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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

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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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Takeaway store struggles with conditions of single-use plastic ban

Local takeaway owner, Zaid Akbar, declares manufacturers must reduce their plastic packaging in order for the single-use plastic ban to be effective
Building site with dirt tracks and forklift backed by new build homes. Construction trades in Wales suffer skills shortage.
Public Life

Construction trades must recruit 244,000 apprentices to plug skills shortage, says new report 

Research shows young people are avoiding manual trades as the Welsh construction industry struggles with a housing crisis
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 
Delphi Campbell repairs her exhibition Unwanted Flesh which is inspired by her experience of disability
Public Life

‘I like to be able to show the beautiful side of disability, as well as the complex, ableist side’

Roath-based artist Delphi Campbell pushes back against traditional stereotypes surrounding disability, ableism and menopause
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Public Life

Focus on modern victims of slavery needed, says Cardiff company working with victims of trafficking

With modern slavery victims reaching 17,000 in the UK, Manumit Coffee is aiming to empower survivors
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Public Life

Historical photograph website shows no sign of losing focus as it reaches its 15th anniversary

Cardiffians was set up as a hobby by local Matthew Witty, but it now receives 5,000 monthly visitors who are keen to learn more about their city
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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

Wales HIV testing week promotes free postal kits and tackles stigma

Wales’ second official HIV testing week campaign launches this week, promoting free confidential postal testing kits in fight for zero new transmissions by 2030
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

Nutritionist is advising women on how diet can manage period pain

Introducing seeds and leafy greens to women’s diets can help to relieve menstrual pain, says Pontcanna-based nutritional therapist
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