A loan shark who preyed on vulnerable people is due to be sentenced on Wednesday 9th November at Cardiff Crown Court. He was convicted last month of 6 counts of illegal money lending. Robert Welch 57, from Cardiff, pleaded guilty to all of the charges brought against him. Councillor Judith Woodman, Cardiff Council Executive Member ...
Since the General Election councils in England and Wales have lost over 101,000 jobs and the Vale of Glamorgan is flying high in the league of putting people out of work, with the worst record in Wales. Despite being only 115th in total size of all authorities in England and Wales, the council is 16th ...
A group of Barclays staff based in Cardiff have successfully completed the UK Three Peaks challenge in aid of NSPCC Cymru/Wales and raised over £8,800 for the children’s charity. Barclays customer retentions team leader, Ian Edwards, and twenty two of his colleagues climbed to the peaks of Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in 13 ...
Mark Eedy, a director at Thomas Carroll Independent Financial Advisors based in Caerphilly, won the chance to visit the set of Coronation Street during an auction held at the NSPCC’s annual gala ball at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday 24 September. The event was attended by 400 guests and raised over £25,000 in aid of ...
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 ...
In less than two months’ time Wales becomes the first UK country to introduce a charge for single use carrier bags. The Welsh Government has launched a campaign to ensure everyone is ready for the charge. The campaign will run until the five pence minimum charge for a single-use carrier bag is introduced on Saturday ...
Cardiff Council leader Rodney Berman (pictured) has today welcomed press reports that a £500m rail scheme linking Wales with Heathrow Airport is being drawn up by the UK Government Under the proposals a new railway station would be built at Heathrow Airport which would link directly to Cardiff, cutting journey times and avoiding the need ...
Sophie Evans currently starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End production of The Wizard of Oz has today (7 September) been announced as one of the special guests at this year’s NSPCC Cymru/Wales Gala Ball at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday 24 September. Last year’s event raised over £40,000 for the charity’s Building Brighter Futures ...
Cardiff Council Trading Standards and South Wales Police joined forces last month to tackle rogue traders in the Splott Market area of Cardiff. Operation MAPLE, which took place on August 18th, focused on reassuring the community, reducing crime and taking action against those selling counterfeit goods. The exercise was carried out by officers from the ...
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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