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GLAMORGAN are in good shape ahead of the new season following a successful pre-season tour to South Africa, according to first XI scorer Dr Andrew Hignell.

The recent announcement of Cardiff as a host port for the world’s premier round-the-world sailing race in 2017/18 has sparked a row between two Cardiff councillors.
The row began on Twitter on Wednesday evening as Plaid Cymru councillor Neil McEvoy tweeted his anger at the announcement saying “£1.5 million for a boat race. No money for vital services. Labour Cardiff Council. #redtories.” This comment sparked a heated debate between himself and Labour councillor Huw Thomas on the social networking site.

COSMESTON Medieval Village is set to be given a new lease of life
after organisational changes and a financial boost.
The troubled Penarth tourist attraction has come under threat in
recent years due to financial difficulties, but a new trust has been
set up to help run the village.
The village, which is a site of archeological significance, has
already secured funding from Vale of Glamorgan Council and a Rural
Development Grant worth £14,000 for the coming year.

IT IS 55 years since the world watched athletes march onto the field at Cardiff Arms Park for the opening ceremony of an event which Cardiff Council is hoping to recreate.

The sixth Empire Games, now the Commonwealth Games, were hosted in Cardiff in 1958. Over 1,000 athletes competed from 35 nations, in 94 events. Today, more than 5,000 competitors take part from 72 different countries and Cardiff Council is planning a bid for the 2026 Games.

The bid has raised questions over the potentially damaging costs of holding the world's third largest sporting event.

The row over the development of a building on Llandaff Fields has intensified after documents revealed Cardiff council have expressed an interest in planning proposals.

Nerys Lloyd-Pierce, Chair of Cardiff Civic Society put in an Freedom of Information (FOI) request to receive all correspondence between Cardiff council, Clwb Rygbi and all key stakeholders relating to the proposed sports development.

The FOI revealed 246 pages of correspondence, most of which were emails sent between 2011 and 2012.

CARDIFF Council have had their budget cut by £25million this year causing a cut in council-funded services.

Although the final budget is yet to be published in full, announcements to services in the city that will be reduced or axed have already been released.

Cuts have had to take place across the board, but Sports, Lesiure and Culture have been most hard hit. These cuts include the closure of Splott pool, the selling of Flat Holm Island and the closure of the Big Weekend event.

He’s cute, he’s furry, he’s eager to please – and he’s also called Cardiff.

This is one Welsh terrier who’s never chased a cat through Bute Park or gone for walkies in the Bay, but that didn’t stop celebrity vet Patrick Mahaney from naming him after the capital.

Cardiff and his owner live in Los Angeles, California, where Patrick makes house calls to look after the pets of West Hollywood and Beverly Hills, though his canine best friend is never far from his side.

Cardiff Council have made funding available for eight new social services staff but more than 80 social worker posts remain vacant or filled by agency staff

Of the 357 social worker posts at Cardiff Council, 41 are vacant and agency staff fill 40. The council made funding available for additional social worker posts this financial year following a damning report into its children’s services. 

Welsh Unsigned Stand-up Award heats

Starting at Chapter Arts Centre in Canton at 8pm and sponsored by the Glee Club, the WUSA aims to uncover the best up-and-coming Welsh comedic talent.  There'll be 6-8 contenstants in a series of heats leading up to semi-finals in July, and a final on July 23 at the Glee Club. It's £5 on the door for a night of guaranteed giggles.

Money off Baby and Toddler Show

More than 20,000 people are expected to descend on Cardiff Bay this Sunday for the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile.

Cardiff Bay is a hub of activity as the city prepares for an influx of runners, well wishers and tourists.

Stuart Higgins, events safety officer for Cardiff City Council, said: “Everything is running smoothly right now.  We are setting up here in the basin and it looks like Sunday should be a great day, and it’s all for a good cause.”

Cardiff University’s School of Engineering has secured funding of £1.2 million for a project to simulate real-life surgery and reduce patient risk.

“RealTCut” is the 100th Cardiff University project to win an award under the European Union’s prime research funding scheme. The project has been awarded the grant by the European Research Council Starting Independent Grants scheme to develop it’s work on reproducing the effects of surgical cutting in real time.  

Dying at work may not sound like the best way to go but for the great-great-grandfather of Jill and James Ferrissey, it could have been worse.

Cornelius Ferrissey fell from a plank, broke his neck, and died where he landed at a wood works in what was Collingdon Road, Cardiff, in 1912. 

But at least he was given a decent funeral, something the poor labourer could not have afforded himself.