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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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Public Life

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‘My father was a baker, but never wanted to share how to make bread’

With international Men’s Day just around the corner, Piotr Skoczylas serves us up a healthy slice of human connection alongside...
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
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
Public Life

Rare ‘Gabalfa’ trees will be planted around Cardiff for first time in a century

The historic trees were last documented in Cardiff in the 1900s but are now being reintroduced as part of an urban forest project
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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
Public Life

As fresh food prices rise, nutritious food is becoming inaccessible

Now that winter is here, it is more important than ever to eat healthily, but lots of people in Cardiff can’t afford to, with one local business being forced to raise prices by 10%
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Public Life

Kingfisher mural painted in the heart of Cardiff to promote wildlife protection

The youth-led campaign group, UK Youth for Nature (UKY4N) have painted a mural on Atlas Place, Cardiff to draw attention to the increasing loss of wildlife.
Public Life

Welsh charity report will help neurodivergent people access homelessness support

The report will reveal the links between neurodiversity and homelessness in Wales and is due to be presented at Dyddiau Du on 7 December
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Public Life

Women’s safety is being prioritised by local businesses in a new committee and open forum

The Women’s Safety Network will discuss how to protect and prevent abuse towards women at night, looking beyond just bars and clubs
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Long Reads

Young, broke, and lonely: the true impact of the cost-of-living crisis in Wales

The cost of living crisis impacts everyone, but for young people there is real concern that not being able to afford to socialise adds to increasing feelings of loneliness
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