Fans of Doctor Who are known for their eccentricity, but a dad and daughter are taking fandom to interstellar proportions. Lifelong Whovian Robert Doyle and teenage daughter Alex have raised tens of thousands of dollars to blast a replica Tardis into orbit to celebrate the BBC Wales show’s 50th anniversary. Robert, 43, and Alex, 18, who live in Florida, smashed …
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Cardiff Shopping Centre guide aims to show you the best place to do your shopping if you like choice and the convenience of having everything in one place. Fortunately for the shoppers, Cardiff shopping centres have continued to grow over the past few years, mainly due to the expansion of the St. David’s Shopping Centre. Involving a huge redevelopment of the southern …
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Pub operator JD Wetherspoon is to open its new pub in Cardiff next week with the creation of 95 new jobs. The company has spent £2.1m re-developing the outlet on the site of the former Harry Ramsden’s restaurant, in Landsea House, Stuart Place. The JD Wetherspoon pub, which will be called The Mount Stuart, will be managed by Stephen Fifield …
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We are beginning to think that Cardiff Carp fishing is one of the best kept secrets in in UK! It is true that 40lb fish are rare in Cardiff area but regular 30lb fish can be caught at multiple locations and then we have the fast growing jewel in the crown. Carp fishing in Cardiff Bay. Glamorgan Anglers Club are …
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Packed up and out of the way, this is The Vulcan pub as you have never seen it before. The focus of a long campaign to save it – attempts were even made to get Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy on board – the pub now lies in bits before reconstruction at the St Fagans National History Museum. The bar …
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Cardiff HM Prison Address can be found in the Adamsdown area of the city, postcode CF24 0UG, and is a category B Local/Training Male only facility. Operated by Her Majesty’s Prison Service, Cardiff Prison holds prisoners from the surrounding court area of South East Wales and has a current capacity of 784 inmates in cellular accommodation. This was increased in …
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One of the most pleasing things about visiting or living in Cardiff as a fisherman is that there is a large variety of manners to enjoy the sport a fishing boat charter being one of them. Being a major Port on the Bristol Channel means that there is plenty of choice to take a fishing boat charter with three marinas …
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With 50 now the new 30 over 50’s activities are probably going to be a bit more out there than if we had written this article 20 years ago. While classic leisure activities remain and we list some of those below there is a far greater participation in more vigorous activities for the over 50’s. Solo Seniors Typical activities for this …
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As Cardiff Bay has matured as a watercourse the fish population has diversified and the habitats developed currently Cardiff Bay fishing is thriving. Cardiff Bay fishing of the coarse variety is now very healthy with chub, perch, roach, carp, rudd and bream now present. Unsurprisingly with this range of fish our old freshwater predator the pike is also present to …
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Cardiff Bay is home to 2 sailing clubs, Cardiff Bay Yacht Club and Cardiff Yacht Club, they both feature the excellent Flying Fifteen keelboat who’s origins go all the way back to the first Olympics after the Second World War. Today the one boat that everyone know was designed by Uffa fox is the Flying Fifteen, but in 1948 Uffa …
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