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Councillor’s Michael Costas-Michael and Monica Walsh officially re-opened Cardiff, a Wyevale Garden Centre alongside returning Garden Centre Manager, Mike Greenwood and founder of the original nursery in 1952, Jean Hughes. Crew Manager, Richard Ball and two local fireman from Cardiff Central Fire Station celebrated the opening of the garden centre on the 2 year anniversary of the fire  New Centre boasts a new improved state-of-the-art redevelopment Wyevale Garden Centres celebrated the reopening which took place on the 2 year anniversary…

REGGAE LOVE SONGS TOUR 2016 YolanDa Brown, double MOBO award-winning saxophonist and one of the UK’s most exciting and sought after live performers, is embarking on a nationwide tour from February to June 2016. Wowing audiences across the country, from London and Cardiff to Manchester and Glasgow, the Reggae Love Songs tour will be an infectious journey of Reggae rhythms from the Caribbean, peppered with supreme Jazz flavoured inflections and sensibilities. Throughout the tour, YolanDa Brown will be joined by…

BulliesOut has joined up with Giveacar, a non-profit social enterprise which collects old cars as part of a novel fund-raising boost for BulliesOut. Giveacar is a not-for-profit social enterprise that turns old and used cars into monetary donations for charity. Profits from the sale are then donated to a charity of the car owner’s choice. Giveacar is supporting local charity BulliesOut to help raise vital funds. BulliesOut is a registered charity with Giveacar, making it an easy and effective way…

Celtic music legend Martyn Joseph will lead a stunning quartet of folk stars in the Sweet Liberties concert at St David’s Hall next Friday (27 November) at 8pm. Martyn is gifted with the rare ability to speak from the soul with his expressive and poignant lyrics with a career spanning 30 years, 32 albums, over half a million record sales and thousands of live performances! His boundless versatility allows him to delve into the genres of folk, rock, soul, folk funk and…

The Old Library has tried and tested a few genres of booze ‘n’ food or food ‘n’ booze places for many years. Smack bang in the middle of Cardiff city centre it shouldn’t be a place easily missed but it is easy to do so. We found a quiet haven of warmth when it was raining horizontally outside. The entire population of the world was Christmas shopping but the airy and spacious restaurant was welcoming and relaxing (despite us having…

Exclusively available to buy from HomeSense, TK Maxx stores, tkmaxx.com and sportrelief.com from 21st January 2016. For those wanting to ‘sport’ a new look in the kitchen, designer Orla Kiely has created a limited edition apron for Sport Relief 2016.  The apron will be presented each night to the winner of ‘The Great Sport Relief Bake Off’ and is available to buy exclusively from Sport Relief official partners: brands-for-less homeware retailer, HomeSense, TK Maxx stores, tkmaxx.com and sportrelief.com from 21st January 2016. The apron will…

Food, glorious food, is central to the Christmas experience but the opportunity for feasting and sharing festive fun and laughter can be thin on the ground for older people who live alone. This year’s Abbeyfield Society Coping at Christmas campaign is putting the spotlight firmly on food and is inviting over-55s who live alone into its 500-plus homes and houses around the UK to share free Christmas meals, cake and of course companionship, laughter and warmth. Good, home cooked food…

It’s a beautiful sunny day in Cardiff and the perfect time to catch up with fellow Cardiff Times writer and local artist Nathan Wyburn.  We decide to meet at the Cameo Club on Welfield road in Roath.  Nathan has some of his work proudly displayed here.  As you walk through the door you will no doubt spot the portraits of Welsh legend Tom Jones and Gavin and Stacey’s very own Nessa (a.k.a Ruth Jones).  Look at little closer and you…

A teenager from Lambert, Stirlingshire, is urging people to get in the team spirit by taking on Make Today Count, Muscular Dystrophy UK’s sky diving challenge. Seventeen-year-old Tamsin Paterson is taking to the sky’s for the second year in a row, after plunging 10,000 feet in February this year. She’s got the sky diving bug, and has convinced her mum Lesley, and two friends, to join her in St Andrew’s next year. Together, they have formed a team called ‘Fallen…

Three Cardiff based community groups are amongst those celebrating this week after local supporters helped them secure a share of the £82,000 of funding from Skipton Building Society’s Grassroots Giving Scheme. The winners were announced this week, showcasing the voluntary groups across the country that Skipton Building Society will support via Grassroots Giving 2015. Now in its third year, Grassroots Giving, awards £500 to each winning group who has achieved a high enough proportion of the 30,000 votes cast. After…