Welsh boxing legend Nicky Piper MBE has unveiled a new sports mural at Maindy Centre. The special artwork has been painted in the boxing gym at the facility and depicts portraits of famous boxers. Maindy Centre has been working in partnership with Cathays High School on the unique project which aims to motivate young people ...
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 ...
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 ...
A special plaque is unveiled in the city centre today, (Friday 2, September) to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Cardiff born, Welsh champion boxer, Jack Petersen. The late Jack Petersen was the first Welshman to win the British and Empire Light heavyweight and heavyweight boxing championships among a number of titles he ...
A key attraction amongst over 400 cheeses from some 100 British and Irish cheese makers that visitors are invited to try, taste and buy at next month’s Great British Cheese Festival is the presence of the Specialist Cheesemakers Association (SCA) – an alliance of cheesemakers, retailers and cheese lovers that encourage excellence in cheesemaking and ...
In the words of the Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend Saturday headliner, Gabrielle, dreams can come true, especially for Big Gig Winner Ffred Jones. The Big Gig competition gave local unsigned acts the once in a lifetime opportunity to perform at the Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend and play in front of thousands in the heart of ...
Around £180m of approved investment has been committed to school buildings in Cardiff in recent years as part of the Council’s aspiration of developing viable and successful schools across the city. A report detailing the past achievements and the existing financial model in the Schools Organisation Plan will be received by the Executive next week ...
Recommendations to consult on the establishment of nursery provision at three schools across the city will be considered by Cardiff Council Executive next week. The proposals are to: establish Millbank Primary School at one form of entry with nursery provision thus extending the age range of the school from four to 11 to three to ...
Olive oil fresh from rural Italy; produce from twin city Stuttgart; award-winning cured and smoked charcuterie delicacies from rural Monmouthshire*; cockles, mussels and laver bread from the Gower; gourmet exotic pies from the legendary Pieminister; and award-winning homemade chocolate brownies are just some of the delights across the weekend of July 8-10 with the return ...
Despite nearly three and half thousand poorly paid workers in Wales getting less than the minimum wage since 2002, not one single prosecution has resulted, says Leanne Wood South Wales Central AM. The scandal involves more than a thousand employers who have made underpayments of nearly one and half million pounds and it seems Cardiff ...
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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