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TOWIE’s Samantha Faiers is coming to Cardiff! The Fragrance shop in St David’s Centre is giving us all a chance to meet the popular model, actress & business woman this Saturday, 26th July! Sam will be there from 2pm to greet us all. Sam’s coming to meet us in celebration of her new fragrance entitled ‘La Bella.’  Sam will be signing bottles of her fragrance and having her photo taken with fans. All fans have to do to meet Samantha is to buy a…

This month we would like to beautify you with some tips on beautiful products.  Not only will you benefit from them healthwise but they also smell good enough to eat. ‘Traditionally, rosemary’s primary use is to relieve pain, though its other uses are many and varied. Whilst it is used in aromatherapy as an aid for gout, alopecia, spinal injuries and as a nerve tonic, its main uses extend from headaches and fatigue to muscular aches, pains and sprains. In…

Principality staff help stop people going hungry in Cardiff  Staff from Principality Building Society took time out of work to volunteer at Cardiff Foodbank and help stop people going hungry. Seven employees from Wales’ largest building society spent a day sorting and packing food at Cardiff Foodbank, which supports thousands of families that are in need of emergency food parcels. Over 7,500 adults and children in Cardiff received emergency food parcels from Cardiff Foodbank in 2013 and this year that…

Our world is constantly changing, whether it is to do with fashion trends or the design of houses, I put this transformation purely down to one thing- technology. Children then:                                                            Children now:    My parent’s lives at the age of 10 are non-existent to 10 year olds today. Lemonade stands, building tree houses and playing out on the streets seem to be blasts from the past because in contemporary society, children are become less sociable by the day. Statistics show…

A Cardiff mum whose employer’s ‘practise what you preach’ attitude to workplace training helped her get back into full-time employment is calling on Welsh businesses to make every week Adult Learners Week at their own place of work.  Anita Page was a full-time mum for 13 years before returning to study for a NVQ in IT at the age of 35 and hasn’t stopped learning since, after the organisation that delivered the course offered her a full-time position as a…

This weekend Cardiff Times were lucky enough to be invited to Cardiff’s brand new trendy bar Ten Mill Lane for a cocktail fuelled evening.  The bar is located on the busy Mill Lane (number 10 funnily enough). It is squeezed in between clubs such as Retros and Soda, but Ten Mill Lane offers a completely different vibe to the normal Cardiff nightlife. Their slogan is ‘You are welcome’ and that is exactly how the staff, venue and other cocktail lovers…

On Saturday, Splott Market was transformed into a festival haven and invaded by keen party goers ready to get colourful. A couple of months ago rumours began that Cardiff was going to play host to this retro warehouse rave, and since then the excitement has been steadily building. On the 14th June the festival focused on the celebration of happiness through exploding colours and pumping music arrived in Cardiff for the first time. Ravers turned out in the masses for a…

It’s June and the sun still isn’t in sight for longer than two days- hello? Weather? We are still waiting for our heat wave! I’m lucky to have olive skin but my goodness this is probably the most pale I have ever been…. Everything seems to be weather dependent these days whether it is to earn money or simply to have a bit fun, so I have come up with a few ideas to get your summer rolling, no matter…

      If Dad will be getting on the dance floor this Father’s Day then you probably want to avoid him at all costs! Dad might think he’s rad but we think he’s bad… So if he thinks he can pull off a groove… then we suggest you give him these guidelines to make things just that little bit more bearable for you – and everyone else! The Smooth Criminal Beat it Dad. The way you make me feel…

On 2nd May, as part of MS Week, I shaved off my shoulder-length, blonde hair to raise funds for the MS Society Cymru. I work for Principality Building Society.  Each year, my colleagues and I get to nominate and vote for a Charity of the Year, then we put all our fundraising efforts towards the chosen charity for a whole year. For 2014, my colleagues and I chose the MS Society Cymru and we’re hoping to raise a substantial amount of money…