Conor Elliott is a talented Photographer based in Cardiff.  During lockdown, he wanted to do something to capture the sense of community spirit and appreciation of NHS workers. Over the course of three months, from March to June 2020, Conor walked the streets of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan photographing the artworks that local residents proudly displayed in their windows in support of the NHS. Conor decided to bring the images together in the form of colourful mosaics.  The…

This National Eye Health Week (21st-27th September) a Cardiff doctor is highlighting the importance of looking after your eyes after he almost lost his sight. Dr Inderpal Singh, 46, a consultant physician, experienced a sudden deterioration in his sight while at work in May. “I suddenly had a very gritty feeling in my eyes, followed by pain, redness and blurred vision that got worse over the next four hours,” said Inderpal. By the time I got home I could hardly…

Theo Paphitis and Young Enterprise shine a light on young entrepreneurs October 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of Small Business Sunday (#SBS), TV Dragon Theo Paphitis’s small business initiative. To celebrate this milestone, Theo has partnered with national charity, Young Enterprise, to celebrate young entrepreneurs and give them a chance to grow their businesses as #SBS winners.  All the winners will be under 25 with startup businesses recognised in a special one-off celebration of young entrepreneurs. Inspired by the brilliant pitches…

The Welsh Government is spearheading a new drive to get people in Wales to recycle more in a bid to be the world leader in recycling. Launched during Recycling Week (21 – 27 September), the campaign fronted by chef, author and ultra-marathon runner Mathew Pritchard, asks everyone to ‘Be Mighty, Recycle’ by making small but important changes in how they recycle and push Wales towards the number one spot. Wales has come a long way since 1999, increasing recycling from 5%…

The Royal British Legion is encouraging people to lace up their trainers this October and November to take part in its free to enter Virtual My Poppy Run to help support service and ex-service personnel and their families.   The Legion’s Poppy Run events, which usually take place in ten Cities across the country, including Cardiff, are unable to go ahead in their usual format this year due to social distancing measures. Instead, people can show their support for the 2020…

With the new academic year underway, it isn’t just teachers and pupils who are having to get used to new ways of going to school. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board’s Children’s Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) team is changing how it provides services to schools across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Children’s SLT team works closely with education staff and parents to support them in meeting the needs of children with speech,…

Photograph – Rob Payne from South Wales Freemasons meeting Prof Paul Morgan   Research into a crucial protein linked to the development of Alzheimer’s has been supported by a £76,000 grant from South Wales Freemasons. The grant is funding an Alzheimer’s Research UK PhD student, Aurora Veteleanu, at the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) at Cardiff University. Scientists know that small changes to a gene that provides the instructions for producing a protein called clusterin are linked to an…

I’m sat here in a beautiful cottage writing this month’s article and feeling very inspired by the stunning scenery around me. This might come as a surprise considering that the countryside isn’t usually credited for its sense of style, but this type of place offers inspiration for every topic, including fashion. The autumn season is upon us and that brings me a lot of happiness since autumn fashion was one of the main contributing factors in my love of clothing!…

My fellow self-isolators, on a recent weekend away in Devon, we saw this fish sculpture on the beach.  A nice use of builders’ rubble wouldn’t you say.  Funnily enough, I’ve been training as a sculptor since lockdown but I’m not particularly good at it.  Just the other day I made an Elk from limestone which I thought was good, but my art teacher Mr Watson couldn’t work out what it was.  I said to him:  “Surely you can see that…

Three generations of a lifesaving Pontypool family have defied the odds by each being selected to donate their life-saving bone marrow to three complete strangers thousands of miles away. Allan (65), Chris (33) and Corey Taylor (25) were all selected from the Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry as the only suitable matches in the world capable of saving patients from Africa, America and Europe respectively. To mark World Bone Marrow Donor Day (Saturday 19 September), the Taylor family is calling on 17-30 year olds across Wales…