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    A popular country music night in Cardiff brings fans together to make new friends

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    Local Welsh art projected on station as part of a huge Light of Winter trail

    Author and storyteller launches typewriter-for-hire service in Cardiff market

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    Two chefs to open a restaurant after the decline in Wales’ hospitality industry

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    How Welsh musicians are using social media to keep the spirit of bilingual music alive

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    Training project that aims to make screen sector more accessible gets funding boost

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    Local yoga instructor sees a rise in men embracing yoga classes to improve wellbeing

    ‘Men and women are not built the same’: Fighting for female-friendly fitness gear

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    Netball participation among adults is growing as women seek a sense of community

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    Fibroid advocate takes the stage at Everywoman Festival to raise awareness of this common condition

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    The last act? Wales’ arts sector faces an uncertain future in challenging times

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    Fashion crisis unwrapped: The ‘rental revolution’ for Welsh consumers’ wardrobes

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    ‘Men and women are not built the same’: Fighting for female-friendly fitness gear

    AI Generated image of an empty theatre

    The last act? Wales’ arts sector faces an uncertain future in challenging times

    A cluttered wardrobe that could use the help of rental fashion

    Fashion crisis unwrapped: The ‘rental revolution’ for Welsh consumers’ wardrobes

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    The Queer Culture Issue

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Active home

Welsh dive centre is the first in UK to start a fitness programme tailored for divers

Being unfit as a diver can increase the risk of injuring your heart, lungs, or decompression sickness
Active Life

An all-female running group has gone from 30 to 2000 members in three years

A popular women’s running group focuses on creating a safe community, particularly in winter, for running at night in the capital
Active Life

Mental health charity uses gardening to help people cope with increasingly shorter days

A Newport mental health charity is using horticulture to keep volunteers engaged in group activity through the changing seasons
Active Life

The popular annual event Fight Night returns after being postponed by Covid-19 for two years

The much anticipated event returns to both Cardiff and Swansea following covid-19, reuniting students from all universities and the city's public to watch amateur boxing
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Active Life

She saved many lives: “I could still walk out the front door, but they couldn’t”

Yoga tutor and disability advocate, Mary Madhavi, was named one of Cardiff's COVID-19 heroes after moving her "YogaMobility" classes online
NQ64 is reviving retro gaming culture
Active Life

New arcade bar on St. Mary Street revives retro gaming ahead of Pac-Man’s 41st anniversary

NQ64 is proving to be a hit with all ages, revealing how when four hunting ghosts capture a yellow pie-shaped character, the urge to play again remains fierce
People dressed as Santa Claus, elves, and reindeer participating in the Santa and Elf Dash in 2018
Active Life

Run, run, Rudolph! Santa Dash is coming to town to fundraise for defibrillators and CPR training

The Welsh capital’s biggest festive run is back, hosted by Calon Hearts Screening and Defibrillators, and the proceeds will go towards lifesaving medical measures
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Long Reads

How the simple act of crafting is protecting Wales’ mental health during the pandemic

Crafting has kept Welsh people going during the pandemic, but providers are worried about how accessible it may be in the future
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Active Life

A unique opportunity to celebrate Winter Solstice locally this year

Winter Solstice is here, as the Northern Hemisphere tilts its furthest from the sun - bringing long winter nights and an opportunity to get into nature
Active Life

How Laughter Yoga is healing Wales, one valley at a time

Your own mental well-being is no laughing matter. That is unless you’re attending one of Nova Barton’s Laughter Yoga sessions,...
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