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Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan says he may utilise Sam Hammam as his Premier League ‘advisor’ as he pledges a golden top-flight future for the Bluebirds. The two men were together during Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Bolton and shared in the celebrations as Mark Hudson and his team-mates lifted the Championship trophy. Tan believes he can work closely with former …

A family of five have been homeless for more than two months after their home was wrecked in a blaze. Dad Luke Gonthier and his girlfriend Emma Baldwin are furious with the way they have been treated since the February 17 fire, insisting they have been abandoned by the council. They claim they are too traumatised to move back into …

Cardiff City’s major backer Vincent Tan watched the club’s academy sides in the company of Sam Hammam yesterday (Sunday) as talks between the pair continued. It comes as Tan and Hammam aim to find a resolution to debt owed to the Lebanese businessman. The club’s latest accounts – revealed in January – showed Langston, the company represented by Hammam, is …

Business owners in a Cardiff suburb have launched a campaign to combat parking and road safety problems in their high street. Hairdressers, florists, restaurant-owners and a publican claim ongoing problems in Caerphilly Road, Birchgrove, have driven off their customers. Dubbing the area, “Birchgrove Village”, the 13-member group wants to make the north Cardiff suburb more attractive to shoppers and businesses …

WalesOnline’s sister paper the South Wales Echo began fighting to help save Llanishen Reservoir 10 years ago – a fight that ended on Thursday, when the Welsh Government threw out Western Power Distribution’s plans to turn the site into a housing estate. Abbie Wightwick looks back at the ups and downs of a decade-long battle. When US firm Western Power …

A body found close to a French Alps ski resort last week is that of a missing Cardiff soldier, police have said. Corporal Simon Daw, from Pontprennau, was on leave from the 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh when he went missing in Les Deux Alpes. The 26-year-old was reported missing after last being seen in a bar just after midnight …

Three years ago, as director of Ffotogallery – the national development agency for photography – I was invited to present an exhibition of eight Welsh photographers at Fotosommer Stuttgart, a major festival in Germany. It was then that the ideas for Diffusion were sown. I wanted to reciprocate by inviting German artists to show work in Cardiff, which is twinned …

It’s been a difficult few years for Welsh universities. OK, so senior management aren’t short of a few quid and vice-chancellors are still very well paid. But the recession has cut deep and job cuts, course closures and a clamour for collaboration are the product of tightened purse strings. Nevertheless, the underlying threat to universities in Wales was less about …

Some small things this week has taught me… Easter holidays are too long. April is a windy month meaning it really is very easy to  lock yourself out of the house by putting the  key on the hall bench then going out to the car to get some things… and the children. Cutting a fringe is instantly regretted. Trains are …

Newport County boss Justin Edinburgh deserves a chance to manage in the Football League, according to the man who has just lifted the Championship title, Malky Mackay. The Cardiff City manager is good friends with Edinburgh who leads the Exiles into the Conference play-off semi-final second leg Sunday at Rodney Parade (4.30pm) holding a 1-0 advantage over Grimsby. County are …