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 ...
CommunityIt’s not just Scrooge who has the opportunity to visit Christmas past, Glamorgan Archives has many items that help tell the story of how generations before us celebrated Christmas. Items include a Whitchurch Boys School 1891 school log book which documents how children were presented with an orange at the end of the Christmas term. ...
CommunityCardiff Council, in partnership with the Friends of Insole Court Heritage Interpretation Project, today celebrate a successful first year since the building was reopened to the public with a festive gathering of friends and associates. Insole Court has been under local authority ownership since 1932, and is now a thriving community hall, which boasts an ...
CommunityThousands of children will benefit from a schools counselling pilot scheme which is the first to be set up in Wales and will be launched in Grangetown Primary at 10.30am on Monday, November 30. Six primary schools are involved in the initiative under the Assembly Government’s schools-based counselling programme. It is also the first scheme ...
EducationCardiff’s council tax team are urging residents not to give their bank account details over the phone to anyone who claim they are calling from the council tax office The warning comes following reports that unsolicited calls have taken place across Wales and the UK. During the call residents are asked for their bank account ...
CommunityCelebrate a traditional Scandinavian Christmas at the Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay. There is a long tradition of celebrating Christmas at the Church and this weekend is no exception as the Church hosts its annual Christmas Market. Children and adults alike are also welcome to attend the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and Carol Service. On ...
Community, Community DiaryChristmas 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 ...
CommunityAn ecumenical Christmas Memorial Service will be held at the Wenallt Chapel at Thornhill Crematorium on Sunday, 6th December at 2pm. Everyone is welcome to attend and pay their respects to their loved ones during this Christmas period. The welcome will be given by The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Councillor Brian Griffiths and ...
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 ...
CommunityWhen Gordon Clarke told Homeless Support worker Mark Davies his garden had become overgrown and that he didn’t have the manpower or equipment for the job, Mark came up with a plan that benefited both Gordon and the Riverside market Over the last year Gordon has donated a lot of his time to the Riverside ...
CommunityToday, the MPs from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health launch the report of their investigation into...
A shocking number of children are being rushed to hospital suffering from a potentially fatal diabetic condition, says the...
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The new Park and Ride in the east of Cardiff is proving to be extremely popular, with the numbers...
A group of Cardiff students took control of one of the world’s most powerful radio telescopes this week as...
Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, tabled a motion in Parliament calling on the Government to...
Flagship Assembly Government legislation could take almost three years to come into force, says Welsh Conservatives. Shadow Health Minister...
This Christmas will be busier than ever for the Cardiff County & Vale of Glamorgan Music Service ensembles, with...
It’s not just Scrooge who has the opportunity to visit Christmas past, Glamorgan Archives has many items that help...
Cardiff Council, in partnership with the Friends of Insole Court Heritage Interpretation Project, today celebrate a successful first year...
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