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Welsh rock band, Catfish and the Bottlemen, is on course to snap the number one album spot according to mid-week figures. The group’s new record – The Ride – is currently 20,000 units ahead of Beyoncé’s Lemonade. The Llandudno four-piece, who won Best British Breakthrough Act and the 2016 Brits, have also announced a new headline tour, including a date …
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Someone built a beach in a Cardiff suburb and this is the result
A charity built a man-made beach in a Cardiff suburb over the bank holiday. Cardiff charity Rumney Forum brought the beach to the community of Rumney on Monday for the second year in a row. The car park of Rumney Chapel, on the corner of Wentloog Road and Brachdy Road, was transformed into a seaside mini resort thanks to four …
Read More »What are Asda’s opening hours on bank holiday Monday?
Need to do a bit of shopping this bank holiday Monday? Whether you just need to pick up some bread and milk or have a bigger shop, Asda will be open. If you need to head to Asda today, you should expect superstores to open from around 7am to 8pm, with some exceptions. But before you head out, it’s best …
Read More »Fans go wild for the Manic Street Preachers in Swansea
Manic Street Preachers rolled back the years at The Liberty Stadium last night – 20 years to be precise. The Welsh rock icons treated a 20,000 strong Swansea crowd to the whole of their Everything Must Go album – the 1996 collection of songs that propelled them from cult status into the commercial mainstream – and a second set brimming …
Read More »‘It was a hilariously sad wedding but we had the biggest laugh’ Russell T Davies opens up on marriage and caring for husband Andrew Smith
Welsh scriptwriter Russell T Davies has opened up on life caring for husband Andrew Smith – and the joy married life has brought him. Davies, the man who resurrected Doctor Who in the early 2000s, married long-term boyfriend Smith after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour and given a 3% chance of survival. Speaking to the Guardian ahead of …
Read More »No more Road Rage for Cerys Matthews as she records latest song in an electric car
She used to sing about Road Rage but now Cerys Matthews has taken to quietly riding about in a fleet of electric motors to produce her latest pop video. The new song, entitled Float On Down To Monte Carlo, was recorded by the former Catatonia star and her band in a selection of gas-free vehicles in order to highlight to …
Read More »These are some of the Welsh entrants that have made their mark at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show
Green-fingered Welsh exhibitors are among those who have proudly shown off their creations at one of the world’s most famous flower shows. The Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show opened to the public on Tuesday in west London – a day after VIPs including the Queen and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had inspected some of this year’s offerings. …
Read More »After getting through to the final of Britain’s Got Talent on Sunday night teenager Jamie Gilpin sat a GCSE exam on Monday morning
He was watched by millions of viewers on Sunday evening as, along with his mum, he sang his way into the Britain’s Got Talent final – but it was soon back to reality for Jamie Gilpin as the next morning saw him back at school sitting a GCSE exam. Sixteen-year-old Jamie, from Ewenny, near Bridgend , and his mum Mel …
Read More »Tom Jones to make his first public appearance since wife Linda’s death at the Hay Festival
Sir Tom Jones has been added to the line-up of the 2016 Hay Festival when he will be talking about his life and career. The appearance on Sunday, June 5 comes just two months after the death of his wife Melinda (known as Linda) from cancer. The superstar will be discussing his autobiography – Over The Top And Back – …
Read More »Ballet Cymru’s Little Red Riding Hood is delicious, naughty and glorious
Delicious, naughty humour, glorious music, whimsical costumes and totally engaging performances combine to create an ear to ear grin-making evening out. Based on Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes , it helps not to actually know the wicked poems, here adapted by Donald Sturrock, as the twists in the tales are all the better when they come as a surprise (so I …
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