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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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Long Reads

Ageist attitudes causes older people’s self-esteem to plummet in South Wales

Over 60% of articles that spoke about the elderly in 2020 and 2021 adopted a negative tone, these seriously damaged the confidence of older people in Wales
Culture

Cardiff’s Queer Emporium forced to postpone charity gala due to rising Omicron rates

Queer Emporium’s inaugural charity fundraiser has been rescheduled for the 26 February 2022, in line with the end of LGBTQ+ history month
Active Life

The popular annual event Fight Night returns after being postponed by Covid-19 for two years

The much anticipated event returns to both Cardiff and Swansea following covid-19, reuniting students from all universities and the city's public to watch amateur boxing
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Culture

Small live music venues are adjusting to new Covid-19 guidance

Clwb Ifor Bach remains open and fully functioning, but urges attendees to comply with its Covid-19 policies to maximise safety
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What you don’t expect when you’re expecting: A mother on her journey of being pregnant during lockdown

Sarah Wratten is a mother, teacher and singer, who was heavily pregnant with her second child as lockdown began in March 2020
Work Life

‘I’ve lost 40% of my taxi business and can’t provide for my family’

Amir Salih has been a taxi driver for 15 years and usually goes the extra mile, but since the pandemic business has slowed down
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Active Life

She saved many lives: “I could still walk out the front door, but they couldn’t”

Yoga tutor and disability advocate, Mary Madhavi, was named one of Cardiff's COVID-19 heroes after moving her "YogaMobility" classes online
44-year-old Ben Rive, a man with a brown stubbly beard, stands smiling, facing the camera, in front of the Penarth Pier Pavilion.
Culture

‘Covid-19 pandemic showed me the fragility of my dream job running an indie cinema’

Part-time indie cinema manager Ben Rive almost quit his day job to become a full-time cinephile, but the pandemic has left him glad he didn’t
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How lockdown helped this body positivity Instagram blogger find their voice

Body positivity, self-love, and mental health blogger Dot Masters looks back on how, amidst the chaos, the pandemic helped them discover themselves
Business

‘I went from doing nothing to picking up an MA, a job and a business all at once’

Gemma Evans used one fire breaker lockdown to go from bored to business owner. She now must balance study, work and running a company
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