All Things Welsh

A Somali youth worker is calling for the UK government to ban the legal high, khat. Mohammed Dualeh of the Somali Youth Association in Butetown, Cardiff told BBC Radio Wales that the stimulant is killing his community. There are also concerns ...  

Matt Smith starts the day by carrying the Olympic flame from the historic Norwegian Church, in Cardiff Bay. The TV star is among 132 separate torchbearers who will take part in the relay as it journeys 115 miles across south Wales. Setting out in Cardiff ...  

Cardiff, Wales, is used to planned major disruption for major events. Whenever the millennium stadium hosts an international, for example, buses have to divert from a traffic free city centre. One such event is the arrival on Monday of the famous olympic torch. Cardiff city centre will be closed between 1700 and 2000. The result will be some disruption to quite a few routes that mean buses  

Sherman Cymru, Cardiff: A former National Poet of Wales, Gwyneth Lewis has also made a name for herself as a librettist and writer of factual prose. Clytemnestra is her first theatre play. As with her recent novel The Meat Tree, a retelling of the story of Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogion, Lewis has once again re-imagined an old text in the near future; reflecting her interest in the contemporary parallels of myths and legends. Read the full...  

The National Mining Museum of Wales was one of the biggest pits of its kind in Wales – and its history dating back to 1860 ... children would have once worked down a mine as well as the dangerous conditions miners back then had to face.  

CARDIFF, Wales, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones AM will today, Monday 14th May, launch the University of Glamorgan's Centre for Financial and Professional Services at an event for the business community in Cardiff Castle. The new Centre will deliver...  

As the summer heats up, it's time for the third installment of our 'Best in Wales' series. This time Ed Townsend, from Cardiff and Co, talks about his perfect weekend in the Welsh capital, and celebrates all there is to offer Cardiff.  

9am: An early start today – you don’t want to miss anything. First stop is Cardiff Bay for a guided tour of the Wales Millennium Centre – a behind-the-scenes look at the home of Welsh National Opera and perhaps the most famous building in Wales.  

Cardiff is the capital city of Wales. It lies on the southeast coast of Wales on the Bristol Channel. Although Cardiff is not a metropolis (its current population is only about 300,000), it is an important administrative, commercial, cultural and industrial centre and port.Cardiff has been the official capital of Wales since 1955. There has been a community here for hundreds of years, but it began to grow quickly and to become prosperous...  

Names (left to right):Debbie and Keith Francis, Bud and Marlene Baumhover Hometowns (left to right): Morrison, Colorado / Cedar Falls, IA Where photo taken: Cardiff Castle, Wales, UK Best meal: Welsh banquet served at Cardiff Castle with Glamorgan sausage with Caefkli cheese, and Welsh singers accompanied by concert harp. Best deal: Tour of Cardiff Castle tour Best time to go: Late spring to avoid the crowds. Best travel...  

Time Team discovers 3,000 years of history at Cardiff site. Caerau Hillfort is a large triangular multivallate Iron Age hillfort occupying the western tip of an extensive ridge-top plateau in the western suburbs of Caerau and Ely, Cardiff, Wales. The old parish church, St Mary’s, and a small ringwork, almost certainly a medieval castle site probably contemporary with the church, stand within the hillfort on the north-eastern side.  

CARDIFF, Wales, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Glamorgan in South Wales has announced a £28m investment in its campuses in Cardiff and Treforest as part of plans to add a further 2,500 students.  The investment programme will see a £15m campus expansion...  

• Malaysian investors may end 104 years of history• Cardiff rugby side to return to Arms Park next seasonCardiff City's Malaysian investors are giving serious consideration to changing the team's colours as part of a highly controversial rebranding exercise that would see the Welsh club play in red from the start of next season and bring to an end 104 years of wearing a blue strip.It is the sort of story that normally appears on April Fools...  

• Malaysian investors may end 104 years of history• Cardiff rugby side to return to Arms Park next seasonCardiff City's Malaysian investors are giving serious consideration to changing the team's colours as part of a highly controversial rebranding exercise that would see the Welsh club play in red from the start of next season and bring to an end 104 years of wearing a blue strip.It is the sort of story that normally appears on April Fools...  

CARDIFF, Wales, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TS Eliot prize winning poet Philip Gross from the University of Glamorgan launched his new collection of poetry 'Deep Field' at an intimate event in Cardiff last tonight, 20th March. During the event, Philip read from and talked about his...  

Cardiff, Wales -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/26/2012 -- Cardiff is set to welcome another landmark piece of architecture to its cityscape after proposals were approved yesterday for a stylish new university teaching centre. The new state-of-the-art postgraduate centre at Colum Drive, Cathays Park, will feature an elliptical Harvard-style lecture theatre as its centrepiece. The exterior finish includes a five-colour, vertically stacked terracotta...  

IT’S a goal that will be talked about for years to come, especially if it helps Cardiff City join Swansea in the Premier League – Mark Hudson’s strike from inside his own half against Derby County on Tuesday seems certain to go down as one of Welsh sport’s most spectacular moments. While Grand Slam wins and famous victories have their own magic, such brilliant flashes of individual athletic genius can leave us gasping at the memory years after...  

Cardiff, Wales -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/06/2012 -- The Welsh government is waiting to learn whether its budget will be topped up as a result of UK government plans to invest in infrastructure. JNR Enterprise is excited by the prospect that the government is keep to spend more money in Wales, the Managing Director says ‘Wales is definitely worth investing in as a growing nation, this is why we have set up an office in Newport Road, Cardiff and we will...  

The new BBC Wales studios are all about front – as well as Doctor WhoFor nearly a century, architects have viewed facades with mistrust, going on fear and loathing. This feature, almost universal in all previous architecture, ever, came to be seen as fake and deceitful, as something like the hypocritical morality of the 19th century, and contrary to the modernist ideal of displaying the inner nature of a building on the outside. In the 1960s...  

The man behind some of the biggest property developments in London, Welshman Russell Harris, QC, argues that Wales must put parochialism behind it and support its capital city. It is then Cardiff and only Cardiff that can sit at the heart of a new Wales ...  

increased provision for Welsh medium education, introducing “litter police” and boosting sustainable transport are among their pledges. The party, which says it is “a new alternative for Cardiff”, also wants to make St David’s Day a paid public ...  

Review of Salome at Sherman Cymru, CardiffWalesOnlineThe score for the now legendary silent film Salomé starring Alla Nazimova – who near bankrupted herself by financing what proved just too challenging for its own period – is a decadent mixture of Arabic-inspired ensemble music and voices that are ...  

There is a lot we don’t know about African languages. But retired university lecturer Dr Paul Tench has seen more than most. Here, he recalls discovering distinctly Welsh sounds reverberating around the most unlikely of communities  

A taxi driver whose firm has contracts with several schools has appeared in court charged following a counter-terrorism investigation into a network suspected of smuggling a banned stimulant drug from Britain to America.  

Cardiff City midfielder Filip Kiss is hoping his loan move from Slovan Bratislava will be made permanent. The 21-year-old joined from Slovan on a season-long loan for just under £500,000 and is hoping to stay with the Welsh outfit. Cardiff made ...  

Welsh rockstars Lostprophets have confirmed that at their homecoming gig in Cardiff, which is just around the corner from their hometown Pontypridd, they will be performing their seminal 'Start Something' album in full.  

and the Welsh Government following the departure this week of the airport’s managing director Patrick Duffy SINCE First Minister Carwyn Jones went public earlier this year in criticising the infrastructure at Cardiff Airport, things have escalated into ...  

Cardiff, U.K.-based Morgan Signs announced that it has completed the installation of a 24-screen video wall for the Wales Millennium Centre, Wales' art center situated in Cardiff Bay. The lengthy 12-by-two video wall replaces the center's rear projection ...  

Rodney Berman was defeated in the Plasnewydd ward following ... The other leaders to lose at the polls are Allan Pritchard from Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly, Independents Keith Evans in Ceredigion and Jeff Edwards in Merthyr, Conservative Gordon ...  

Supporters of Welsh club Cardiff City are up in arms at proposals by their Malaysian owners to break with 100 years of tradition and change their kit from blue to red and replace their Bluebird badge with a dragon.  

The levy was introduced in October last year to help reduce the number of carrier bags used in Wales; therefore cutting down on waste and litter. But the TPA claims it's harming the local economy, saying some small businesses are paying the ...  

First Minister Carwyn Jones has also called on the owners to invest in its future or put it up for sale. He criticised Abertis for delays in a £26m investment and said the airport gives a bad impression of Wales. Transport expert Martin Evans says the ...  

The first minister has called on the owners of Cardiff Airport to invest in its future or put it up for sale. Carwyn Jones said he had been in talks with potential buyers interested in a public-private partnership with the Welsh government taking a stake.  

AN all-white landscape was revealed to us when we stepped into the world of unconventional wonder that was White – the award-winning children’s show aimed at the under-fives.  

Morse will be joined by javelin thrower Lee Doran and shot-putter Ryan Spencer-Jones. The women’s half of the team sees Commonwealth Games silver medallist Carys Parry competing in the hammer, while Sally Peake is out to continue her form in the pole vault.  

Carwyn Jones, who has been critical of the airport, said he had been in talks with potential new buyers interested in a public-private partnership. He told BBC Wales taking a stake would allow the Welsh government to invest. Owner Abertis said ...  

However, Chairman Dato' Chan Tien Ghee said that while the kit proposals had been dropped, the Welsh club's "troubling financial outlook" meant other changes were inevitable. Cardiff, who play in the second tier of English football, have played in blue for ...  

A FORMER Wales’ rugby international who carried the Olympic torch before the London games in 1948 says those selling torches from this year’s games for profit are a “disgrace”.  

Labour made a comeback in Cardiff to take control from the Lib Dem-Plaid Cymru coalition. The Lib Dems lost in key city areas, and those losing seats included senior councillor John Dixon in Adamsdown. Mr Dixon said it was a voter reaction to ...  

Researching a city for a short trip, The Rapid Traveler typically separates the city into a three-layer concentric circle: city core, city surrounds (30-60 minutes by public transport or car) and day trip (1-3 hours). In two days he spends roughly half a ...  

2012-05-09 16:59:33 - The new head chef at a Cardiff hotel is looking forward to stamping his style on some familiar ground. Jimmy Cullen is originally from Aldershot in Hampshire but has lived in the Welsh capital for 13 years – and has now taken over ...  

"We were told in no uncertain terms that this was a fait accompli," trust chairman Tim Hartley told BBC Wales. "This investment is going to come into the club. We were shown a design of the logo, Cardiff City will be playing in red, they will be wearing a ...  

but the club's Malay owners had considered changing to a red kit with the Welsh dragon used in the badge. The plans did not go down well with supports and a backlash of criticism has made the club backtrack on its plans. In a statement, chairman Dato Chan ...  

"We were told in no uncertain terms that this was a fait accompli," trust chairman Tim Hartley told BBC Wales. "This investment is going to come into the club. We were shown a design of the logo, Cardiff City will be playing in red, they will be ...  

In the absence of Roman rule, Wales was divided into small kingdoms; early on, Meurig ap Tewdrig emerged as the local king in Glywysing (which later became Glamorgan). The area passed through his family until the advent of the Normans in the 11th century.  

Run by the Amateur International Boxing Association and supported by the Welsh Amateur Boxing Association, the camp utilised the University’s extensive training facilities and was supported by the Welsh Government, and Sport Wales. 68 male and female ...  

Cardiff, Wales -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/22/2012 -- Over the past 12 months, staff and shoppers at St David's Dewi Sant in Cardiff have raised a staggering £14,287 for Marie Curie Cancer Care, the centre's Charity of the Year. Throughout the year, numerous ...  

WELSH forward Ben Davies has committed to the Cardiff Devils ice hockey team for next season. Cardiff-born Davies, 21, is the third player to sign a new contract, following new goaltender Phil Osaer and import defenceman Kenton Smith. Head coach Gerad ...  

Speaking at a seminar organised by the Thomas, Carroll Group, in conjunction with Broomfield & Alexander, Professor Brian Morgan voiced optimism on developments from the Welsh Government. He said the Cardiff Bay administration had to abandon its interest ...  

Cardiff Bay Car Park A coincidence story today from 67 Not Out reader Toby Holmes. If you have an interesting coincidence story you would like published on this blog please use the contact button at the top of the page - thanks. "I recently bought a new car from my local garage in Middlesex where they took my old car in part exchange. A week later I headed off on holiday to South Wales with my family packed in it, that's two children and...  

And to put an even bigger grin on the captain’s face was the fact his only Welshman in the European ranks – East Tennessee State University student Rhys Enoch – proved to be the lynchpin in sinking the Asian-Pacific side by winning all five of his matches.  

He was an active member of the Roath community and was a disability campaigner. Yesterday, Paul Hewitt, Senior Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service in Wales, said: "The Crown Prosecution Service has been working closely alongside South Wales ...  

Speaking at a University event in Cardiff, Vice-Chancellor Julie Lydon said: "All universities are in a tough market, but Glamorgan is confident and financially robust, with rising applications and rated top in Wales for the success of our students going ...  

The University rugby team were put through their paces by Blues coaches Justin Burnell and Gareth Baber, with Wales duo Jamie Roberts and Sam Warburton on hand ahead of tomorrow’s clash in Cardiff with 30,000 students expected to cheer on the respective sides.  

In 2006, the pensioner was pictured alongside Cardiff singer Charlotte Church in a South Wales Echo article as part of a campaign to stop care spending cuts. In an interview with the Echo, Mr Lewis described how the group had improved his life, saying ...  

Dermot O’Leary and the X Factor team will be hitting Cardiff later today, to hold their first Welsh auditions of 2012. Hopefuls have been queuing outside the Cardiff City football stadium since the early hours of this morning, hoping to be the first in ...  

Model and TV presenter Danielle Lineker and Welsh rappers Goldie Lookin Chain also took part and were keen ... Among the runners were families with young children and even mothers with prams. There were plenty of costumes on show, including Batman and ...  

And he now has a huge job on his hands to regain Test recognition, given that four second-row forwards - Alun-Wyn Jones, Ian Evans, Luke Charteris and Lou Reed - appear to be above him in the Wales pecking order. Davies features for the Blues against ...  

It must be one of the most unusual requests ever received by Cardiff council: “We’d like to cover the city in bubbling blue goo”. But then the BBC Wales production team behind Doctor Who are not the average resident hoping to request a new wheelie ...  

Water-ski and wakeboard park planned for CardiffWalesOnlineBy Peter Law ⋅ April 27, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment A water-ski and wakeboard park will open in Cardiff city centre under new plans, yourCardiff can exclusively reveal. The 735m-long cable-tow water ski system is being planned for East Bute Dock, ...and more »  

Dyche kept faith with the same XI against the Seasiders as the one which triumphed 2-0 at Leeds the week previous, although the likes of Joe Garner and Prince Buaben could now come into contention for a start in the Welsh capital. Centre-back Adrian ...  

BBC NewsLondon 2012: Cardiff Olympics rings unveiled outside City HallBBC NewsThe Olympic rings were officially launched in Cardiff, with the sports minister saying it would help encourage healthy lifestyles among young people in Wales. The launch was outside City Hall, close to where eight Olympic football matches will be held ...Giant set of Olympic rings unveiled in Cardiff ahead of London 2012WalesOnlineOlympic rings taking pride of place...  

The Queen has begun a two-day tour of Wales to mark her Diamond Jubilee. She and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in Cardiff on the royal train and drove to Llandaff Cathedral for a service celebrating her 60-year reign. A crow of hundreds, including ...  

TWO scientists from Wales’ biggest university have been awarded the highest accolade available to scientists in the UK and Commonwealth. Cardiff University professors John Aggleton, who was born in the city, and Hywel Thomas, from Llandovery, have been ...  

Four Iron Age hill fort and enclosure sites have been identified within Cardiff's present-day county boundaries ... and made available on Google Street View as a 360-degree virtual tour. Cardiff is the major transport hub in Wales and is the focus for ...  

Former Wales goalkeeper Gary Sprake says Cardiff fans should not be afraid of their club's proposed rebranding. Cardiff's Malaysian owners want the Bluebirds to play in red instead of their traditional blue to help attract sponsorship and ...  

Stephen McPhail has thanked Cardiff fans for helping him through a difficult year ... He was quoted in the South Wales Echo as saying: "The support I have had from City supporters has been sensational. It's almost been too much, if that was possible.  

Welsh rock giants Lostprophets are back with a bang with a new album and UK arena tour. They may be spread all around the globe, but as guitarist Mike Lewis tells Dave Owens – home is where the heart is FOR an album entitled Weapons, it’s apposite that ...  

John Griffiths, assembly member for Newport East and Welsh Government environment minister, began a 285 mile bike ride from Holyhead to Cardiff on Sunday. The AM is due to ride between 60 and 70 miles per day, and is due back in Cardiff Bay on Wednesday ...  

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh are due to attend a service at the cathedral as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Republic Wales told the Echo that dozens were expected to take part in the peaceful protest outside the cathedral. The group ...  

A house builder is to create a new social enterprise to deliver more than 700 homes on the site of a former paper mill in Cardiff. Principality – Wales’ largest building society - and the Welsh Government have created a not-for-profit organisation to ...  

Cardiff will mark the opening of the Wales Coast Path with a launch event on Saturday May 5th, with Environment minister John Griffiths officially opening the 870 mile (1400km) coast path. Members of the public are invited to attend and celebrate this ...  

A DRAMA which has at its core a tortured woman whose husband has handed over their daughter to his allies to be killed is not going to be easy viewing.  

Thousands of people across Wales have taken part in dozens of Sport Relief charity runs. The event in Cardiff Bay saw TV presenter Gethin Jones and rugby player Richard Parks among the runners. They have been representing Wales in a Sport Relief ...  

The Liberal Democrats accused Luke Holland, Welsh Labour's head of press ... The notice of poll gives Mr Holland's old home address in the Splott ward, where he is standing, which he moved out of late last year. He told the Western Mail recently: "It ...  

THREE Welsh players were in the Great Britain team thumped 5-0 by Japan in the World Ice Hockey Championships in Lubljana, Slovenia. Phil Hill (Cardiff Devils), Matt Myers (Nottingham Panthers) and Jonathan Phillips (Cardiff Devils) are all Cardiff-born ...  

Children's author Jacqueline Wilson has signed up to take part in the inaugural Cardiff Children's Literature Festival, which takes place between Wednesday 20 March and Sunday 24 March 2013. The event is being organised by Literature Wales, Cardiff Council ...  

If she is among the top two finishers following the races in Charlotte, Queen will qualify to go with the U.S. team to Cardiff, Wales, in early June. She and the other top American woman will race there. The best finisher at Cardiff will earn ...  

Vueling makes its debut in Wales with its inaugural service from Barcelona this week. Its regular, scheduled flights, which offer allocated seating and a range of benefits for business travellers, will operate between Cardiff Airport and Barcelona-El Prat ...  

Last weekend saw the first ever Official Doctor Who Convention at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff, Wales. The Centre is famous among Whovians not only as the fictional headquarters for Torchwood 3, the Cardiff branch of the organization tasked ...  

One of Wales' major shopping centres has reported record retail sales as business leaders say there are signs of encouragement after a difficult year. St David's, which opened in Cardiff city centre in 2009, said sales were up 9% in 2011/12, with over 38 ...  

In Welsh, we call it hiraeth – that sense of longing you feel when you return to the place you call home. Cardiff is that place for me – the city I lived in for 25 years before moving to London, and where I still own a flat so I feel I can always move ...  

THE recent death of blindside flanker Elvet Jones leaves one, or possibly two, players still remaining alive from the magnificent Cardiff side that defeated the touring Australians in 1947. Wales and Lions centre Jack Matthews is now the oldest-living ...  

FIRST Minister Carwyn Jones’ criticism of Cardiff Airport has been rejected by the chief executive of a low-fare Spanish airline which will operate flights from Cardiff to Barcelona. At the Wales Millennium Centre, Alex Cruz, chief executive of Barcelona ...  

Several hundred new jobs are being created by an Indian company in Cardiff, the Welsh government has announced. Firstsource specialises in professional services and works across banking and financial services, telecommunications and media and the healthcare industry.  

The chief executive of Bristol Airport has called on the Welsh government to view his expanding business as an "opportunity not a threat". Robert Sinclair said he was keen to work closely with Wales' tourism bodies to improve the services "we [Bristol ...  

With little over three months until London 2012 starts, the country is in the grip of Olympic fever. Karen Price focuses on a major photographic exhibition which opens in Wales today to mark the world’s greatest sporting tournament THE eyes of the world ...  

A public park which hosted the Pope's 1982 visit to Wales is one of four Cardiff sites nominated for protection to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. About 150,000 people attended the mass carried out by Pope John Paul II in Pontcanna Fields. It and three ...  

BBC NewsCardiff taxi incident: Man charged over injured pedestriansBBC NewsA 28-year-old man has been charged following a collision involving a taxi and eight pedestrians in the centre of Cardiff. He faces one charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent, and seven counts of attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm ...Eight charges for 28-year-old over incident in central CardiffWalesOnlineMan due in court after taxi crashITV...  

With UK Border Agency (UKBA) officers now carrying out several raids a week as they attempt to tackle the problem of illegal working in Wales, CLAIRE MILLER spent Friday evening following their visits to several properties in Cardiff. UKBA officers raided ...  

Thousands of Doctor Who fans are meeting their heroes - and villains - at the first official convention in the series' long history. This weekend's event at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff has attracted aficionados from as far away as the US ...  

DAVE OWENS reveals the line-up and meets the man hell-bent on ... We’re gathered for the second heat of this year’s Welsh Unsigned Stand-Up Award, the now annual search for Wales’ best emerging comedy talent. A full house is showing its appreciation ...  

Welsh rock giants Lostprophets are back with a bang with a new album and UK arena tour. They may be spread all around the globe, but as guitarist Mike Lewis tells Dave Owens – home is where the heart is  

RUGBY LEAGUE: Cardiff's Millennium Stadium will host the opening ceremony and a double-header to launch the 2013 World Cup, it was announced on Thursday. Co-hosts Wales will get the 14-team tournament under way on October 26 against Italy, followed by ...  

Co-hosts Wales will get the 14-team tournament under way on Saturday, October 26, with a cross-group match against qualifiers Italy, followed by England's group A clash with favourites Australia. Carwyn Jones, the Welsh Government's First Minister ...  

Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Dean, the Very Revd John Lewis, arrives at Llandaff Cathedral Credit: David Jones/PA Wire The Queen visited Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff today on the first day of her visit to south Wales. This trip is ...  

James Wade completed only the third whitewash in the history of the McCoy's Premier League Darts, seeing off Simon Whitlock 8-0 on Thursday, as World Champion Adrian Lewis took one win from his two games at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. Wade ...  

With just under 6 weeks to go until her Diamond Jubilee, the Queen is on a two day visit to Wales. She and the Duke of Edinburgh started their visit with a church service, before going to meet some members of the Grand Slam-winning rugby squad.  

Carwyn Jones, the Welsh Government's First Minister, attended a press conference along with tournament chairman Richard Lewis at the Millennium Stadium where organisers unveiled 19 of the venues across England, Wales, Ireland and France for all ...  

The White House has nominated Gen. Mark A. Welsh III , the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and a former senior official at the CIA, to be the next Air Force chief of staff. Welsh’s selection to lead the Air Force was announced Thursday by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta. Welsh would replace Gen. Norton A. Schwartz , who is scheduled to retire in August after a four-year stint as chief ...  

Public Services Ombudsman for Wales has found Cardiff council guilty of maladministration for failing to consult local residents over the controversial Viridor waste incinerator at Trident Park.  

The world's first coastal path to cover an entire country has been officially opened in Wales. Stretching from the mouth of the River Dee in Flintshire in the north to Chepstow in south, the Wales Coast Path covers 870 miles (1,400km).  

Ellie Simmonds is one of the athletes involved Credit: Finlay MacKay/National Portrait An open-air photographic exhibition of people involved in this summer's Olympics and Paralympic games is opening at the Wales Millenium Centre in Cardiff.  

Labour has pulped 5,000 copies of a Cardiff council election leaflet because it contains a resident’s comment that they “can’t apply for most jobs in Wales because you need to speak Welsh”.  

This was the dramatic scene outside Cardiff Bay police station last night as armed officers chased down a car and pointed rifles at its female driver.  

The Welsh capital has the chance to become a sustainable food city and that will put its population on a path to healthier and brighter future, writes Kevin Morgan and Steve Garrett  

Supporters of Welsh club Cardiff City are up in arms at proposals by their Malaysian owners to break with 100 years of tradition and change their kit from blue to red and replace their Bluebird badge with a dragon.  

Cardiff Blues is the regional Welsh rugby team responsible for developing rugby in the areas of Cardiff, south Powys, Merthyr Tydfil, Vale of Glamorgan, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.  

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Welsh environment minister John Griffiths has unveiled proposals to introduce a Sustainable Development Bill for public services in Wales.  

Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, commander of U.S. Air Forces Europe, has been nominated to take over as the service’s chief of staff.