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The week in classical: Rusalka; The Rhinegold

Royal Opera’s new staging of Dvořák’s watery Rusalka finds fresh resonsances, while the ENO’s updated Ring cycle is really starting to shine

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2023

The Rhinegold review – witty and insightful, Jones’s production delivers an emphatic win for ENO

The Rhine shimmers, the gold dazzles and the gods posture – Richard Jones has by and large gone back to Wagnerian basics for his assured and cogent staging. In the pit, Martyn Brabbins and ENO’s orchestra add lustre

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2023

Pair killed after being 'struck by vehicle' in Pontypridd crash

Kayleigh Louise Cornwell and Jason Phillip Morgan, both 32, were struck by a vehicle in Pontypridd, an inquest opening heard

Wales Online · Feb 10, 2023

Atom Valley: Andy Burnham’s vision for regenerating Greater Manchester

The regional mayor has taken levelling up into his own hands with the ‘nuclear option’ of a hi-tech manufacturing hub named for the city’s role in splitting the atom

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2023

Pensioner dies after driving his mobility scooter off beach promenade

Richard Jones misjudged the edge of the promenade and fell to his death.

Daily Record · Jan 6, 2023

Pensioner dies after driving mobility scooter off promenade

Richard Jones died at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd six days after falling off the promenade in Prestatyn

Wales Online · Jan 6, 2023

Social media may threaten the Welsh language, study reveals

Academics at Swansea University compared minority and majority language speakers’ social media responses.

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2022

Social media is threatening the future of the Welsh language, a new university study has claimed

Research also found that more than 10% of pupils analysed had a "high level" of social media addiction

Wales Online · Dec 23, 2022

Sophie Ellis-Bextor used new album as ‘an outlet to make sense of things’ following stepdad’s death

Exclusive: The Murder On The Dancefloor hit-maker also opens up about the trip to Japan she was never meant to meant to take which is at the heart of her seventh studio album

Evening Standard · Dec 22, 2022

Part of disused pub collapses onto street with fears the rest could follow

South Wales Fire and rescue Service attended the scene due to reports of an unsafe structure on Abertillery Road

Wales Online · Dec 21, 2022