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The Welsh Conservatives have criticised the opening of Cardiff University’s Kazakhstan campus amid the university’s ongoing financial difficulties. Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education, Natasha Asghar MS, argues that with the university facing difficult financial decisions, the money spent on the campus could have been better spent on protecting Welsh jobs. Commenting, Welsh Conservative…

A former RAF civilian worker who swapped military life for the care sector is being hailed as one of Wales’s most inspiring social care professionals.Louise Paxford, Assistant Manager and Training Lead at Ysguborwen Care Home in Llwydcoed, near Aberdare, is a finalist at this year’s prestigious Wales Care Awards.She’s been shortlisted in the Commitment to…

A new play based on its lead actor’s lived experience of surviving sexual abuse – and which he hopes will encourage other men to open up about their trauma – will take to the stage in Cardiff and Treorchy this October. Set in the Rhondda valley, psychological drama No Man’s Land follows its lead character’s battles, navigating…

Welsh rugby legend Jonathan Davies has officially cut the red tape on a brand-new drinks distribution depot in Glamorgan, marking a major milestone for the region’s hospitality sector and the next chapter in the partnership between LWC – the UK’s largest independent drinks wholesaler – and the former wholesale arm of Glamorgan Brewing Company. The new site –…

Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby has partnered with Wooden Spoon, the children’s charity of Rugby  to launch the Wooden Spoon GBWR Junior Regional Academies, an initiative that will expand inclusive playing and training opportunities for juniors to engage with wheelchair rugby at both grassroots and performance levels.  Wooden Spoon has a long-standing commitment to supporting children and young people…

A range of 15 real ales, including five from international brewers, will be available at Yr Ieuan Ap Iagoin Aberdare, during its 12-day beer festival. The pub in High Street will host the festival from Wednesday 1 October to Sunday 12 Octoberinclusive. The overseas brewers are from India, France, Australia and two from the USA….

A care home’s “wonder-woman” has been shortlisted for a top award after more than a decade of being ‘the glue that holds everyone together’.Emma Louise Davies is a whizz of an administration assistant at Ysguborwen Care Home, Aberdare, where she has worked since she left school at 17 years old. Bosses say she quickly became known…