Photograph bbc.co.uk The presenter and referee Nigel Owens internationally renowned calling on people to take the opportunity to tell their favorite stories are the whole nation in a series of short films for S4C. The short films are a big part of the colorful season of programs 'Legends' S4C in November and will include…
Welsh Hearts’ festive fundraiser ‘The Cardiff Santa & Elf Dash’ is back by popular demand for 2017. Now into its fifth year, the Santa & Elf dash has secured itself as one of Cardiff’s most popular sporting events. Last year, Welsh Hearts saw over 2,400 participants get into the festive spirit to complete the 5k…
Researchers in New Mexico and Croatia have tested a non-invasive brain scanning technique known as magnetoencephalography, or MEG, as an early biomarker of Alzheimer's disease. The results of the study are published today in the journal of Human Brain Mapping. Dr Doug Brown, Director of Research at Alzheimer’s Society, said: “Alzheimer’s disease can start causing changes in…
The cost to public authorities of welfare litigation in the Court of Protection “may have a chilling effect on their willingness to refer disputes to court where appropriate”, researchers have said. A report funded by the Nuffield Foundation and carried out by researchers at Cardiff University’s School of Law and Politics, Welfare cases in the Court…
Welsh Conservatives have called on the Labour-led Government to withdraw its plans for a devastating ‘Tourism Tax’ after latest figures released today showed there has been an increase of over six per cent in overnight trips to Wales*. The proposal for a ‘tourist tax’ – also backed by Plaid Cymru and the Lib Dems…
A Welsh council has been fined £150,000 after it failed to address vibration-related illnesses affecting its workers. Wrexham council was handed the fine after the local magistrates’ court heard how a 57-year old employee of the council’s StreetScene department had been diagnosed with Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) in September 2015. HAVS is caused from…
