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A CARDIFF man is making an appeal to find his long-lost girlfriend who he was forced to break up with more than 50 years ago.

Russ Williams, 78, of Gabalfa Avenue, Gabalfa, last saw Gloria Parley in 1958 when he was forced to break off their two-year relationship due to work commitments.

Russ first met Gloria in 1956 while he was travelling from Brighton to Cardiff on a train, after visiting relatives. The couple got chatting during the journey which sparked a two-year relationship.

PLANS to shock Cardiff binge-drinkers by filming them in the Alcohol Treatment Centre have been met with concern.

The Welsh Government refused permission for hidden cameras to tape drunken revellers at an alcohol treatment centre in Ebenezer Church in the city centre when it opened last year to relieve pressure on local hospitals.

But ministers have now given staff the green light to wear matchbox-sized cameras to record drunk people in the centre from next weekend.  

EMPLOYEES from John Lewis and Waitrose in Cardiff have reason to celebrate after being awarded a bonus equivalent to almost nine weeks pay.
From 2012 until now, Cardiff has seen the closure of Peacocks and BHS, Thomas Cook and Barratts going into administration and hundreds of job losses. But the John Lewis Partnership has appeared to ignore the struggles of the high street and gathered profit increases across all outlets. As a result of this fourth consecutive gain, 84,700 partners will receive a bonus of 17 per cent.

CARDIFF’S iconic Welsh-language nightclub might have “served its purpose”, according to a leading music figure.

The comments came after it was announced Clwb Ifor Bach has just four months to find new owners or it will be sold.

Prime Minister David Cameron told Westminster last week the poor, including those in Cardiff, should not need food banks to help them eat.

He said: “Benefit levels are not set at such a low level that people can’t eat, I’m afraid.”

This came as food banks across the country reported unprecedented demand. There is a hidden hunger in our society, and in the Welsh capital Cardiff Food bank are doing their best to tackle it.

Teachers' unions in Wales are united in their support of the Welsh Government’s announcement of a continuation of the uniform grant scheme.

The scheme was introduced in 2007-8 and low-income families were entitled to £97.50 for school uniforms for the school year. As of 2012/13 these families can claim up to £105 for uniforms.

Cardiff Council are committed to building at least 1000 new homes in the next five years following the approval of the Housing Strategy for 2012-2017.

Speaking at last night's full meeting of Cardiff Council, Judith Woodman, Cabinet Member for Communities, Housing and Social Justice, outlined the details of the plan, saying the strategy create new jobs and contribute to Cardiff's thriving and prosporous economy.

She said: "We will continue to develop interventions to help those at risk of poverty and on low incomes.

With Google estimating 40% of Welsh businesses are not online, social media surgeries provide a low-key, laid-back setting for individuals and not-for-profit organisations to seek help with their social media queries.

The Social Media Surgeries were originally established as a partnership between  individuals from GuardianCardiff and WalesOnline. After initial success, volunteers were sought to establish new surgeries in different areas of Cardiff.

A Cardiff landlord feels he is being pressured out of business by overly strict and unlawful conditions imposed by South Wales’s Police Licensing Department.

Craig Buse, 39, Landlord of the Riverbank Inn in Ely, says he feels he has been discriminated against and has been told by police they want his pub closed. As the result of a licensing review last month after alleged violence at the pub, Mr Buse has been given a list of 14 points to follow, or else he will lose his licence.

Three-quarters of Cardiff residents believe the Welsh government should not implement reforms which would give the private sector a greater role in the NHS.

A BBC Wales/ICM survey of 1,000 residents across Wales asked whether they believed the Welsh Assembly Government should look to implement reforms similar to those being pursued by the Coalition at Westminster.

Respondents were overwhelmingly against the reforms, with just 15 per cent of people in Cardiff and 18 per cent nationally, believing Welsh Labour should seek to reform the NHS.

A Cardiff community centre has become a pensioners' paradise thanks to the dedicated work of a band of local volunteers.

The pensioners' lunch club has been pulling the punters into Moorland Road Community Centre since it re-opened in Splott last October, and the community project is going from strength to strength.