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He’s already played Aberystwyth-born armed robber Charles Bronson in the movie of his life and was also rumoured for a while to be taking over from Mickey Rourke in the lead role of the upcoming bio-pic about gay international rugby star Gareth Thomas. And he even claimed in one interview to have modelled his hulking Batman villain Bane on a …

Gareth Bale is a young man with the world at his feet but those who know him best say his roots are “firmly in Cardiff”. He was born to parents Frank, then a school caretaker, and mum Debbie, an operations manager, on July 16, 1989. His formative years were spent idolising another Cardiff-born icon with a mesmerising left foot – …

Uruguayan Under-20 international defender Maximiliano Amondarain tonight became Cardiff City’s latest signing. The 20 year-old central defender impressed during a trial period earlier in the summer and now links up with Malky Mackay’s squad from CA Progreso, a club in Montevideo. Maxi was part of the Uruguayan U20 squad that finished runners-up to France in July’s 2013 FIFA U20 World …

Little Oscar Evans loves listening to stories and watching the disco lights in his bedroom. The 20-month old boy was born with a rare condition called Menkes disease, affecting just one in 250,000 babies, which means he is unlikely to live beyond the age of 10. So parents Andrew Evans and Jennifer O’Brien, from Pontprennau, Cardiff, are determined to give …

Revellers turned Cardiff into a riot of colour for Wales’ annual gay and lesbian Mardi Gras festival. Burlesque dancers lit up St Mary Street with their bright, feather-festooned costumes as they paraded ahead of the event at the Millennium Stadium. It is the first time the event has ever been held in the home of Welsh rugby. The event was …

Malky Mackay has called for a mixture of calmness and passion as Cardiff City aim to follow victory in their first Premier League home match with success against Everton today. “Winning against Manchester City was a major shock , we won’t hide from that,” said Mackay. “Now, against Everton, we want more of that same atmosphere in our stadium . …

Smokers could be banned from lighting up across all health premises in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan under plans being put forward by officials. The proposal by Cardiff and the Vale University Health Board to implement a full no-smoking ban on all health board sites, including the University Hospital of Wales, from October 1 will be presented to board …

And so the time has come. We are on the cusp of a new month and the kids are going back to school. Both children are equipped with new shoes, school uniforms, lunch boxes and, dare I say it, seem ready to return. After six fun-filled weeks, they appear slightly exhausted by my company, escaping as often as they can …

A council tenant behind a catalogue of anti-social behaviour and abuse over a two-and-a-half year period has been evicted. Julie Stevens was turfed out of her home on Heol Layard, in Tremorfa, Cardiff, after complaints over drug use, verbal abuse of neighbours and nuisance visitors, Cardiff council said. Bailiffs and the council launched a joint operation which saw her evicted …

Cardiff Central MP Jenny Willott has criticised the city’s leading university for housing students in rooms containing asbestos. Figures obtained by the Guardian newspaper found Cardiff University has around 1,500 student rooms containing the potentially lethal substance, which is the greatest cause of work-related deaths in the UK. Ms Willott said that while the material in question is deemed to …