yourCardiff

Shots fired in armed robbery at Grangetown bakery

Sam Malone — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:46:16 +0000

Shots were fired at a Cardiff bakery today in an armed robbery. A 28-year-old man was taken into custody nearly two hours after police surrounded Bruton’s Bakery, on Clare Road, in the Grangetown area of the city and a house in nearby Cornwall Street. It is understood a second man was also arrested. Armed police were called to [...]

We Are Cardiff launches ‘A Roath State of Mind’

Jessica Best — Wed, 30 May 2012 10:04:51 +0000

Community website We Are Cardiff is launching its first local exhibition this weekend, based on the stories of people who live in Roath and the surrounding area. We Are Cardiff, which showcases stories of people who live in the city, will launch “A Roath State of Mind” at the Waterloo Gardens Teahouse on Friday. The [...]

Cardiff’s Diamond Jubilee street parties mapped

Jessica Best — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:00:16 +0000

The four day jubilee weekend is fast approaching, and people are planning to celebrate the Queen’s 60 year reign – and an extra Bank Holiday – with street parties across Cardiff. Here we’ve mapped all 57 street parties that have permission from Cardiff Council to close their roads on Saturday June 2, Sunday June 3, [...]

History of Cardiff’s Gypsy and traveller communities explored in new exhibition

Jessica Best — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:30:54 +0000

A new exhibition looking at the history of Gypsy and traveller communities in Cardiff will open at the Cardiff Story museum on Friday. “Pots n Pans: A Cardiff Gypsy and Traveller Way of Life” has been organised by The Romani Cultural and Arts Company to explore the traditions of Gypsies and travellers in the city. [...]

GUEST BLOG: Summer cycling in Cardiff

Jessica Best — Tue, 29 May 2012 06:30:13 +0000

Cardiff cycling blogger Simon Nurse cycle commutes daily, races cyclo-cross for Cardiff JIF, and edits the Odoni cycle blog at cyclestuff.wordpress.com. From today, he is also yourCardiff’s guest blogger on all things bike in Cardiff, writing a monthly round-up of cycling news, events, and the best rides in the city. This month, he writes on [...]

Opera to be screened in The Hayes tomorrow

Jessica Best — Tue, 29 May 2012 06:05:46 +0000

Opera will be beamed into Cardiff city centre tomorrow, with the first of two screenings from the Royal Opera House in The Hayes this summer. The performance of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi will be shown on the big screen at the Cardiff Live Site, with the first act starting at 7.30pm. There will be an [...]

Cardiff Story museum hosts “human library” event

Clare Hutchinson — Tue, 29 May 2012 06:00:51 +0000

International students from a South Wales university formed a “human library” at the weekend to share stories about their lives with strangers. During the session at the Cardiff Story museum on Saturday, members of the public “borrowed” the speakers in order to find out more about them. The event, organised by Cardiff University’s Cardiff School [...]

GUEST BLOG: What’s Welsh for hyperlocal?

Jessica Best — Mon, 28 May 2012 05:30:06 +0000

A meet-up to discuss online happenings in the Welsh language is taking place tonight at Chapter Arts Centre from 7.30pm. Here Rhys Wynne, founder and co-contributor of Welsh language hyperlocal Ein Caerydd, tells us what the get together – called Hacio’r Iaith Bach – is all about. “Hyperlocal news is not a new phenomenon to [...]

GUEST BLOG: Cardiff’s top cultural venues, by Katie Brown

Jessica Best — Mon, 28 May 2012 05:00:04 +0000

In the second of her ‘farewell posts’, Cardiff culture blogger Katie Brown talks about her favourite venues in the city. “Over my time in Cardiff, I’ve grown incredibly attached to its theatres and cultural centres. They are what I picture first when I imagine the city and what I’ll miss most. We are incredibly lucky here [...]

The Olympic torch arrives in Cardiff

Gareth Rogers — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:00:33 +0000

Cardiff gave the Olympic Torch a welcome worthy of the capital of Wales lining its route for mile upon smile. Thousands queued patiently for hours in the sunshine to share a once in a lifetime experience and to be able to say – like Max Boyce – “I was there.” For once the Welsh weather [...]

The Weekend Ahead – What’s going on in Cardiff this weekend

Gareth Rogers — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:17:40 +0000

The Weekend Ahead – What’s going on in Cardiff this weekend Our @yourcardiff Twitter followers have been telling us what they are up to this weekend. If you’re looking for something to do, this is what’s on. Friday May 25: 7.30pm BBC National Orchestra of Wales bring the heat of the Spanish summer to St [...]

Cardiff braced for Olympic torch arrival

Gareth Rogers — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:26:33 +0000

A summer of excitement will begin in Cardiff when the Olympic torch arrives on Friday. The action begins at Cardiff Castle, where the Flame will be carried by Wayne Jenkins, from Cardiff, who was nominated via the Lloyds TSB campaign by one of his children for his many years work with Sport Wales. It will [...]

Ethical Chef: New webisode series to kick start vegetarian revolution

Gareth Rogers — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:19:10 +0000

Guest post by Deri Reed Seven years ago I dropped out of my computing degree at the University of Manchester and was both a meat-eater, as well as working in a takeaway. At this time of my life, I had a very negative outlook on my future, but then I came across a book called [...]

Travel advice, street-by-street route and what’s on guide to the Olympic torch relay in Cardiff

Peter Law — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:53:57 +0000

Thousands of people are expected to line the streets of Cardiff on Friday to cheer on the London 2012 Olympic torch relay. Almost 100 local heroes will carry the Olympic flame as it covers 102 miles between Worcester and Cardiff, where it will stop overnight for an outdoor concert at Coopers Field. London 2012 organisers [...]

Cardiff Bay Wakeboarding addresses residents’ concerns over cable ski park proposal

Peter Law — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:32:46 +0000

Our reports on new plans for a water-ski and wakeboarding park at East Bute Dock next to Atlantic Wharf has sparked plenty of online debate in recent weeks. If approved by Cardiff council’s planning committee, the plans would see a 735m-long cable-tow water ski system installed at East Bute Dock. Atlantic Wharf residents living near the [...]

Cardiff’s amazing arcades – viewed from a new perspective

Gareth Rogers — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:57:01 +0000

Freelance journalist and blogger Amy Davies has allowed us a unique look into her picture blog of Cardiff’s arcades shot through a fish-eye lens on a Nikkon D4 camera. Click here to take a look at the full post and let us know what you think and what you would like to see shot through [...]

GUEST BLOG: Culture in Cardiff by Katie Brown

Gareth Rogers — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:13:33 +0000

For the last year, Katie Brown has been blogging on all things cultural in and around Cardiff. Katie Brown: On Culture has taken the MA student to venues, performances, screenings and events right across the city. But as she prepares to move to London at the end of the summer, she looks back over what she’s learned about Cardiff’s [...]

GUEST BLOG: Welsh Unsigned Stand-Up Awards

Gareth Rogers — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:01:07 +0000

Report by Amy Smith Last night, Heat 4 of 8 of the Welsh Unsigned Stand-Up Awards (or the WUSA) took place at Chapter Arts Centre. 8 Welsh stand-ups took to the stage in competition with each other. They were each allowed 6-10 minutes, which is the standard stand-up slot, to wow the judges. The judges [...]

Siobhan Corria: Diary of a first time councillor

Gareth Rogers — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:46:35 +0000

In her first few weeks as a Llandaff North councillor, Siobhan Corria reveals what she has been up to. On 3rd May I was elected as a Labour Councillor for Llandaff North. It was a long time coming, I had been campaigning non stop since October 2010. I became active within the Labour Party following [...]

Cardiff’s Polynesia club shuts just months after opening following noise row

Peter Law — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:20:28 +0000

A CARDIFF nightclub embroiled in a dispute with neighbouring residents over late night noise has been forced to shut down just nine months after opening. Polynesia took over the former Hard Rock Cafe building in the Old Brewery Quarter on St Mary Street in the city centre last September. Polynesia boss James Tucker yesterday said [...]

GUEST BLOG: Cardiff Vegetarian Festival

Gareth Rogers — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:39:36 +0000

A guest post from Anna Garton from the Cardiff Vegetarian Festival Last October, my boyfriend, a lifelong carnivore, went vegetarian. After 33 years of being a dedicated meat-eater he stopped. Just like that. Cold Turkey, so to speak. Now, having lived with a vegetarian for the last 8 years, he’d obligingly eaten my veggie creations, [...]

GUEST BLOG: Great Cardiff Cake Off

Gareth Rogers — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:11:53 +0000

A guest post from Amy Smith about the Great Cardiff Cake Off On 19 May in Tiger Tiger on Greyfriars Road, Forever Vintage staged the first Great Cardiff Cake-Off to raise money for family hospice charity Ty Hafan. A late start to the proceedings allowed a quick browse around the venue. The private booths were [...]

On patrol with Cardiff’s noise officers

Brendan Hughes — Sun, 20 May 2012 23:01:32 +0000

Today marks the start of Noise Action Week 2012 in Cardiff, and with around 4,000 noise complaints investigated last year, the council is understandably keen to reduce the disturbances. I joined the out-of-hours noise pollution team on their rounds to find out just how loud the streets of our city can be Revealed: Cardiff’s noise nuisance hot [...]

Residents vow to move if wakeboard park go ahead

Peter Law — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:30:59 +0000

Residents overlooking a planned water ski and wakeboard park have vowed to move out if it goes ahead, claiming it would blight local wildlife, including otters. As reported last month, plans have been submitted for a 735m-long cable-tow water ski system at East Bute Dock in Butetown, near the city centre. If approved by Cardiff [...]

A Day in the Life…of Cardiff Market

Jessica Best — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:34:42 +0000

Today yourCardiff and the South Wales Echo are launching a new series of photo essays called “A Day in the Life”. Each feature will chart 24 hours in the life of Cardiff’s public spaces, tourist attractions, charities, workers, or ordinary individuals – in fact anyone who wants to get involved – and the photos will [...]