-Credit:John Myers Professor Dylan Jones-Evans is leading enterprise academic and founder of the Wales Fast Growth 50th initiative, which has ranked the fastest-growing firms in Wales annually since 1999. Two years ago the project was expanded UK-wide. Pwllheli-born Prof Jones-Evans also chaired a review panel set up by the Welsh Government which led to the … Read more
A popular takeaway which has been a part of a community for decades has closed its doors. Dragon Boat, located in Mumbles Road in Mumbles, has gained plenty of loyal customers through the years, returning time and time again for its Cantonese, Peking and Chinese dishes. Open from Thursday to Sunday, it offered up a … Read more
A Senedd member warned Wales risks falling behind the rest of the UK on tackling pet abduction after ministers rejected calls to create a specific criminal offence. Carolyn Thomas called for a pet abduction bill to make stealing a pet a specific offence and bring Wales into line with other parts of the UK. She … Read more
Aldi has released three new mini chocolate easter eggs which have shoppers running to their nearest supermarket. Shoppers have already spotted chocolate eggs from the likes of Cadbury, Nestle, Lindt and Terry’s in stores across the UK ahead of Easter 2025. Some Easter treats were even out before Christmas, with Cadbury’s White Creme Eggs and Mini Eggs … Read more
-Credit:Getty Images Cardiff City legend Nathan Blake has told the club to bin the idea of allowing Cian Ashford to leave on loan this month, with former Bluebirds midfielder Joe Ledley believing the winger has the spark the team has been missing this season. Cardiff beat promotion-contenders Sheffield United 1-0 in the FA Cup third … Read more
Plans for the “first steps” of a major project to re-open the Rhondda Tunnel and turn it into Europe’s longest walking and cycling tunnel have been submitted. An application has been submitted by The Rhondda Tunnel Society to Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) Council for the excavation of land to expose the Blaencwm portal of the … Read more
Merthyr Tydfil schools will not be asked to contribute towards reducing the council’s budget gap, the cabinet member for education has said. At full council on Wednesday, January 8, Councillor Gareth Lewis said he’d told the statutory schools budget forum meeting that there would be no contribution from schools budgets this year to reduce the … Read more
For Darren Rice and Julie Elizabeth to give four hours of their own time on a Sunday to go litter picking is very public-spirited of them (Argus 3rd Jan). But for the leader of Newport City Council, Dimitri Batrouni, to join in and help, begs the comment that if he has so much spare time … Read more
Met Office weather maps have shown how cold it will get this weekend as temperatures are set to hit -5C in some areas on Friday, January 10. Despite the cold weather snap, it is set to get a little warmer through the weekend, especially on Sunday, January 12. Expect lows of -3C in some areas … Read more
A cemetery caretaker who has spent the past decade giving away all his things as part of an extreme minimalism experiment says he now has 170 possessions left, and plans to get that down to 100. Axel Radstrom has got rid of his sofa, TV and all of his kitchen furniture. Day-by-day Axel, 36, is … Read more