1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (336+ words) Kieran Molloy, Local Democracy Reporter An important step has been taken to bring a new leisure destination to a Welsh city. The Padel Club, a UK chain, and SW7 Gyms have been confirmed as the first leisure occupiers at Stride Park…...

3+ hour, 49+ min ago   (348+ words) Wales’ largest science festival will celebrate its tenth anniversary this autumn with its biggest programme of events yet. Hosted by Swansea University in partnership with the National Waterfront Museum, the Swansea Science Festival takes place at the museum on Friday…...

9+ hour, 49+ min ago   (483+ words) First-year students are to be offered meningitis B vaccinations at university campuses as part of a new health board programme. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board will run walk-in clinics at universities across Cardiff during September and October, with students…...

10+ hour, 38+ min ago   (341+ words) Welsh star Mark Williams was denied the English Open title after Ali Carter fought back from 5-3 down to claim victory in Brentwood. Carter won six of the final seven frames to beat the three-time world champion 9-6 at Brentwood Sports Centre…...

12+ hour, 26+ min ago   (717+ words) So begins Cad Goddeu — The Battle of the Trees — one of the most enigmatic and haunting poems preserved within medieval Welsh literature. The poem unsettles modern expectations from its opening lines. Trees do not merely frame the landscape or decorate…...

13+ hour, 13+ min ago   (1097+ words) ‘If Wales had a great poet in the 19th century it was the young William Thomas (Islwyn, 1832-78).’¹ Glyn Tegai Hughes published those words at the end of the 20th century. Statements proclaiming this writer to be ‘the best’ and that poet to…...

13+ hour, 35+ min ago   (488+ words) Drivers in Wales could be fined up to £150 for leaving their engines running while stationary under new rules coming into force this month. Councils will be given greater powers to tackle unnecessary engine idling from September 30, with the existing £20 fixed…...

13+ hour, 56+ min ago   (649+ words) News that Reform UK received £72 million in donations within 24 hours this week was unremarkable in a political landscape that has normalised graft. That such a sum should arrive from only two donors is reflective of the inequality our system of…...

14+ hour, 9+ min ago   (1859+ words) The truth they say is often stranger than fiction, but sometimes, I would go one step further and say that it can absolutely bowl you over and can come from such unexpected directions. Like most people, I enjoy listening to…...

14+ hour, 33+ min ago   (660+ words) Disgraced former BBC presenter Huw Edwards says he questioned whether people would think he had the “right to speak” as he rebuilds a public platform following his conviction for making indecent images of children. Edwards was sentenced to six months…...