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Patients at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales in Cardiff have been evacuated after the hospital was damaged by heavy rain. The 20 children were moved out of the hospital because of flooding caused by yesterday’s downpours. The patients have been evacuated to the main University Hospital of Wales building and are being cared for by staff from the …

A farm on the north side of Cardiff will not become a gypsy and traveller site, Cardiff council’s Labour leadership has clarified. The council’s deputy leader, Ralph Cook, last month told WalesOnline that Thornhill Farm, by the M4 in Lisvane, had not been ruled out. The farm, which is owned by the council but leased to the Phillips family, is …

A hospital doctor’s career is in ruins after he admitted filming women patients secretly during medical examinations. Dr Suhail Ahmed, aged 27, admitted filming at least eight different women, some of whom have not been identified, while he was working a hospital last year. Ahmed, of Cyncoed Road, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of voyeurism and denied one similar …

A late-night levy on bars and clubs could put some of Cardiff’s most popular nightspots out of business, a publican warned. Nick Newman, chairman of Cardiff Licensees’ Forum, told WalesOnline that imposing a levy on late-night venues of up to £1,500 a year could sound the death knell for the city’s independent licensed traders. It comes a week after a …

This is the moment armed robbers threatened a betting shop assistant with an axe before stealing cash from the till. Police said the blurred image shows one of the three suspects with his right arm up in the air, wielding the axe above his head, and his left arm resting on the counter in front of him. Detective Constable Darren …

Cardiff will be a founding member of the new Sustainable Food Cities Network, earning it the chance to bid for a share of a £1m investment programme. The Sustainable Food Cities Network, which is being launched across the UK today, aims to use food to improve people’s health and wellbeing. Led by the Soil Association, Food Matters and Sustain, the …

When Simon Gale, 41, from Thornhill, Cardiff was given a chance to have a British Gas smart meter at home, he jumped at the chance to take control of his family’s energy use. “With two children, making any savings possible is more important than ever”, said Simon, who has lived at his three bedroom home for eight years with wife, …

Newport County 4-1 Accrington Stanley You wait 25 years for a Football League goal. Steve Tupling wouldn’t have known it when he scored during a 3-1 defeat to Wolves in April 1988, but that was the last time a Football League goal was scored at home by a Newport player. It’s safe to say it wouldn’t have been celebrated like …

Cardiff’s new chief superintendent has said her officers are confident they can handle the pressure of both Cardiff City and Swansea City playing in the Premier League. As the Bluebirds and Swans prepare for the South Wales derby in Cardiff in November, Belinda Davies said football fans have nothing to worry about. Ms Davies, who took over from the city’s …

A debate on proposals to cut speed limits in inner Cardiff to 20mph has now started. Cardiff Council has set out proposals to pilot a 20mph zone in a large area of Cathays and Roath. The council has already secured £200,000 from the Welsh Government for the pilot and said the aim is for it to improve road safety and …