Jones has selected a squad of 21 players from the JD Welsh Premier League, which includes a blend of experience and youth. The squad was announced via a special video recorded by fans from around Wales revealing the players from their respective clubs. Each video clip was…

  *FOUR RUNNERS AIM TO BREAK THE FASTEST KNOWN TIME FOR THE OFFA’S DYKE PATH* *ULTRA-RUN WILL SEE THE RUNNERS AIM TO BEAT THE 64 HOURS 10 MINUTES KNOWN RECORD* *CHALLENGE AIMS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR WALES AIR AMBULANCE* *TEAM TO BE SUPPORTED BY TYWYN & MONMOUTH BASED WELSH SNACK BRAND WILD TRAIL* Four runners from North Wales will aim to break the fastest known time for the Offa’s Dyke Path this March to help raise funds for Wales Air…