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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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    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

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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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The old Michaelston College site, showing fencing all over the ground and the children's centre in the distance.
Long Reads

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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Far from being safe: Building a home away from home, but still facing homophobia

A trio of organisations has spoken up about what can be done to help culturally diverse people who have moved to the UK
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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
Extinction Rebellion protests at Cardiff City Hall
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The urgency of the climate crisis is engaging people into politics in Wales

A massive amount of young people are disengaged with politics. How are climate groups addressing this during a climate crisis?
A graphic created by Maggie Gannon showing a stand of period products in a shop, with a banner overlaid on top reading 'period poverty in wales', and two sets of hands, one holding a tampon and the others counting money.
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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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HIV is now treatable and preventable. So why does stigma still remain in Wales?

Shedding a light on stigma, activists and people living with HIV are addressing what needs to change in advance of a new Welsh Government HIV action plan
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Seeking refuge in a ‘nation of sanctuary’ and the secret growth of the underground church

Unafraid of death and loss, Iranian refugees flee their country in pursuit of finding sanctuary and religious freedom in Wales
Diverse voices speaking up to empower young generation of marginalised writers in Wales
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A new generation of Welsh writers are raising their voices to increase representation in literature

Young people are taking action to increase literary opportunities and make structural change by platforming diverse voices in the literature scene
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Is the government over-relying on us to keep our rivers clean?

A leading community group says collaboration has turned into over-reliance as Welsh government set to tackle litter pollution in rivers.
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How Welsh writers are tackling the climate crisis by focusing on personal stories

Welsh authors are using storytelling to bring the climate crisis to life and make its impact emotionally powerful, but can this make readers more aware of the need for action?
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