Cardiff County, Wales News

PRESENTATION: Cadets from Cardiff and across the Vale of Glamorgan were presented with awards in recognition of their Poppy Appeal fundraising CADETS that helped raise more than A 12,000 during last year's Poppy Appeal were rewarded for their efforts during a presentation night last week.

INTERNET: Ed Hunt, BT's programme director for Superfast Cymru, Vale MP Alun Cairns and Chair of Dinas Powys Community Council, Vince Driscoll at the first Superfast Cymru fibre broadband cabinet to be switched on in the Vale of Glamorgan, at Dinas VALE MP Alun Cairns recently visited Dinas Powys as it became one of the first villages in the Vale ... (more)

Conwy Council's Cabinet members are being asked to formally back scrapping the Grade II listed pier, after the full council decided to seek to de-list and demolish the historic but dilapidated building, saying that redevelopment was not a viable option.

The council said this would focus on the Cathays and Plasnewydd parts of the city which it said are most significantly affected.

CARDIFF'S first indoor skate park is set to open its doors this spring after gaining support from various public, private and charitable sector backers.

Video: Wingwalker performs acrobatics high above Cardiff as RAF squadron is resurrected in the city after a gap of 57 years It carried out enemy attacks in North Africa and laid smoke screens in World War II... and after half a century, an RAF squadron is being resurrected - watch our video Honorary Air Commodore Vic Norman of 614 Squadron Cardiff ... (more)

UNIQUE CHARITY: Dinas Powis Rotary Club President, Tony Stephens, hands over a cheque to Lynda Francis for Ty Hafan.

MERGER DISCUSSED: The meeting of a full Vale of Glamorgan Council was held in Barry's civic offices last Wednesday, March 5 A VALE councillor told fellow councillors he was voting against Vale-Cardiff merger proposals because he despised politicians and was wary Assembly member numbers could increase.

A CHARITY fundraiser held in memory of a Newport teacher and rugby player who died aged just 29 was a big success, raising thousands for cancer care.

Author Nick Shepley celebrates the Welsh capital's Irish history in a new book focusing on its development in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Passenger numbers are declining at a station where Network Rail and the Welsh Government recently spent A 22m on a rebuild, including a space-age bridge and two new station entrances.

David Owens was there for Charlotte Church's latest step in her ongoing reinvention as she performed tracks from her forthcoming EP FOUR Whatever your view of Charlotte Church - and it appears everybody has one - we had her to thank for handing what for most of those in attendance must have counted as their very first experience of a live show in ... (more)

A 23-year-old Cardiff woman has denied causing the death of her best friend through careless driving during a road accident near Red Roses last spring.

The shortlist is announced today for the Venture Award, a poetry pamphlet prize with a A 1750 prize fund, which also offers publication under flipped eye publishing's flap series.

From its classic architecture to its lavish five-acre grounds, Ty Gwyn is definitely a dream home - and, with a price tag of A 3m, for most of us it'll stay that way.

Three-month-old puppy Josy was found pushed up against a wall with a coffee table pressed up against her neck A helpless puppy was found trapped by its neck after burglars stole A 20,000 worth of jewellery from a family home.

New appointments to his leadership team have been announced by the PCC for South Wales, Alun Michael, the former Penarth and Cardiff South MP, following the retirement of assistant commissioner Dave Francis and the impending maternity leave of deputy commissioner Sophie Howe.

Area and land of interest for LDP along Began Road and between Began road and Druidstone Road, Old St Mellons.

The UK Labour party could look to roll out a flagship Welsh Government policy for its general election manifesto - as it seeks to hit back against a flood of criticism of the Welsh Government's performance.

A MOTORIST told an inquest how a Gwent teacher appeared to be struggling to control her car seconds before it careered off a dual carriageway and came to rest on its roof after hitting a concrete culvert wall.