All Things Welsh

Promising boxing stars from underdeveloped nations are coming to Wales to get the best possible chance of qualifying for the London Olympics. The boxers, who include women for the first time in Olympic history, will attend a demanding three-week training ...  

Kenyan female international boxer Elizabeth Odhiambo will attend a training programme in Cardiff, Wales between February 18 and March 10- thanks to an initiative by AIBA (International Amateur Boxing Association) which seeks to help the women's game ...  

Melissa Munro, Derek Williams Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum of Wales, said, “We are delighted to put on this exhibition and would like to thank the following organisations for their generous contributions ...  

WELSH Gymnastics kick off their new season with the Men’s and Women’s Artistic Apparatus Championships at Sophia Gardens on Sunday, February 26. With the Olympic Games in tantalising reach, this is a perfect opportunity for the Welsh public to get ...  

In many ways, Clink restaurant, which Wales Today reports will soon open in Cardiff, Wales, will be like any other fine dining establishment. It will have white tablecloths, fine silverware and serve intricately-plated dishes made -- whenever ...  

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff: Originally to be called Amore e morte - Love and Death - La Traviata (The Fallen Woman) was first performed at Teatro La Fenice, Venice, in 1853. Verdi's ever-popular opera in three acts tells the story of hedonistic Parisian courtesan Violetta Valery as she falls first for the unobtainable Alfredo Germont, and then fatally ill with consumption. For 2012, Welsh National Opera has revived David McVivar's...  

NEWPORT recorded the double over the old enemy Cardiff in the Welsh Premiership, with the Black and Ambers ... However, Cardiff were very much still in the game thanks to four Scott Sneddon penalties. It was the hosts that started the stronger after ...  

Pride replaces Richard Thomas, who is leaving to take up an appointment at BBC Wales. Pride will take up his position at Cardiff & Co at the end of the month. It is unclear who will replace him at VisitWales. Cardiff & Co is a public-private partnership ...  

Morse-creator Colin Dexter and Welsh acting and singing legend Sian Phillips. The shows are the brainchild of Alan Jones, the man who carved out a sizeable rock ‘n’ roll career with Welsh ’60s pop pioneers Amen Corner and latterly as a music venue ...  

SOUTH Wales is fast becoming comedian Richard Herring’s second home. He was a star performer at last year’s Cardiff Comedy Festival and has recorded several live DVDs at Chapter Arts Centre for local comedy film production company Go Faster Stripe.  

Survivors and those who lost their lives during the Holocaust and other genocides have been remembered at a national service in Cardiff. Jointly hosted by the Welsh Government and Cardiff Council, Wales' national Holocaust Memorial Day service at City Hall ...  

Wales forward Lloyd Burns will miss the entire RBS 6 Nations Championship after being ruled out for three months with a neck injury. Hooker Burns, 27, enjoyed a startling rise to prominence, going from Welsh Premiership club rugby to representing Wales at the World Cup in just 18 months.  

South Wales Police has been ranked as the top Welsh police force in the ‘Top 100 Employers in Britain’ Stonewall survey for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in 2012.  

NUT Cymru calls on the Welsh government to scrap its controversial new school banding system after the release of further data showing their performance.  

Plaid Cymru Education spokesperson Simon Thomas AM called on the Welsh Government to abandon the plans to band primary schools "before it's too late".