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BBC Radio Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 On your radio, BBC Sounds or your smart speaker 🗣️ “Play BBC Radio Wales” BBC Radio Wales is the national English language radio station for Wales.

10/09/2026

"It just frees me up to be myself" 🏃‍♂️

Naz Khan created Cardiff Visually Impaired Running Club to bring runners and volunteer guides together.

The first of its kind in Wales, it helps people boost their physical and mental wellbeing.

She's nominated for a BBC Make a Difference Active Award.

Remember Queen at Cardiff Castle in September 1976? 🏰🎶 It's 50 years since the band's very rainy gig there and drummer R...
10/09/2026

Remember Queen at Cardiff Castle in September 1976? 🏰🎶

It's 50 years since the band's very rainy gig there and drummer Roger Taylor recalls how their set struggled with Welsh weather!

Hear more, including memories of recording some of their most iconic material at Monmouthshire's Rockfield Studios, on BBC Sounds

🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0p8xy4j

10/09/2026

"He is building a community where it's something sadly lacking in this day and age" 💜

Andrew “Ted” Williams from Carmarthenshire has dedicated his time to transforming neglected tennis courts at Parc y Betws into a thriving wildlife and community garden.

He brings people together including schools, volunteers and local businesses to take pride in the area and work on sustainable gardening.

He's nominated for a BBC Make a Difference Environmental Award.

09/09/2026

"It was magic because you look up to these actors for so long"

Merthyr actor, Jade Croot talks about what it's like to star alongside Hugh Jackman in their new film, The Death of Robin Hood. Jade says she would have cups of tea and dinner with the Hollywood star before they filmed their fight scenes.

09/09/2026

"If Noa-Rose's voice can save just one person then her pain has a purpose"

7-year-old Noa-Rose is truly inspiring! A meningitis survivor living with life‑changing after‑effects and epilepsy, but that doesn't stop her from tirelessly fundraising.
The Blackwood based superstar is making other children and parents aware of symptoms, so they don’t go through what she did at just 4 years old.

Noa-Rose is nominated for a BBC Make a Difference Young Hero Award

09/09/2026

Up and down Pen y Fan three times a day, five days a week for a year! ⛰️

Chris Daniel from Merthyr, AKA Pen y Fan Dan, has kept the memory of his wife Rita alive by fundraising for bowel cancer, uniting a community behind his epic challenges.

He's nominated for a BBC Make a Difference Fundraiser Award.

08/09/2026

"You can't go out"

At 17 years old, Bibi was ready to go to school for an exam. Her life changed the day her city was taken over. Now Bibi lives in Wales and is free to dream of what comes next. She says she has an interest in dentistry and wants to use her education.

Operation Warm Welcome | Listen on BBC Sounds

08/09/2026

Uniting the community through music 🎶

Jack Bridger formed the Porthcawl Community Orchestra when he was just just 15, due to a lack of opportunities in the area. 12 years on, they play at concerts, community events and nursing homes.

He's nominated for a BBC Make a Difference Volunteer Award

07/09/2026

"We played it to death as we zigzagged the country in that horrible van" 🚐

James Dean Bradfield reveals one of the songs Manic Street Preachers loved listening to as they travelled to gigs in their early days.

He's sharing more tour bus cassette memories and loads of his favourite records on Radio Wales over the next six weeks. To listen, search for James Dean Bradfield on BBC Sounds

07/09/2026

"The fact he's been doing it for 51 years really shouldn't go unnoticed" 😮

Ray Woolley is 86 and every year he rows his boat from Connah’s Quay to Chester and back. He has fundraised for 51 years and over that time he's raised nearly £1 million for Cancer Research.

Ray is nominated for a BBC Make a Difference Active Award

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