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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

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

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Cardiff libraries to prioritise age-friendly initiatives in 2024 

New plans to improve age-inclusiveness in the city are on the way to keep our older generation active, healthy and happy
Long Reads

Four wheels to two, how the Welsh government has failed to get the nation active

Since 2013, the Welsh government has spent £218m getting the nation to walk and cycle, but so far, nothing has made an impact 
Long Reads

Will hunger pangs worsen this winter?

Food insecurity is at an all-time high, Alt Cardiff investigates as organisations in Wales brace themselves for their busiest frosty season
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Public Life

Everyone has a voice but not everyone has a safe space, says health activist

Award-winning women’s health activist, Molly Fenton, talks about expressing her views and fighting for change
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Public Life

MoRunning returns to raise awareness for men’s mental health struggles

Data from 2020 illustrates a higher percentage of men struggling with suicide than women in Wales. MoRunning is returning to help raise awareness
Public Life

Teachers and NHS staff to experience a ‘gloomy’ reduction in salaries

Public sector workers in Wales, including doctors, nurses and teachers, are likely to see a fall in pay in the coming years, says a Welsh financial expert.
Public Life

Cardiff publicans not amused as the price of a pint drops amid rising cost  

Pint tax is set to drop by a penny, but landlords are more worried than ever about the future of our oldest community spaces
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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
Public Life

Musician uses rap to tackle Pillgwenlly’s reputation as ‘dangerous small town’

Local grime artist Isaac George aka Truth uses spoken work activism to inspire a generation to rise above Pillgwenlly’s reputation.
Public Life

Local musician heals trauma with open and honest song-writing

Local singer-songwriter Ffion Wren is writing about topics people don’t like to talk about, making way in the industry for personal and taboo songwriting
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