Tadhg Beirne is enjoying something of a magical week and that’s still plenty more to come!
On Friday night the Dublin born loose forward featured in Scarlets’ emphatic Guinness PRO14 semi final victory over Glasgow Warriors to make their way to a second consecutive final,

‘A Volatile Nile: 6,000 Years of Environmental Change in Northern Sudan’
Aberystwyth University alumnus and Professor of Physical Geography at Manchester University, Professor Jamie Woodward returns to his alma matter this week to deliver the latest Department of Geography and Earth Science Centenary lecture.
Professor

Carmarthenshire Council environmental health officers will be out and about in the county raising awareness of excessive dog barking as part of Noise Action Week (running through to May 26).
Excessive dog barking is the number one noise complaint dealt with by Carmarthenshire County Council’s

Age Cymru, the national charity for older people in Wales, has appointed Victoria Lloyd as its new chief executive. 
Victoria, who lives in Monmouthshire with her husband and two children, was previously director of policy and programmes at the charity before taking up the

This summer and for the third year running, Aberystwyth University will be sponsoring Maes B, Wales’ premier Welsh language music festival which takes place in Cardiff Bay from 8-11 August.
With less than three months to go before the National Eisteddfod in Cardiff this

An Aberystwyth University glaciologist has been recognised for his excellence in Antarctic and Southern Ocean research, and outstanding service to the international Antarctic community.
Professor Michael Hambrey, Emeritus Professor of Glaciology at the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious