05/06/2017

  Constructionline are encouraging SMEs in the construction industry to attend their next Meet the Buyer event, which is set to take place in Cardiff on Wednesday 14 June. The event, which will take place at Cardiff’s All Nations Centre, will provide the opportunity for contractors, consultants and suppliers to connect with main contractor and public sector buyers to discuss upcoming work in the region. Confirmed exhibitors at the event include: Bibby Factors Ltd, Kier Construction, JN Bentley, The National…

05/06/2017

CHORAL VETERAN OVERCOMES TRAGEDY TO LEAD YOUNG SINGERS TO LIVE SEMI-FINALS  (Wales’ only Semi-Final entry!)   A choral conductor who has been conducting a children’s choir since the shadow years of World War II will this week lead his youth singers with pride as they reach the Semi-Finals of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent. Wales’ Angelicus Celtis comprise of everyday schoolgirls aged 12 and up from the ranks of the Hywel Girls’ Choir led by conductor John Hywel Williams who has nurtured…

05/06/2017

  Australia’s most successful family entertainment group, The Wiggles, are coming to the UK and Ireland for the first time in 5 years! Emma, Lachy, Simon and Anthony are so excited to be touring England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales this July and August. They will be bringing some familiar wiggly friends with them too, including Dorothy the Dinosaur, Captain Feathersword, Wags the Dog and Henry the Octopus! Emma will be delighting fans with her Irish and ballet dancing and there’ll…

05/06/2017

  The Swansea Triathlon took place on Sunday 28th May, in Swansea with almost 1000 athletes starting the race. This is a sprint triathlon where athletes swam 750m in the SA1 dock, cycled 20k on closed roads around the city centre and ended their race with a 5k run crossing the finish line in Castle Square to great crowds of supporters. The top 3 male winners of the Swansea Triathlon were Alex Matchett with a time of 55 minutes and…

05/06/2017

A new film released on 31 May called The Firefighters’ Dilemma is calling for the government to set national standards to improve emergency response times.  The film shows a pensioner trapped inside a burning flat. The first fire engine arrives, but the second is some way behind. The firefighters are desperate to go in and save ‘Alice’ but they are not supposed to enter the building until the back up crew arrives, for their own safety (see notes to editors…

05/06/2017

Monday 20 November 8pm – TICKETS ON SALE NOW! LEGENDARY singer-songwriter Van Morrison returns to St David’s Hall on Monday 20 November 2017 with what promises to be an incredible career-spanning set. Plus, tickets for the eagerly anticipated show are already on sale! Van Morrison started his career as a teenager in the late 1950s covering the top tunes of the day in various groups around Belfast. He then rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the…

05/06/2017

  Friday 16 February, 7pm Doors TICKETS ON SALE NOW EIGHTIES synth-pop icons Erasure are back with a new album and tour including a date at St David’s Hall on Friday 16 February 2018! The New Wave duo released another collection of perfectly crafted tunes with World Be Gone earlier this month, and fans can expect a mix of new material and old classics at the National Concert Hall of Wales. Tickets go on sale this Friday (2 June) at 10am,…

05/06/2017

  Saturday 31 March, 7.30pm – TICKETS ON SALE NOW BRUTALLY honest political correspondent Jonathan Pie attempts to smash the system from within at St David’s Hall on Saturday 31 March 2018 – and tickets are on sale now! Following a sell-out 2017 UK tour ending at the London Palladium, the world’s most frustrated fictitious news reporter returns with his sharply observed and hilarious satire of current affairs entitled Back to the Studio. Since first appearing in September 2015, Jonathan Pie (created…

05/06/2017

  Independent charity Crimestoppers and the Electoral Commission are calling on the public to be aware of the threat of electoral fraud, as the UK prepares for a General Election on Thursday 8 June. The three-week campaign, which launched on the 1 June, highlights the tell-tale signs of electoral fraud. This includes intimidating or bribing voters, stealing postal or proxy votes, voting as someone else, tampering with ballot papers or postal ballot packs, or asking someone to reveal their marked…

26/05/2017

Award-winning actor Bill Ward, who left ITV’s Emmerdale in a murderous exit this October, is to star in the next thrilling stage adaptation of multi-million selling author Peter James’ Not Dead Enough. Appearing alongside Laura Whitmore and Stephen Billington, Bill Ward will play Peter James’ famous literary Detective Superintendent Roy Grace from Tuesday 18 April 2017. The show is coming to Cardiff on Tuesday 13 June 2017. As well as his 3 year run and a recent explosive exit from his role…