Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, has announced £1.2m to improve the renal dialysis unit at University Hospital for Wales (UHW), Cardiff. During a visit to the unit today (Thursday, 19 July), Mr Gething saw how the money will be used to upgrade the unit to deal with patients in a more clinically appropriate environment and improving their overall experience. He said: “Chronic kidney disease is estimated to affect 6‐8% of the general population. With many of the contributing…

Whenever Stereophonics come back to Cardiff, it feels like a national holiday should be called. In the days running up to their return, everyone I spoke to had their own ‘phonics story. Word Gets Around was the first album I bought. The First Time I Saw Your Face was my wedding dance. I lost my voice belting out Have A Nice Day last time they played Motorpoint. This is a band firmly embedded in the collective consciousness of our capital…

  Samuel Coles, 20, a stroke survivor from Cardiff is set to take part in the Step Out for Stroke fundraising walk in aid of the Stroke Association at Roath Park on 10 June.   The anatomy student is looking forward to meeting other young stroke survivors at the walk as he works to overcome the emotional effects of the stroke he had in just March.   Step out for Stroke walks will take place across Wales from May to…

Self-taught musician, Tom Auton has just released his highly anticipated single Invisible Necessity His single gathered over 1000 Spotify streams in the first 3 days of release. Speaking about the inspiration behind his single, Tom Auton said, “Watching a friend become careless, irresponsible and nonchalant in a relationship wasn’t easy. Especially when the other half of that relationship continues to love, appreciate and respect. Without knowing they become an Invisible Necessity to their unappreciative partner. It was seeing this unravel…

People visiting their GP for mental health issues have improved access to support thanks to a successful pilot in the Cardiff East area   Cardiff East GP cluster identified a need for increased support for patients with mental health difficulties in primary care and introduced a Primary Care Mental Health Nurse to provide tailored care and support to these patients.   GPs within this cluster, which covers Llanrumney, Rumney, St Mellons and Trowbridge, identified that it would be helpful to…

A man from Cwmparc who has Type 1 diabetes has swum 50 miles, the equivalent of swimming the English Channel and back again, to raise vital funds for Diabetes UK Cymru   Scott Bennett, 31, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1994, aged seven. He signed up to complete the charity’s Swim22 fundraiser, which encourages challengers to swim 22 miles, the length of the English Channel. However, he quickly decided to set himself an even greater challenge. Scott said,…

Rebecca has run walknroll – a dog walking service – in Cardiff for over five years. now, she’s giving her opinion on all things dog We are a city of dog lovers. You only need to visit one of our beautiful parks and in minutes if not seconds you will spot a dog. I currently have a Jack Russell curled up on my knee biding her time before her next meal! We have seen in recent years a surge in…

Your Local Boots is About to Unveil a Gorgeous New Make-Over #FeelLikeNew with all of the latest new beauty products and advice from Boots Boots is bringing Cardiff a brand new self-selection beauty experience, offering customers all of the latest beauty products, looks, inspiration and advice, and it wants you to be the first to come and explore the exciting new brands. Customers are invited to #FeelLikeNew and celebrate the make-up makeover with Boots in Cardiff, Queen Street.  At the…

Carly Thompsett had an idea, and the prince’s trust helped it grow. Now she shares her story   I left school at 15 with some GCSE’s, but being dyslexic I was told I probably wouldn’t amount to much anyway so why bother. After leaving, I got a job and I started at College for 3 years, which I did both full-time. I did hair and beauty for the first year and art and design for the last two. I wanted…

BBC Children in Need has announced that it has awarded this to a project aimed at working with disadvantaged children   The new funding will enable projects to provide services to young people in the area and the news means that the charity now has more than £1.2m invested in Cardiff. This is the first funding round of the year, with additional funding to be allocated to projects across the UK throughout 2018.  Pentrebane Zone will use a grant of…