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

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

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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

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

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Why people are angry at Cardiff’s first wellbeing village

A new housing village is set for development in Ely on the old Michaelston college site, despite traffic fears from residents
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How Wales will ensure 2021 will be a full ‘Year of support’ for BAME individuals

The Welsh government is collaborating with race equality communities across Wales to create a brighter future for BAME individuals
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‘Security is not for fun’: Wales’ smallest religion receives fifth of religious hate crime

Despite only making up 0.02% of the population, the Jewish community in Wales is the target of nearly 2000 hate crimes per 100,000 of its population. Why?
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Period poverty: the struggle for Welsh government to commit to free period products for all

A ‘period proud Wales’ is the promise of the government by 2027, but will this really be enough to eradicate period poverty in Wales?
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Drinking alcohol isn’t the only way to have fun at Christmas

Sober Gals Wales is creating a safe space for non-drinking women to celebrate and socialise without booze this festive season
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Ageist attitudes causes older people’s self-esteem to plummet in South Wales

Over 60% of articles that spoke about the elderly in 2020 and 2021 adopted a negative tone, these seriously damaged the confidence of older people in Wales
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A third of children live in poverty in Wales and offering free school meals won’t go far enough

The Welsh Government has announced free school meals for all primary school children by 2023 but will this really end the UK’s highest child poverty rate?
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The struggle to find non-Christmas greetings cards in Cardiff and beyond

It’s perhaps unsurprising that Christmas dominates the greetings card market, but finding a card for another holiday, even in the Welsh capital, can be near impossible
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‘I’m afraid to put my heating on’: The impact of losing £20 a week in universal credit

With the universal credit uplift introduced in April 2020 now removed, many South Wales residents say they face a long, harsh winter
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How the next generation of Welsh animators are tackling the climate crisis

Cardiff’s animation industry is bigger than ever, but what can animators do for the sector’s sustainability?
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