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He was born with a hole in his heart, but eight-year-old Charlie Ellery has never let it stop him. This weekend he’ll join his family and friends on a 5k run through Cardiff’s Bute Park to raise funds for Heart Research UK. The keen rugby and football player, from Taff’s Well, was born with a hole in his heart that …

Meet Matthew Harris, a man who has raised more than £20,000 for Kidney Wales after his wife became ill with kidney disease. When Helen, 48, fell pregnant at the age of 25, she and Matthew were overjoyed at the news they would become parents for the first time. But it was during her pregnancy that Helen first discovered she was …

I have been charged with a drink drive related offence. The police say that I failed to provide a blood sample. However, I could not provide a sample because I am allergic to needles. I told the police about my aversion to needles but they did not seem to listen. I am now due to attend at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court. …

First appearances are said to be extremely important; if that was the case with Tenkaichi sushi and noodle bar, you would probably think twice about stepping over the threshold. A couple of letters have dropped off the external signage and once indoors, some might baulk at the long table layouts – think Wagamama but cosier. The menus have also seen …

A Syrian refugee living in Cardiff has told how he had no option but to leave his war-torn country and he will never be able to return. Melhem Mansour has spent the last seven months setting up a new life in the Welsh capital after he was forced to leave Syria at the start of the uprising in June 2011. …

Jody Tozer has more strings to her bow than Robin Hood. As festival director at the Cardiff Mini Film Festival and manager at Oxjam Takeover Cardiff she’s got her hands full planning two of the city’s most enjoyable events. As well as film and music, she also harbours a sizeable passion for comedy. Formerly promoter of the Funny People comedy …

Ian H Watkins is champing at the bit. He can’t wait to get back home next week to perform in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at his favourite venue – the Wales Millennium Centre. Unsurprisingly for a man who acquired his nickname H, due to his hyperactive character, there’s an indomitable enthusiasm when he speaks, as much because of …

The elderly victim of a gypsy rogue trader who was jailed for conning her out of more than £7,000 has branded him a “very evil man”. Johnny Tawse was jailed for two years “as a warning to others who behave in such an unscrupulous way” after he targeted the 80-year-old as she walked down her street. Cardiff Crown Court heard …

Cardiff City are to donate £1m a year to local charities as long as billionaire Vincent Tan remains the club’s majority shareholder and the Bluebirds stay in the Premier League. Charities across South Wales last night thanked the club and heaped praise on its Malaysian owner, saying the cash windfall will make a huge difference. Around 50 voluntary organisations yesterday …

Cricketing legend Sir Ian Botham has completed his three-day “Big Welsh walk” to help kick off a charity’s bid to raise £3m. The walk – which involved sections in West Wales, Swansea and Cardiff – marked the start of a three-year NSPCC Wales Appeal. The sporting star’s efforts come after previous charity work which has seen Botham raise vital funds  …