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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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Service, Please zine
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How can a zine help Cardiff’s hospitality workers get unionised?

Local organisation Burum collective uses a creative approach to try and increase union representation in one of the most precarious industries for workers
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‘Drinking culture has changed’: How the pandemic affects people’s relationship with alcohol

In the height of a pandemic, more people in Wales are gravitating towards alcohol consumption to deal with their personal matters
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Is photography still a viable career for young Welsh talent?

Despite some galleries in Wales setting up projects to support young photographers, opportunities are in decline, leaving artists wondering if the career they dreamed about might ever come true
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Why an autism diagnosis can mean so much to young adults in Wales

Demand for diagnosis is outstripping the capacity of Wales’s autism services. But this demand may signal a positive change in Welsh attitudes towards autism
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Local choir will help volunteers sing their worries away for a joyful Christmas

The sessions are held every Tuesdays at St Paul's Community Hall in Grangetown. Credits: The Wallich
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Why reptiles are the cold-blooded casualties of Wales’ cost-of-living crisis

Rates of reptile abandonment are soaring as the price of UV lighting increases but some argue that energy costs aren't the real reason
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Food festivities: The traditions that aren’t possible for the children facing food poverty

Food is central to holiday traditions, but food insecurity is becoming more difficult this winter for many families in South Wales
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Is fining more people a solution to litter in Cardiff?

While a part of Butetown thinks more people should be fined for litter, authorities and organisations hold a contrasting view
A cluttered wardrobe that could use the help of rental fashion
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Fashion crisis unwrapped: The ‘rental revolution’ for Welsh consumers’ wardrobes

With 1.7 million garments thrown away “after just one use” in the UK, could rental clothing offer fashion a sustainable future?
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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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