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Record-breaking eater, Randy Santel, has been smashing scoffing records across Britain and now he’s preparing for his first food challenges in Wales. Visiting Old Mother Hubbard’s Fish chip shop in Wrexham, Grills Steakhouse in Pontypridd and Cardiff’s Brewhouse, Missouri college football player Randy has already smashed records in Liverpool and Manchester. Watch: Randy beats Liverpool’s burger challenge Video loading Read …

These are the four boys who will take turns at playing the leading role when Billy Elliott the Musical leaps into action in Cardiff this week. The much-loved smash-hit is pirouetting onto the stage at Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre (WMC) tomorrow and Matthew Lyons and Haydn May, who are both 11, and Adam Abbou and Lewis Smallman, who are both …

The heat was turned up to maximum in Merthyr Tydfil during the weekend when some 3,500 visitors tried out some decidedly hot foods at the Awesome Merthyr Chilli Fiesta . Now in its third year, the festival has become a firm favourite in the Merthyr Tydfil calendar of events. Visitors to Penderyn Square enjoyed spicy foods, washed down with a …

Sir Rod Stewart showed the Welsh capital how to rock on Saturday night as he celebrated his knighthood with a sell-out performance at the Cardiff City Stadium. The concert, in front of 21,000 fans, came just hours after the announcement that he had been awarded a knighthood by HRH The Queen in her birthday honours. And to recognise his special …

People cashing in on a Paolo Nutini concert organised in memory of a Newport mum have been blasted by organisers . And those attending the gig with tickets bought on the secondary market have been warned they will be refused entry to the show. The gravel-voiced Scot announced plans to perform in memory of Bevlee Jones after her 13-year-old son …

One of Cardiff’s most popular food destinations is raising a glass to the Queen’s 90th birthday this weekend by dishing up a host of brunch specials. The Great British Boozy Brunch will take place in the revamped, covered beer garden at The Depot in Cardiff on June 11 from 10am to 3pm. So what’s on the menu? The Early Bird …

It’s a VERY long time since Stereophonics last played a pub in Cardiff. But the Welsh music giants performed one of their most intimate shows ever at The Yard pub in the city centre. Kelly Jones and co, who play a huge open-air show at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday, took astonished onlookers by surprise when they turned up …

A chef who runs a seaside restaurant in Pembrokeshire has said he is proud to be putting the Welsh food scene on the map after being named UK Restaurant Chef of the Year. Will Holland, head chef at restaurant Coast in Saundersfoot, took home the prestigious award from the annual Craft Guild of Chefs Awards – dubbed the Oscars of …

Half-term means there’s lots of free time to fill, and that can be expensive. Here are some of the best Groupon deals that we’ve spotted. There’s plenty of fun stuff for children but we haven’t forgotten the adults (parents and teachers). 1. Super tubing Rocket down the UK’s longest tubing slope in a rubber ring. Where: Festival Park, Ebbw Vale, …

Do you like adrenaline-packed adventures where hurtling down world championship rapids and bombing along mile-long zip lines at 100mph and 500ft high in the air is your idea of heaven? If you do, AdventureMap, North Wales’ one-stop site for outdoor adventure activities, is searching for a junior adventurer to test all of its attractions and you could be just the …