December 10, 2009
The new Park and Ride in the east of Cardiff is proving to be extremely popular, with the numbers of people using it rising each week. Since its launch on October 19, the weekly number of cars using the Park and Ride has more than doubled, with the latest count showing 1548 drivers taking advantage ...
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December 10, 2009
This Christmas will be busier than ever for the Cardiff County & Vale of Glamorgan Music Service ensembles, with no less than 14 festive concerts and events taking place, involving over 1,000 children. The season begins with the Transitional Wind Band Concert at St Andrew’s & St Teilo’s Church in Woodville Road on Friday, December ...
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November 26, 2009
Bute Park in Cardiff has been awarded the prestigious accolade of the best park in Wales, in Britain’s Best Park competition. The park scooped the regional award back in 2008 and has beat off tough competition from other parks across Wales to take the 2009 title. Parks were judged on various criteria including environment, design, ...
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November 26, 2009
Cardiff has climbed into the top six of the UK’s best performing retail locations. The latest report by Experian, who provide an in-depth analysis of the UK’s retail centres, shows that Cardiff has jumped impressively from 10th place to 6th. The news comes on the back of the last month’s opening of St David’s, which ...
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November 11, 2009
Young people who are interested in a career in psychology are being given a unique opportunity to find out more about the profession at a special event being held at City Hall in Cardiff. An insight day has been arranged by the British Psychological Society, in partnership with Cardiff Council and Careers Wales Education Business ...
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November 6, 2009
Cardiff has become the first Welsh city to be given World Health Organization (WHO) Healthy Cities status joining only seven other cities in the United Kingdom . Achievement of the award is being seen as an important step in ensuring Cardiff continues to develop as one of the best places to live in the country ...
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November 6, 2009
The observance of Remembrance Sunday in Cardiff will take place this year on November 8. Detachments from the Royal Navy, the Army, the Royal Air Force, the Wales University Royal Navy Unit, the Army’s University Officer Training Corp and the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, will march from King Edward VII Avenue via Museum Avenue ...
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November 3, 2009
23 year-old shop assistant from Cardiff, Joseph Evans, has won the OPENCities Soundtrack For Cardiff award with his track City Of Change. He confessed to BBC Radio 1 DJ, Huw Stephens, who presented him with the award, that he was completely stunned and only entered the competition at the last moment when his girlfriend heard ...
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