February 8, 2010
A shocking number of children are being rushed to hospital suffering from a potentially fatal diabetic condition, says the National Director of Diabetes UK Cymru, Dai Williams. More than 120 children in Wales were admitted to accident and emergency departments in a year with a potentially fatal diabetic complication, leading health charity Diabetes UK Cymru warns ...
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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 25, 2009
Cardiff Council has discovered an outbreak of Phytophthora ramorum at the Moundfield Motte site in Morganstown and will now be working to destroy the infected vegetation. Phytophthora ramorum – known as Sudden Oak Death – is a fungal infection and has been found on rhododendron in the small woodland area around the motte. DEFRA (Department ...
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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 4, 2009
bmibaby, the low-cost unit of British Midland Airways, or bmi, Wednesday said it may have to cut 158 jobs under its restructuring plans. The airline said 54 pilot and 82 cabin crew positions are at risk of redundancy at Birmingham, Manchester and Cardiff airports. A further 22 management and support positions at head office and ...
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November 3, 2009
The building of the new Glamorgan Archives in Leckwith is complete and on November 2nd the team started the task of moving all their documents into their new home. A staggering 45,000 volumes, 60,000 plans and hundreds of items have been transferred from fragile boxes into new robust ones. Mike Hodgson, Conservator, was given the ...
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