Primary schools across Cardiff will be marking National School Meals Week this week – the biggest national healthy eating awareness event about school meals in Britain. National School Meals Week has been running since 1993 and is organised by the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA). The week encourages schoolchildren to enjoy a healthy school meal ...
There are marvellous events planned at Cardiff libraries to celebrate one of Cardiff’s most famous sons, renowned storyteller. Roald Dahl Day takes place each year on September 13, the author’s birthday. This year’s event is extra special as it marks the 50th anniversary of James and the Giant Peach. To celebrate, a ‘Peach Party’ will ...
In celebration of National Play Day, Cardiff Council’s Children’s Play Services are hosting a big free event for children on Wednesday, August 3 at the Oval Basin in Cardiff Bay from noon until 4pm. The campaign is a nationwide celebration of the child’s right to play and raises the awareness about some serious issues affecting ...
A free community fun day is planned for this Saturday (July 9) at Lydstep Park between 11am and 3pm. The event marks the end of the first annual Gabalfa and Mynachdy festival, a series of fun and informative events which are taking place throughout the week (Monday 4 July to Friday 8 July) to showcase ...
Blues welcome back Six Nations players for crunch match. The Blues take on Munster on Friday at 7.05pm kick off at the Cardiff City Stadium, as they return to Magners League action, with their only defeat in their last six league matches a 13-32 loss against Ulster in February. Munster have lost only one Magners ...
Pupils from four schools* in Cardiff recently attended a ChildLine Day at the Millennium Stadium to learn about keeping themselves safe and hear how ChildLine – a service provided by the NSPCC – can offer support by phone and online. The educational day saw approximately 110 year six pupils take part in a series of ...
On Saturday 11th October, Cardiff Castle will take you back to the Victorian heyday of the castle. Visitors will be able to have an audience with Queen Victoria herself, accompanied by her Lady-in-Waiting, Lady Charlotte Ponsonby, and encounter other intriguing Victorian characters, such as Jack Black, a royal rat catcher. Walking the grounds will be ...
Christmas has come early for pupils of Oakfield Primary School after winning a special festive day out at bmibaby Cardiff Winter Wonderland, all thanks to their teacher Natasha Lewis who entered and won a Christmas competition via Red Dragon FM. On Friday November 27, Natasha along with her class of 25 pupils will take to ...
CommunityOn Saturday 28 November 2009, one of the year’s busiest shopping days, ‘Buy Nothing Day’ is asking people to stop shopping – for a whole day! Why? Well it’s a chance to step off the treadmill and really think about what we are consuming and the environmental consequences. How many things do you buy without ...
CommunityCardiff 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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