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EXPERTS in surface water management gathered in Cardiff Bay today for the launch of a revolutionary rainwater-recycling project, along the Taff embankment.
The Greener Grangetown scheme was launched at Welsh Water’s Creating a Water Sensitive Wales seminar chaired by journalist Iolo ap Dafydd at the Norwegian Church. The project will see rainwater recycled through new drainage systems, producing environmental and economic benefits which include water being recycled for household dishwashers and washing machines.

THEY are fatty, greasy and unhealthy, but the country has devoted this week to what many people consider Britain’s national dish.

It is national chip week, and across Cardiff people have been using the celebration as an excuse to pay their local chippies a visit. They may only be deep fried slices of potato, but there is something strangely enticing about the British staple.

Nissan teamed up with fellow Japanese manufacturer Suzuki to produce the Pixo. It's the sister car to the Suzuki Alto and the two are almost identical inside - although a different grille and headlights make it easy to tell them apart. 

 On first look, this car doesn’t scream sophistication or excitement but as one of the cheapest cars on the market you can’t really complain. 

As ‘Eye of the Tiger’ sounds out around the Channel View Leisure Centre in Grangetown it’s impossible not to get motivated for a session of kickboxing with the Cardiff Martial Arts club.

Despite the soundtrack, the session involves more than just punching a joint of meat on a repeated basis, with kicking, aerobic fitness and stretching exercises all a key part of the hour and a half long session.

Stamped with the CLARPIE seal of approval, Cardiff-based Clark’s Original Pies has become a Welsh institution in its own right.

Clark’s Original Pies was founded by Mary Clark in 1913, when she her husband Arthur and their children moved to the capital.

The first home of the legendary pie creators was at 93 Donald Street, Roath, but the success of the shop was short lived, as it was soon forced to close down due to meat rationing in the First World War.  

An offer has been made to buy a 122 year-old Cardiff church, with plans to convert the building into offices and a training room.

St Paul’s in Grangetown, acknowledged as one of the finest Victorian churches in Cardiff, has substantial damp damage, a leaking roof and needs to be rewired and glazed. The 70-strong congregation cannot afford the £1.4m worth of repairs and decided the church should be put on the market three years ago for the asking price of £300,000.

Libraries across Cardiff are owed more than £50,000 in unpaid book fines.

The 19 Cardiff libraries are owed a combined total of £55,643.76 in late book return fines for the last year.

Cardiff Central Library is owed the highest amount with a total of  £29,859.63 outstanding in library charges.

A well-known Cardiff pie shop has come up with a patriotic way to advertise their hope of Welsh sporting success.

Fans of Clark’s Pies in Grangetown can download images of ‘clarpies’ - the store’s famous pastries - tattooed with either a Welsh dragon or a Cardiff City bluebird for their computer desktops.

The Cylch Meithrin Welsh language nursery in Grangetown has found there is such a demand for Welsh education they are now having to run twice as many sessions.

The nursery, which had six students when it started in 2006, is now full to capacity with 32 children attending in the morning and another 32 in the afternoon, with more on the waiting list.

A famous Cardiff pie shop has made changes to its 100-year-old product, introducing a new packaged pie with an extended shelf life.

Clark's Pies on Bromsgrove Street, Grangetown, which distributes to more than a 100 Cardiff shops, launched the pie at the beginning of the month.

The pie, which lasts for a week, was pioneered by sisters Amanda Rosoman and Beverley Pemberton.

Mrs Rosoman said:  "Things are picking up and it is opening a lot of doors - one shop in Llandaff has already doubled it's order.

With St David's Day on the horizon, it seems only right the Welsh would go back to their culinary traditions to celebrate the event.

But it seems Welsh cakes are losing their popularity in Wales, as well as the independent baker.