A mum from Cardiff will be taking on the Cardiff Half Marathon to raise funds for Diabetes UK Cymru after her daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Amanda Lyon, 36, said her world was turned upside down when Emily, 5, was diagnosed with the condition in January. Now she is determined to complete the 13.1-mile challenge on Sunday 7 October to raise awareness of the condition and to fundraise for Diabetes UK Cymru. Diabetes UK Cymru’s Know Type 1…

A newly established youth rugby side in Ely, Cardiff, is preparing for a season of success after receiving a donation of brand new match kits from Principality Building Society. The match kits were donated to Caerau Ely RFC’s new under 15s side, established in August of this year. The kits had their first run out on Sunday (30 September) in an under 15s Blues Cup tournament set up by the WRU, watched by parents and supporters from the local community…

Claire Gaffey, from Swansea, is the face of this year’s Memory Walk TV ad. Claire, 44, was delighted to be picked to front the charity’s biggest annual fundraising event and is excited for Memory Walk to return to her home city on Saturday 13 October. Claire said “I was over the moon – filming the ad was great fun. It really made me feel that I could do my little bit.” She was skiing in the Alps when she heard…

★★★★★ “A fine split between offence and actual brilliance – and Bianca treads it perfectly” GAY TIMES ★★★★★ “Prepare to have your sides split.” ATTITUDE MAGAZINE “On point and hilarious” HUFFINGTON POST THE BIGGEST EVER SOLO DRAG SHOW TO VISIT 13 CITIES INCLUDING GLASGOW, NEWCASTLE, BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, CARDIFF, DUBLIN, LONDON AND MORE TICKETS GO ON GENERAL SALE THIS FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER, 9AM Following two consecutive sell-out UK tours, including three sold out nights at London’s Eventim Apollo, comedy queen and…

A trio of former University of Nottingham students are going from strength-to-strength after launching the UK’s first halal food delivery service, Halalivery. Rawan Abu-Ishira (26), Amur Anzorov (24) and Tawfiq Abu-Khajil (22) are the brains behind the award-winning Halalivery app, which allows users to order halal food straight to their doorstep. Having individually moved from Russia, Palestine and Jordan to study in the UK, the young team met whilst studying at Nottingham University, came up with the idea for the…

This October, actress and TV presenter Lisa Riley is encouraging the UK public to dig out their pink glad rags for Breast Cancer Now’s flagship fundraiser, wear it pink, which takes place on Friday 19 October. Wear it pink, the UK’s biggest pink fundraiser which takes place during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, calls on supporters to ditch their everyday colours and pull on some pink to raise money for Breast Cancer Now’s life-saving breast cancer research. The fundraising event,…

  Hundreds of people joined the Cycle on the Senedd in Cardiff today to call for a doubling of investment in active travel.  They heard pledges of support from representatives of all four major parties.   The steps of the Senedd were crowded with people who had got on their bikes to lobby Welsh Government to fulfil the promises made in the Active Travel Act.   Lee Waters AM (Labour), David Melding AM (Conservative), Dai Lloyd AM (Plaid Cymru) and…

  Disney-themed World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event at M&S Cafés across Cardiff sees community come together to support those living with cancer Proceeds from limited edition Macmillan ‘Colin the Caterpillar’ cake, mugs and Café sales all contribute to total amount raised   M&S stores across Cardiff have raised £4,660 for Macmillan Cancer Support following a Disney-themed World’s Biggest Coffee Morning as well as lots of different fundraising activities throughout September.   Cardiff M&S customers joined millions across the country to…

Community groups in Wales are urgently seeking last minute votes as they chase a share of funding worth £82,500. Public voting in Skipton Building Society’s award-winning community funding scheme Grassroots Giving closes at midnight on Friday 12 October and small organisations across the region are desperate to attract as much support as possible to be in with a chance of winning a £500 pot of money. Grassroots Giving gives small community groups, clubs and organisations from across the UK the…

“I’m lazy in every way apart from writing songs. I think I’m looking for the song that loves me back …” Ian McCulloch // Mojo August 2018 Bands rarely ever arrive as the full package. Some manage to achieve that status through a lot of effort and a bit of luck; often though, there’s a magical element that sits just out of reach. Echo & the Bunnymen were the full package – maybe the first band of my youth to…