Staff at the Ebbw Vale branch of McDonald’s put on a Psychic Medium night to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities (UK), the independent charity which provides free ‘home away from home’ accommodation to families with sick children in hospitals across the UK. The event was led by Kim Parry, a shift supervisor from the restaurant who has also volunteered a number of times at her local Ronald McDonald House based at the University Hospital of Wales in…

Visitors to Cardiff’s Roath Park are being kept up to date with what’s going on at the popular amenity thanks to a £4,000 grant from Tesco’s Bags of Help Scheme. The Friends of Roath Park group, which has been supporting the park since 2011, has used funding from the supermarket scheme to put up community noticeboards around the park to help keep local residents and visitors informed about what’s on. The funding has enabled the friends to provide more promotional…

  Lufkin Coffee Roasters established themselves in King’s Road Yard, Pontcanna in 2015 and have since become the top place to stop and enjoy a speciality coffee in the area. The Cardiff-based company now plan to open two new sites in Canton and Grangetown this spring. Husband and wife team, Dan and Frances Lukins, are hoping that their new ventures will allow the people of Cardiff further opportunity to stop, relax and enjoy the meditative experience of their special approach…

  In celebration of St David’s Day, the Football Association of Wales have released ‘Getting to Know’, an original, feature series across the FA Wales YouTube channel. The brand-new series follows former Wales footballer and sport presenter Owain Tudur Jones on a mission to enable football fans the opportunity to really get to know their footballing heroes, both past and present, whilst offering a unique insight into the personalities of these athletes that is rarely ever seen. The first episode…

The iconic Shakin’ Stevens performed at St David’s hall Sunday and boy did he deliver! He was accompanied with a 9 piece band, who were sensational! Aged 70 years at the time of this concert as he turned 71 on Monday! The audience actually sang happy birthday to him which was really memorable. He was full of energy and his passion for his music  shone through on stage. He performed classic hits like “Give me your heart tonight” , “You…

Education expert and former teacher Becky Cranham can help you decide. So you want to be a primary school teacher? Let’s look at the skills you’ll need to join this truly rewarding career. You’ll need to: Enjoy being around children. This might seem obvious but it is definitely a must-have! If you’ve never spent much time around kids, try volunteering at a local primary school. You’ll soon find out if the thought of being surrounded by children all day is…

Whitchurch High School’s very own Elinor Crawley, has appeared in many screen productions such as Vikings and The White Queen since her debut in the Welsh made film Submarine. Carl Marsh got to talk about her latest movie Burning Men. Your latest film has a POV (point of view) camera angle to it, and it took me a little while to get used to it, but once I did, I really did get to experience a film like no other…

Initiative supported by industry figures Jane Featherstone, Phoebe Fox, Emma Freud, Maike Mia Höhne, Kate Kinninmont, Stacy Martin, Archie Panjabi, Marianne Slot and more (Thursday 28th February, London, Paris, Berlin) Bumble today announces that The Female Film Force, a Bumble initiative offering unique grants to aspiring women filmmakers is now open in France, Germany and the UK. Following the production of five female led films supported by The Female Film Force in the UK last year, and overwhelming demand from…

With Mother’s Day approaching, one of Barnardo’s adoptive mums has shared her inspiring story in the hopes of encouraging other families to welcome a vulnerable child into their lives. Louisa, 47, from Birmingham, works in a school and had seen how children in care flourish when they find their forever families. When her sons left home and she decided to extend her family, she contacted Barnardo’s, which has been finding families for vulnerable children for more than 100 years, and…

  The serious business of comedy will be one of many contemporary topics under discussion at this year’s Creative Cities Convention, hosted by top journalist and Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark. After its highly successful inaugural event held in Leeds last year the convention’s second outing, on Monday April 1 and Tuesday April 2 at the wonderful Royal College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, is shaping up to be a full house of industry leaders and a packed programme of…