Stay safe Cardiff, and prepare for extreme weather conditions – experts in safety, Arco, is urging local businesses in Cardiff to prepare for the winter months now. With reports of an increased risk of bad weather this winter[1], Arco recommends businesses to plan ahead with its expert advice sheets for business winter weather needs, including advice against flooding, effective salting and how to be weather warning aware. The series of Arco expert advice sheets can be found on the Arco…

Wales’ Number One Panto, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Sees Record Sales Ahead Of This Weekend’s Opening Performances! Cardiff’s New Theatre, home to Wales’ number one family pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, has already exceeded record sales to date before this year’s must-see run has even begun. Demand for this year’s production, which stars Samantha Womack, Gareth Thomas, Mike Doyle, Chico, Tam Ryan and Stephanie Webber, has been exceptional with limited availability for performances before Christmas. Actress and singer Samantha Womack is…

Fearless, the youth service of the independent charity Crimestoppers, premieres a film in Cardiff today hoping to educate young people to speak out against crime in communities across Wales. The short film, made by ‘It’s My Shout Productions,’ features a series of fictional crimes witnessed by young people in different locations in Wales and shows them turning to Fearless. Ella Rabaiotti, Wales Regional Manager at Crimestoppers, said: “Young people are often witnesses of crime, but often do not recognise the…

Teachers and pupils from primary and secondary schools across the Vale of Glamorgan joined local and national agencies at a pupil wellbeing event in Barry this week. Hosted by the Vale of Glamorgan Network of Healthy Schools and the Learning and Skills Directorate at the Vale of Glamorgan Council, the event saw educators and specialists meet for a day of presentations, case studies and an interactive marketplace exploring pupil wellbeing and positive mental health in primary and secondary school age pupils. An introduction was…

The Welsh Capital has everything you need to get into the spirit of Christmas, so whether you stay for the weekend or just pay us a visit for the day, here is a round-up of what’s on in Cardiff this festive season… With only 12 weeks until Christmas, plans are well underway in the Welsh Capital as the city prepares to embark on a festive season full of magic and merriment. Award winning events, entertainment, attractions and a first-class shopping…

Do you have spare time on your hands and a desire to help others? Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is currently looking for volunteers to support their expanding Meet and Greet Service at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales. Support is needed at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales’s main reception and on Gwdihw Ward where meet and greet volunteers provide a warm, welcoming service to our youngest patients, visitors and Health Board staff.  Volunteers help by:…

A Head chef who cooks for a variety of cultures is in the running for a top award after transforming the cuisine at a care home with restaurant-style a la carte menus. Anthony Dyer may have only been at Penylan House Community Nursing in Cardiff for just over a year but he has impressed both staff and residents with the restaurant quality food he serves up on a daily basis. In what is his first head chef role, the 42-year-old…

Filming dates 12th Feb – 16th Feb Must be within 1 hour radius of Cardiff Must be over 18 To apply email [email protected] Think you can whip up a food frenzy and host a dinner party like no other? Think you’ve got what it takes to walk away with a £1000? If so, you could soon be part of the nations most favourite teatime show. The only criteria’s are that you must be over 18 and not working or trained as…

Wales Millennium Centre is thrilled to announce the full cast of Tiger Bay the Musical, which includes a 39-strong cast with many notable names from right here in Wales. Tiger Bay the Musical – created by a multi-award-winning team composer, Daf James, writer Michael Williams and director, Melly Still – is set in the flamboyant multi-ethnic community of Cardiff’s Butetown in the early 1900s. Extreme poverty meets supreme wealth. Gangs of street children roam the docks. Coal is King, and…

Traditional tailoring, timeless style and high fashion The Grace & Oliver Story Grace & Oliver is a brand born not only from a passion of the finest designer outerwear, but also from the frustration of being unable to find exceptional quality for the right price.  They couldn’t find the beautifully and thoughtfully designed coats that they wanted to see on the market, so they decided to start making their own.   At Grace & Oliver they currently have four full…