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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Commercial law firm Darwin Gray has moved to M-SParc on Anglesey as it continues to grow in North Wales www.insidermedia.com/news/wales/f...

Darwin Gray's North Wales team (Photo: Darwin Gray)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A Welsh railway line is set to shut for four weeks next year as part of what has been described as a "once in a generation" investment programme. More than £25m is to be pumped into the North Wales Coast railway during January and February 2027 www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

A Transport for Wales train crossing the cob at Conwy (Photo: Richard Hoare, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Bangor University, the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, the Pembrokeshire Marine Special Area of Conservation and Tethys Oysters Ltd have teamed up on a project to restore one of the most ecologically valuable species in our waters, the native oyster www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-09...

Underwater image of a native oyster bed (Photo: Stéphane Pouvreau, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Elan Roberts, who is 18 years old and a former pupil at Ysgol Tryfan, will receive a scholarship worth £3,000 to study Primary Education Studies at Bangor University www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-09...

Elan Roberts (Photo: Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

An expert led medical research team has won the 2026 John Horder Practitioner Team Award for their work on improving patient safety www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-09...

A healthcare professional with a syringe (Photo: Cottonbro Studio)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Professor Julia Jones MBE has been awarded the 2026 Ecological Engagement Award by the British Ecological Society www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-09...

Julia P G Jones, Professor of Conservation Science (Bangor University, Utrecht University) and co-chair of Chief Scientists Group of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (Photo: Bangor University)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Evidence from Swansea University’s Gambling Research, Education and Treatment (GREAT) Centre features in an influential House of Lords report recommending a comprehensive ban on gambling advertising www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...

A croupier placing chips on a blackjack table (Photo: Anna Shvets)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A leading figure in research on healthcare technology, medical engineering, and arthritis has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/30...

Professor Cathy Holt, Professor in Biomechanics and Orthopaedic Engineering at Cardiff University (Photo: Cardiff University)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A new venomous British snake? Why there’s no need to panic theconversation.com/a-new-venomo...

A smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) on a forest path (Photo: Claudia Landman)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The next generation of biomedical science leaders are being recruited as part of a new GW4 collaboration led by Cardiff University www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/30...

A scientist in a lab (Photo: This is Engineering)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

LIMB-art, a Welsh manufacturer of personalised prosthetic leg covers, has cut production from two days to just two hours after investing in new laser cutting technology www.insidermedia.com/news/wales/w...

Dr Mark Williams leg cover (Photo: LIMB-art)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Scientists have known for more than 60 years that animals can sense the Earth’s magnetic field, and there is a wealth of behavioural evidence. But despite this evidence, there’s no consensus as to how animals actually sense the magnetic field theconversation.com/how-do-anima...

A flock of birds flying at sunset (Photo: Dalia Nava)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bangor University has been named Welsh University of the Year and Sustainable University of the Year in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027 www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-09...

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A Bangor University academic has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-09...

Professor Khaled Hussainey, Professor in Accounting at The Albert Gubay Business School at Bangor University (Photo: Bangor University)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Is England right to introduce a tourism tax? theconversation.com/is-england-r...

Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England (Photo: Bernd Feurich)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Airbus is set to create 480 new jobs at its Broughton site as part of a significant investment in its production line. The manufacturer will spend £150 million converting its former A380 wing production facility into an A321 line in Flintshire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Vietjet Airbus A321 (Photo: Pham Huynh Tuan Vy)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Work has begun to redevelop a former chemical works which has stood largely unused for almost two decades The former Eastman, or Peboc, site in Llangefni is being cleared and remediated ahead of plans to create seven business units nation.cymru/news/work-be...

The former Eastman, or Peboc, site in Llangefni

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

CAL:ON Cymru has been placed "front and centre" of the Welsh Government's new Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan. The plan positions the national literacy centre as a key partner in efforts to improve literacy outcomes across Wales www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-09...

A woman helping a child with his reading (Photo: Mikhail Nilov)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bangor University has secured Arts and Humanities Research Council funding for a three year project to research, digitally reconstruct, and share the story of Denbigh’s North Wales Hospital, a building with a complex history and stigma in Wales www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-09...

North Wales Hospital, Denbigh, an abandoned Victorian psychiatric hospital (Photo: Bangor University)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Up to 3,000 jobs could be supported in North Wales as UK businesses are invited to bid for £1.4bn worth of contracts linked to a major nuclear project nation.cymru/news/1-4bn-i...

Two construction workers in hard hats and hi-vis jackets (Photo: Kindel Media)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A new multi-million pound factory has been opened by Leviat at The Airfields in Deeside, creating jobs and training opportunities www.insidermedia.com/news/wales/n...

Leviat factory (Photo: Leviat UK and Ireland)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bangor University has maintained a broadly stable position in the Guardian University Guide 2027, ranking 64th out of 123 institutions. Notable improvements were recorded in key measures relating to teaching, assessment, staffing and graduate outcomes www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-09...

Students in the Main Arts Building, Bangor University (Photo: Kris Humphreys)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A new study has shed light on the impact of gender diversity at a boardroom level on firms in Middle Eastern and North African countries www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-09...

Two women in hijab looking at a tablet (Photo: Thirdman)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

More than 200 new jobs are set to be created by a new £15 million care home planned for Wrexham as demand for dementia care continues to grow nation.cymru/news/new-15m...

A young woman helping an elderly man out of a chair (Photo: Kampus Production)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ABB has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rolls-Royce SMR to support the development of nuclear small modular reactors www.insidermedia.com/news/wales/r...

Rolls-Royce SMR render (Photo: Rolls-Royce SMR)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

More than a quarter of workers in Wales are experiencing poor mental health, with new research finding they are faring worse than anywhere else in the UK nation.cymru/news/wales-h...

A factory worker wearing safety gear operating machinery in an industrial setting (Photo: Hoang NC)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The outline case has been approved for the £22m Holyhead Hydrogen Hub www.placenorthwest.co.uk/outline-case...

Parc Cybi sits within the Anglesey Freeport site (Photo: Google Earth)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Experts are examining what's the best way to stop children skipping school www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...

A girl sitting at a desk in school (Photo: Pixabay)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How beavers can help create fire breaks as part of a drought preparation plan theconversation.com/how-beavers-...

A close up of a beaver (Photo: Patrice Schoefolt)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Professor Lucy Griffiths of Swansea University has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, one of seventy four leading social scientists recognised this year for their outstanding contributions to research, policy and practice www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...

Professor Lucy Griffiths, Professor of Epidemiology at Swansea University Medical School and Co-Director and Academic Research Lead for Administrative Data Research (ADR) Wales (Photo: Swansea University)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Human ‘safety drivers’ in Uber robotaxis could lose skills if all they do is observe theconversation.com/human-safety...

A self-driving taxi in an urban street (Photo: Stephen Leonardi)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A "fantastic" plan to develop a unique stargazing observatory, classroom and boardwalk at Holyhead was given a unanimous thumbs up by island planners www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w...

How the observatory might look (Photo: IOACC Plans)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A major new study co-led by researchers at Swansea University has revealed that seagrass meadows provide a vital safety net for millions of people living in poverty across the Indo-Pacific region www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...

A person fishing in a seagrass meadow (Photo: Benjamin Jones/Project Seagrass)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Irritability, anxiety and negative thought patterns in children and young people with ADHD could help explain why these individuals are more likely to develop depression later in life www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/30...

A young woman sits on a sofa during a therapy session, looking contemplative (Photo: Polina Zimmerman)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New AI techniques developed by Cardiff University researchers could help unlock complex biological data, from the behaviour of individual cells to the organisation of whole tissues www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/30...

High resolution electron microscopy image showing virus particles in cellular structure (Photo: CDC)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Researchers at Bangor University have launched a scientific campaign to measure the hidden damage caused by this summer’s wildfires to UK soils, biodiversity and the ecosystem services they provide, while some of the clearest impacts can still be measured www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-08...

Vivid depiction of fiery flames engulfing dry vegetation against a dark backdrop (Photo: Michelle Hart)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

How Aliens became the rare sequel that was as good as – or better than – the original theconversation.com/how-aliens-b...

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A 30 second breath test that could detect pancreatic cancer is being trialled in Wrexham www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A middle aged nurse smiling confidently in blue scrubs, with crossed arms in a clinic setting (Photo: RDNE Stock project)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A Bangor University professor has called for Britain’s remaining wetlands to be given greater protection through the creation of a ‘welly belt’ alongside the current green belt rules www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-08...

Professor Christian Dunn, Head of the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences at Bangor University (Photo: Bangor University)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

After a summer in which wildfires have burned across the Rhinogydd near Harlech, Blaenavon, Conwy Mountain and Llanwonno, and the whole of Wales was declared to be in drought, the case for restoring resilient ecosystems has rarely been clearer www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-08...

An intense forest fire illuminating the night sky (Photo: Atlantic Ambience)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Renewable energy firm Rawson Solar has completed on its largest solar panel installation to date — also believed to be the largest single rooftop solar installation in Wales — a 2MW system for Net World Sports in Wrexham newsfromwales.co.uk/north-wales-...

Net World Sports, Wrexham (Photo: Rawson EV Power & Solar)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Preparatory works worth up to £1.1bn are being lined up as part of plans to build the UK’s first small modular nuclear reactors at Wylfa on Ynys Môn nation.cymru/news/1-1bn-w...

Towards Wylfa Power Station (Photo: Ian Capper)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Cardiff Metropolitan University has secured £176,000 to study how AI can make food safer in both workplaces and households nation.cymru/news/welsh-u...

A close up of flavourful Indian Jeera rice garnished with coriander, served in a ladle (Photo: Kunal Lakhotia)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Over 75% of UK wetlands have been destroyed – restoring them would help prevent wildfires theconversation.com/over-75-of-u...

Close up of a fiery blaze engulfing dry branches (Photo: Michael Noel)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A new daily long distance coach service connecting the north and south of Wales will come into service from October 25th www.gov.wales/new-taithcym...

A conceptual design of a TaithCymru coach (Photo: Transport for Wales)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Coleg Cambria, Grŵp Llandrillo Menai, Bangor University and Wrexham University – partners in the North Wales Tertiary Alliance (NWTA) will come together for Pathways to Success at Venue Cymru in Llandudno on October 17th 10am - 3pm www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-09...

A student and lecturer in a lab (Photo: Bangor University)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

TV wildlife presenter, naturalist and explorer Steve Backshall has been appointed an Honorary Professor at Bangor University, recognising his exceptional contribution to the university and its students www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-08...

Steve Backshall giving the thumbs up in front of an audience of Bangor University students (Photo: Bangor University)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Swansea Science Festival, Wales’ largest science festival is returning this autumn to celebrate its 10th anniversary, featuring a packed programme of exciting shows, talks, demonstrations and hands on activities for all ages www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...

A child using a static electricity ball, which is making their hair stick up (Photo: Swansea University)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Continuous glucose monitors have transformed diabetes care ‑ but they don’t tell the whole story theconversation.com/continuous-g...

A man looking at his phone (Photo: Anna Shvets)

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Grahame Guilford and Company @guilfordco.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Plans to create a new outdoor cultural and events space in the heart of Bangor have secured £654,000 in Welsh Government funding nation.cymru/news/654000-...

A sketch of what the new look outside area at Storiel will look like, once completed

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