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ONE OF Rhiwbina’s most famous residents, Nick Boing was remembered today at a memorial tree planting ceremony in the village’s Park y Pentre. But Nick was no ordinary resident as he was in fact a sheep.

Despite a whipping wind and driving rain, more than 40 residents turned out to remember Nick. 

Resident Mary Clarke, from Pen y Dre, said: “Whatever was going on in this village, Nick came. It really is very important for this village.

Results from a new survey have revealed 88 per cent of Wales now accept the world’s climate is changing. Although we are known for our rain not even the most fool-hardy of us could deny that our weather is changing. Last summer’s washout continued into winter, plunging the Welsh capital into transport chaos as red alert snow statuses turned into flood warnings. A nationwide announcement from the Environment Agency warns the floods and droughts of the last year are here to stay.

Calls have been made to reintroduce a cash machine in Rhiwbina as the area’s elderly residents and finances suffer.

Up until January 2010 the area was served by a cash machine outside an HSBC bank in the village’s centre but when the branch closed, despite protesting from residents, the nearest outlet became one at the Morrisons supermarket store a mile away.

And with 13.73 per cent of Rhiwbina’s residents 75-years-old and over, the highest in Cardiff, the elderly struggle t0 get to far away machines.

Campaigners have stepped up their efforts to save a Cardiff police station from closure.

Llanishen Police Station is under threat of being shut down as part of a city-wide move to cut the number of stations.

Under the plans, the Station Road police station at the heart of Llanishen village will be relocated four miles away to the redeveloped Maelfa shopping centre in Llanedeyrn.

Other stations including Canton have been put on the market in recent weeks while Whitchurch police station is set for closure on March 12.

WALES'S Environment Agency has confirmed a polluted stream in a Cardiff suburb is safe after analysing samples taken from it last month.

The environment agency told The Cardiffian, Reservoir Maintenance Services Ltd, of Vale View, Barry, was responsible for the pollution of Whitchurch Brook in Rhiwbina. The agency has issued a written warning to the company.

On February 22 the Environment Agency received 12 calls from concerned Rhiwbina residents about Whitchurch Brook running white.

There’s something very natural about riding a horse.

For most of our lives we’re accustomed to the relatively smooth rides of motor vehicles, rather than the bumpy gait of quadrupeds.

Being in the saddle for the first time is a startling but satisfying experience. Fortunately Cardiff is home to a great place to learn.

We all love a good book. It gives us a chance to escape from the real world. To forget what’s going on in our own lives and emerge ourselves with the characters on the page. For a while we become part of their world, sometimes we may even want to stay part of it.

But have you ever loved a book so much you want everyone to read it? Well tomorrow, thousands of people all over Britain will be taking part in World Book Night and together they will give away one million books.
 

A special tree planting ceremony took place in a Cardiff suburb yesterday.

Five Mountain Ash trees were planted in Parc y Pentre, Rhiwbina, to replace those which were destroyed by vandals in October last year.

A further two were also planted to replace those which were badly damaged or had simply died.

Cardiff Council Parks department planted the trees that had been funded by Rhiwbina residents.

Residents raised the money after the Council said they could not afford to replace them.