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Since the launch of the new Twitter account set up for the asbestos-infected tarantula on the loose in Cardiff The Cardiffian looks at some of the odd and interesting Twitter accounts set up around the city.

Asbestos Spider

In a very short time after news broke of the tarantula, the suspected spider thought to be at large in the city streets had its own twitter account @asbestosspider.

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.

LIBRARIES in Cardiff will reduce their opening hours by one day a week next month.

The changes will affect 12 out of Cardiff’s 16 full-time libraries and will come into effect on April 1. Nearby libraries will close on different day, with none of the branch libraries closed on Saturdays.

More than 500 people have signed a petition against the proposed closure in Rhiwbina. 

TODAY marks the 25th anniversary of Red Nose Day, a campaign which has raised more than £600m to help alleviate poverty in the UK and Africa.

The idea behind Comic Relief and Red Nose Day is simply to make the public laugh while they raise money to help people in desperate need.

IMAGINE walking around all day with your fingers in your ears. You wouldn’t be able to hear properly, would turn up the TV volume to maximum and struggle to understand what everyone was trying to talk to you about.

That’s what life is like for the one in five toddlers the NHS estimates suffer from glue ear.

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 Council have put forward a report banning the release of balloons and lanterns.

The Environmental Scrutiny Committee recently wrote a report called “Litter in Cardiff” which looked at a range of litter issues throughout the city. The report included a proposal for a balloon and lantern release policy.

The members on the Scrutiny Committee recommended the council should prevent the release of balloons and lanterns from council-owned land. A number of high-street shops, including Poundland and The Works, have sold the popular novelty item.

AN AWARD-winning Cardiff restaurant has hit out at a campaign website who feature them on an “avoid list” for selling shark fin soup.

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.

Welsh language music is in a precarious position. The clashes between Welsh musicians and the BBC, along with last week’s announcement on Clwb Ifor Bach’s uncertain future, have left the industry stuck between a rock and a hard place.

On January 1, BBC Radio Cymru lost the right to play more than 30,000 Welsh language songs because of a dispute over royalty payments to musicians. Earlier this month, EOS, the group representing the musicians, came to an interim agreement with the radio station allowing them to resume business as normal.