Fairwater’s leisure centre has had some exciting improvements take shape in the past few months. Better Cardiff (the customer brand of leading charitable leisure social enterprise provider GLL) has invested more than £450,000 to provide a modern and dynamic facility at Fairwater, one of the eight leisure centres it manages in Cardiff. The investment has included: • Combining the old gym and studio space to create a much larger gym, doubling in size • Providing the larger gym with…

  A Mum of three from Cardiff is taking on a charity run after she had a stroke at age 28; just three weeks after her first baby was born. Melissa Broad from Creigiau is continuing her journey to keep fit after her stroke in 2010, by signing up for the Stroke Association’s Resolution Run in Cardiff’s Bute Park on 10 March. Melissa said: “I am proud to be running in the Resolution Run as a stroke survivor, after experiencing…

Jay James chats to Carl Marsh about his new appointment as the new host of a brand-new music, entertainment and celebrity-packed show on Nation Broadcasting’s five regional networks across Wales, which are on Sunday’s between 4 pm and 7 pm. You’ve been quite busy these last few years haven’t you, and now you’re the new prime time Sunday afternoon host on Nation Radio’s networks across Wales? Well, obviously I am still involved with the music side of things by working…

Dr Michael Mosley, the guy credited for popularising the 5/2 Diet and is always on our TV screens, chats to Carl Marsh about why he often is putting his body up for new medical trials and did indeed cure his own Type 2 Diabetes from doing so on one of his TV shows. He will be appearing at St David’s Hall on the 27th of February. How much freedom are you given with selecting the subject matter for the shows…

WOW! The iconic TEARS FOR FEARS band rocked the Motorpoint arena in a sell-out gig! This is their first UK tour since 2005, so has had massive interest. They performed classic hits like ‘Shout’, ‘Mad world’ and opened with my favourite song ‘Every Body Wants To Rule The World’. The atmosphere was electric and even after more than 30 years since their first big hit they sounded incredible! Their first ever album ‘The Hurting’ reached number 1 in the UK…

Incontinence and postnatal body issues are major health concerns for women, costing the NHS up to £233 million per year1. They harm women’s dignity, have a huge impact on mental health, and ruin lives for years. However, many women aren’t aware that this misery is avoidable. A new study by MUTU System* shows that these conditions can be improved by women in their own homes, without expensive medical intervention. As a result, MUTU System has launched a national 30 day…

Pride Cymru has achieved a gold Attitude is Everything award, after being the first Pride event to join the Charter of Best Practice when it achieved a silver award in 2015. The award by Attitude is Everything reflects a range of activity designed to make Pride Cymru as inclusive as possible, including: ·        Having a Mobiloo Changes Places Toilet at their event to enable people to attend who need to use a hoist. ·        Working with People First Wales to provide Easy Read information for customers who need…

BLUE Chapter, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, Wales, CF5 1QE Tuesday 5th – Saturday 16th February 2019 And every so often I find something. Washed up on the shore. Something lost. Something old. Something broken. Something in need of repair. And I’d bring it back here. I’d bring it home. This February, Chippy Lane Productions present the world premiere of BLUE – the debut play of young Welsh writer Rhys Warrington. BLUE shines a light on the current state of vulnerable…

Another Cuban bar? Another cocktail bar? Yes! But the new OLD HAVANA cocktail bar and restaurant has a cool new vibe with an authentic Cuban twist. Set on High street in Cardiff city centre it brings an exciting addition to the flourishing castle quarter. The area has really developed in recent times and is quickly becoming a Cardiff nightlife hotspot. This is the second Old Havana bar and restaurant to open as there is already one in Swansea. The inside…

This sensational Italian restaurant set in the St David’s 2 food quarter really blew us away! Carl and I were invited down to try “The best pizza and pasta in town”. With so many Italian restaurants in Cardiff, I was of course sceptical but eager to indulge and make my own conclusions. We arrived and were promptly greeted by the front of house with a warming smile and engaging attitude, I felt like we had walked into a friends home…