Cardiff has welcomed the announcement that a prestigious world music festival will be held in the Welsh capital in 2013. It has been said that The World Music Expo (WOMEX) is to music what the Cannes Festival is to film. The Berlin based world music support and development project is held annually in different locations ...
Cardiff has been confirmed as one of the cities to host the Paralympic Torch Relay which will lead the UK into the start of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The relay will begin on Friday 24 August, 2012 with the first flame lighting event to be held in London. A flame will also be lit ...
A special plaque is unveiled in the city centre today, (Friday 2, September) to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Cardiff born, Welsh champion boxer, Jack Petersen. The late Jack Petersen was the first Welshman to win the British and Empire Light heavyweight and heavyweight boxing championships among a number of titles he ...
A service of reflection, to pay respect to the victims of the bomb attack and mass shooting in Norway, is to be held at Cardiff’s Norwegian Church on Sunday at 3pm in the Grieg Room. Lord Mayor of Cardiff Cllr. Prof Delme Bowen, and the Lady Mayoress Ms Pamela Morgan will be in attendance. The ...
Trading Standards in Cardiff has been made aware of a cruel scam masquerading as a Chinese Investment opportunity. Cardiff residents should be highly vigilant of any correspondence as the criminals appear to be targeting older people. The scam letter mentions investments of supposedly deceased individuals that can be accessed by namesakes in the UK. It ...
The historic Melingriffith Water Pump in Whitchurch has now been fully restored to working order and will be officially re-launched on Friday 1st July at 18:30 at its Ty Mawr Road site. The re-launch marks the end of a long period of decline for the pump and residents and visitors will now be able to ...
A new pathway at Parc Cefn Onn has been officially opened to the public. Executive Member for Sport, Leisure and Culture, Cllr Nigel Howells was joined by the Friends of Parc Cefn Onn to reopen the pathway. The project has improved access along the main footpath in the park, which was highlighted as needing attention. ...
Cardiff Council’s Park Services have announced new allotment plots are now available at Ely Farm, Cardiff. A total of 32 additional plots have been marked out at the site and prospective tenants on the waiting list are currently being contacted. Eight plots have already been allocated to new tenants keen to grown their own fruit ...
A series of road shows to encourage and support parents and carers to spend time reading with their children have been a tremendous success. As part of Cardiff Council’s Reading Power literacy campaign, which seeks to drive up reading standards amongst children across the city and encourage parents to play an active role in their ...
Cycling in the city is set to change with a new cycle network in the capital. Over the next five years, Cardiff Council will be developing a new cycle network to make it easier and quicker to cycle around the city. The Council has consulted with the public on the new cycle network resulting in ...
Cardiff Council’s Park Services has worked closely with Whitchurch Women’s Institute (WI) to refurbish two special war memorials. The...
Primary schools across Cardiff will be marking National School Meals Week this week – the biggest national healthy eating...
A Merthyr Tydfil-based recycling company has been fined for failing to take appropriate measures to control the risk of...
A Cardiff letting agent has been sentenced after a handyman was exposed to asbestos-containing material while carrying out work...
A loan shark who preyed on vulnerable people is due to be sentenced on Wednesday 9th November at Cardiff...
The Public and Commercial Services Union has condemned plans to close 19 jobcentres across the UK, announced by the...
Since the General Election councils in England and Wales have lost over 101,000 jobs and the Vale of Glamorgan...
A group of Barclays staff based in Cardiff have successfully completed the UK Three Peaks challenge in aid of...
The Public and Commercial Services union which represents civil and public servants has called on the government to invest...
On the 21 October 1966, 144 people, 116 of them children, were killed when a tip of coal waste...
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