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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

    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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    ‘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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Voxpop: Do the clocks need to change?

Is the end of British summer time leaving us in the dark?
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Cardiff University fails to impress

Cardiff University scores low internationally, remains committed to student satisfaction Cardiff University did not place on the Times Higher Education...
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In depth: Restoring Cardiff’s mining past

After years of neglect, Cardiff’s Coal Exchange is being refurbished into a luxury hotel that has finally renewed interest in the area.
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#InPoverty: Why are homes allowed to stand empty in a housing crisis?

“What on Earth are they doing allowing people to live and die on the street when buildings like this are sitting empty?”
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Local choir sings for Palestine

A local choir raises thousands of pounds in support of Palestine, despite being met with initial hostility   There’s a...
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#InPoverty: The awful “circle of decline” of social isolation and rural poverty

Rural poverty is off the beaten track, but 23% of rural Wales is in poverty, and stuck in a cycle of few services and social isolation
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Pub could shut after license review

Cardiff’s Robin Hood pub faces license review following noise complaints A Pontcanna pub’s pint glass could be half empty as...
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‘We’ll clap you every Thursday night, but I can’t pay back my student loan from that’

Newly qualified nurse Ffion Nugent was a student nurse deployed during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the highest praise she received was a round of applause
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In depth: Cardiff’s unwanted pets

Cardiff's pet rescuers talk bad breeders, big charities and the threat of the overly kind.
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Share a Sunday meal with refugees and build your community spirit

Rediscover the importance of sharing a meal with Local Welcome, befriending residents and refugees during Sunday lunches
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