Brenda Willison, a town crier from Norfolk, has been named in the Guinness World Records as one of the world's loudest women. She holds two records, for the loudest female town crier and the loudest female shout, after reaching 105.9 decibels while fighting a cold.
Twin brothers Marc and Tony Stevenson run a Kent workshop in Bethersden that makes and restores rocking horses for customers, including older models for families wanting to keep childhood memories. Customers often become emotional when they see their restored horse again, and the brothers, both recently turned 70, say they still enjoy the work and feel it keeps them young.
Experts used CT scanning to crack the four-letter code on a 400-year-old brass padlock found in the sand near Margam in Port Talbot. The lock is part of a treasure hoard from the Ann Francis ship, which was lost in a storm in 1583, and it now sits on display at Swansea Waterfront Museum.
Portrait painter Jamie Routley, who grew up in Newport, says visits to the city's museum and a work placement with a local framer inspired his career. His portrait of England cricketers Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad now hangs at Lord's cricket ground.
