3,000 households in Cardiff are set to benefit from an additional reduction in council tax over the next year. Up to £55 will automatically be credited to the accounts of pensioners who qualify for the discount. Cardiff Council’s Pensioner Reduction Scheme is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and is beginning this week. There is ...
Cardiff NewsEveryone’s favourite bear, Pudsey, paid a special visit to bmibaby Cardiff Winter Wonderland on Sunday, November 15. Pudsey was there to show his support for the special Children in Need Happy Hour which took place at bmibaby Cardiff Winter Wonderland. Over £300 was raised during the hour with all money from the 11am till noon ...
Entertainment, EventsA regeneration project in the heart of Butetown has been given the green light by Cardiff Council’s Executive. The Executive decided to progress with a joint agreement between the Council, Cardiff Community Housing Association and Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board to fund the multi-million pound scheme. The Loudoun Square regeneration project consists of ...
Cardiff NewsThe new John Lewis Wheel at bmibaby Cardiff Winter Wonderland will be ready to board on November 12, the same day bmibaby Cardiff Winter Winter Wonderland officially opens. The wheel is currently being constructed this week ready for the first flight. The wheel celebrates the opening of the new John Lewis store in Cardiff and ...
Cardiff News, EventsThe Welsh Assembly has formally agreed to Liberal Democrat plans to reorganise primary education in Caerau. The final decision was passed to the Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills following objections received by the Council to a statutory notice detailing the proposed changes. This followed a full public consultation on the plans. The ...
Cardiff NewsCardiff 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 ...
Cardiff News, HealthAlmost 2,500 people have used the new Cardiff East Park and Ride service since it opened for business on Monday October 19. On both Saturdays it has been in use over 300 cars have used the site and on average, 245 made use of it every day during its second week of service, from Monday ...
TransportCardiff Council and Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) moved quickly today to dismiss information in the international media suggesting that their recently signed long term strategic partnership will result in the outsourcing of jobs. Cardiff Council has made it very clear in all press releases that the new partnership will not involve any Council staff ...
Cardiff NewsThere will be Christmas magic in the air on Thursday November 12 when the cast of Merlin swap Camelot for Cardiff to turn on this year’s Christmas Lights at the Civic Centre on Thursday November 12 (from 5.30pm). Merlin stars, including Colin Morgan who plays Merlin, Bradley James who plays King Arthur Angel Coulby who ...
Cardiff NewsThe 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 ...
Cardiff NewsNew draft legislation to overhaul mental health services in Wales were formally laid this week by Welsh Conservative AM...
Welsh Lib Dem Shadow Transport Minister, Jenny Randerson AM commenting on the report of the Committee on Climate Change’s...
Commenting on the National Council for Voluntary Organisations’ (NCVO) quarterly Charity Forecast Survey, which shows that 77 per cent...
Today, the Welsh Liberal Democrats released figures showing that their radical new tax plans will help over 1 million...
New funding arrangements for Wales will ensure a fair deal for the people of Wales for years to come....
Today’s publication of the latest Gross Value Added (GVA) figures showing that prosperity levels in Wales remain the lowest...
Cardiff Council is setting up a scheme where residents can borrow electricity monitors from libraries to help keep an...
Commenting on concerns over the provision of swine flu vaccinations to the under-fives, Shadow Health Minister Andrew RT Davies...
Former Cardiff Blues and Wales international Rhys Williams has been forced to retire from rugby after a serious knee...
The Liberal Democrats have unveiled radical new tax plans to help millions of people across the country. The party’s...
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