Cardiff County, Wales News

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The opportunity to cash in on freehold ownership of key properties across Cardiff is being weighed up by the city council - against fears the sale could hit future generations.

HONOURED: Fairwater high school pupils Matt Baker, left and Sam Harrison, both 16 present teacher Vicki Booton with flowers and a certificate after she was given a commendation in the Teacher of the Year Awards Vicki Booton, a maths teacher at Fairwater High School has been named a runner-up at the Pearson Teaching Awards and will receive a ... (more)

Doctor Who has just warned us that the Tardis is about to crash land and that the last time this happened something in the space-time continuum caused all the bald men on board to turn into chickens.

A POPULAR and talented graphic artist and cartoonist from Penarth has died. Leon Balen worked as freelance illustrator and designer long past normal retirement age, illustrating several well-known celebrities and film stars, including Anthony Hopkins.

Consultants employed to help Penarth, Barry, Cowbridge and Llantwit Major develop as the century progresses recommends they build on their heritage and links to Cardiff.

The UK has been holding out for a Eurovision hero for a long time and this year hopes rest on Wales' Bonnie Tyler with her song Believe in Me.

What is now the city region frontier could become an international business park with a long-stay car park for Cardiff airport, Nigel Roberts tells Robert Llewellyn Jones Like President Kennedy, the managing director of Paramount Office Interiors believes in a new frontier concept.

Latest warning comes as the number of measles cases across Wales reached 1,292, with 52,502 non-routine MMR jabs given between March 1 and May 13 Children urged to get MMR jab as parents warned of suspected mumps case Parents at a Cardiff schools have been urged to make sure their children have the MMR vaccine following a suspected case of mumps.

A burglar has been jailed after he was forced to flee trouserless when Christopher Newbury clung onto the criminal, his trousers and his DNA A have-a-go hero has been praised for his bravery after he tackled - and helped catch - a burglar who fled with his trousers down.

How easy is it to open up your home to complete strangers, often with troubled pasts? We talk to a foster carer has been doing just that for nearly 30 years and another who has just started "I am not a foster carer, we are a foster family," is Mary Howells' mantra.

There could soon be an alternative to the commuting strain of the M4 between Cardiff and Newport - a cycle path.

Frank Sidebottom biopic, telling of the man behind the papier mache mask, in the pipeline for Welsh Bafta-winning filmmaker Steve Sullivan But, while Frank Sidebottom may have earned himself a place in the hearts and funny bones of his legion of fans, the identity of the man behind the mask was kept a closely guarded secret for decades.

A teenager who stabbed a 45-year-old man and left him for dead has pleaded guilty to his murder.

The Welsh Government will consider changing its health guidance to recommend restrictions on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children, the Health Minister has said.

Labour AM Jenny Rathbone claimed they were aimed at young people in "name, labelling and promotion" and caused problems including hyperactivity.

The group opposes the plans for a disused railway track in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, and wants to register it as a designated village green.

Education Minister Leighton Andrews has ordered Cardiff council to close a failing secondary school a year earlier than it has planned.

The deputy leader of the Wales Green Party is facing calls for his sacking following a series of "deeply offensive" blog postings.

A forensic scientist today told jurors in the trial of Mark Bridger that there was not a trace of 'physical evidence' on his Land Rover or April's bike to back up his claim of a collision The Bluebirds have announced they will take a long-term lease on land at Hensol next to the club's current base at the Vale of Glamorgan Resort The actress, who ... (more)