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PARKING outside Cardiff city centre is becoming increasingly chaotic as a lack of enforcement has left the area as a “free for all” for motorists.

Residents have complained there are no meter systems or enforcement officers in two major car parks in Canton, and new housing builds in the area will simply put more pressure on the crowded streets.

AS I enter the BBC Wales reception, a smiling face is there to greet me, one which is familiar to households across Wales for delivering crucial weather news. The face belongs to Derek Brockway, affectionately known as Derek the Weatherman.

Derek is everything he seems on television and more - pleasant, enthusiastic and jovial. As he shows me around, he apologises for the rush. He is feeling the pressure as he has to compile the  graphics for the 1.30pm weather bulletin, having just come off air from the midday one.

ALMOST everyone remembers a story they heard when they were young, whether it was a parent reading the Wind in the Willows or the latest Harry Potter book at school.

It is clear children love books once they are given the opportunity, which was the aim of the children’s literature festival.

 A new generation of children’s writers have sprung up in the last few years, with young characters which their audience can relate to.

A TEAM at Cardiff University has spearheaded research into visual acuity as the condition is highlighted for Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week this week.

Dr Maggie Woodhouse and her research team at the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences have studied visual development among a group of more than 250 children and young people with Down’s syndrome for more than 20 years.

Their work has formed the basis for key recommendations around Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week, which runs from March 18-24.

ON A quiet afternoon in Dempsey’s pub in Cardiff, Sion Russell Jones sits with a pint in one hand and his guitar case by his side. He is talking about recording So Long, his new EP set to be released next month.

“All the elements were right and we did it all in 4 days.  It was really productive and really exciting to record.”

A CARDIFF-BORN professor will walk over 1,000 miles around the Welsh border as a guinea pig in a technological experiment.

DISCUSSIONS over a deal to provide heat to Cardiff businesses from the Splott incinerator have been branded a “PR stunt”.

The proposed £30 million deal between Virodor waste management and E.On energy suppliers is the latest development in the building of a new incinerator off Ocean Way which has faced opposition from local residents from its inception.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched in Cardiff to ensure elderly people spend as little time in hospital as possible.

The Wyn Campaign aims to improve the lives of older people in Cardiff and the surrounding area by integrating services across Cardiff Council, the Vale of Glamorgan Council and the University Health Board.

It focuses on preventative support and providing care at home for the elderly by bringing together frontline staff from the health, social care and voluntary sector.

PONIES found abandoned and malnourished in Cardiff woodland have been rounded up by the Council after a campaign by concerned residents.

Locals started an action group to provide food and medical care for the ponies, which were found in Plymouth Woods, although they were too late for at least two of the horses. One – nicknamed Bobby – had to be put down by vets earlier this month while a mare was found dead the following week.

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.