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SWALEC is a proud supporter of cricket in Wales from the grassroots up which is why it is an official partner of Glamorgan Cricket and venue sponsor of the iconic SWALEC Stadium. Thanks to SWALEC, we have eight pairs of VIP tickets to see Glamorgan take on Somerset on Friday 12 July from the comfort of your very own pitch-facing …

It has been a long time coming for the “Brazil Uprising”. The UK media has been picking up on the protests recently, but is so much information missing, and I hope I can try to illuminate some of this. I left Sao Paulo due to its lack of opportunities, and moved abroad to pursue my dreams of studying journalism. Whilst …

The Indian Consul to Wales, Raj Aggrawal, said today’s  semi final ICC Champions Trophy game in Cardiff provides a great opportunity to showcase Wales to the world. He said that with millions watching the match between India and Sri Lanka in the sub-continent alone,  it will help build awareness of Wales as an investment and tourism destination. Both teams will …

A former Western Mail reporter who exposed a 1930s famine in the Soviet Union that took up to 10 million lives has been hailed as one of journalism’s greatest “eyewitnesses of truth”. Now the testimony of Gareth Jones is being used in a bid to have the famine, most of whose victims died in Ukraine, recognised officially as a “Holodomor”, …

A woman has died following a collision between a car and a motorbike of the Rhoose bypass overnight. South Wales Police said the accident happened at 10.55pm on Wednesday evening on the A4226, between the roundabout junctions of the British Airways test beds and the monument roundabout of Cardiff Airport. A red and black Yamaha motorbike travelling east towards Barry …

It looked like an old box of chocolates – but inside lay not a hazelnut praline, but a treasure trove of pocket watches. The pristine wooden Cadbury’s Assorted Chocolate box worth one penny per ounce had protected the 70 pocket-watches and one tiny locket dating from the 1800s to the outbreak of World War One for almost a century. But …

They might be terrible, but it is difficult not to laugh at children’s jokes, even if they don’t make any sense and they’re not funny. But laughter is infectious, so you often end up giggling with them anyway – it is good for the soul, good for your health, but most of all, it’s just fun. How and when humour …

Welsh contestant Gary Griffiths gave a strong performance in his concert heat of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. But as with his stab for success in his Song Prize round earlier in the week, triumph was to be elsewhere. For each heat in the main competition a winner on the night is selected, although this does not guarantee he …

On a warm summer’s evening in Cardiff Bay, the mood inside the Wales Millennium Centre was already excitable, he musical Hairspray was in town. So it was hardly surprising that when Tracy Turnblad burst on the stage with the trademark wide grin and endless enthusiasm that has become synonymous with the much-loved character, the whole audience was immediately all-smiles. For …

If there is such a thing as an entrepreneurial gene, then 31-year-old James Nelson surely has it. His father is Dr Drew Nelson, the former BT research engineer who 25 years ago set up what is now IQE, the successful Cardiff-based semiconductor manufacturer whose products are found in all the major brands of smartphone. The young Mr Nelson was born …