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Councillors have rejected a police bid to set minimum alcohol pricing at a Cardiff nightspot – after a string of alleged violent incidents. Police had said they wanted Kapu Exotic Cocktails and Island Grill and the adjoining Ladybird Club on Mill Lane to be unable to offer spirits for sale at less than £1 per 25ml. But councillors sitting on …

PLANS to demolish ITV Wales’ television studios complex at Culverhouse Cross and build houses on the site have stalled amid concerns it could lead to more than 400 job losses in the Vale of Glamorgan and rob the area of a “vibrant media centre”. Urgent talks are to be held between Vale council planners and representatives of  London-based Carlton Communications, …

Veteran BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen has been shot while out in Egypt reporting on their current leadership crisis. The Cardiff-born Middle East editor wrote on twitter at 3.36pm (BST): “Thanks for the messages. I’ve been hit by a couple of shotgun pellets.  Am fine and heading out.” Thanks for the messages. I’ve been hit by a couple of shotgun pellets. …

A disused former public toilet has gone on sale in Wales’ capital for £58,000. The rundown brick building on an overgrown patch in the Fairwater area of Cardiff is being marketed as a money-spinning opportunity for an investor. Auctioneer Paul Fosh: “I’m confident the property will prove popular with investors looking to sniff out a bargain. “It may not be …

A horse trader has been jailed for eight months in a “shocking and horrendous” case of widespread animal cruelty. Thomas Tony Price, 49, from Wick in the Vale of Glamorgan, was sentenced to a total of eight months in prison and ordered to pay £44,484 in costs for 57 animal welfare offences and seven breaches of an antisocial behviour order. …

A loss adjuster made out false insurance claims totalling £15,000 to cover his gambling debts. Fraudster Jason Farrugia, 37, even recruited his brother-in-law to help him cash the cheques, Cardiff Crown Court heard. While Farrugia made out the claims in the names of previous customers of the company employing him, his sister’s partner, Stephen Rees, found friends with the same …

Cardiff community project We Are Cardiff – which began life as a blog allowing people to talk about how they experience Wales’ capital – will celebrate its third anniversary this weekend with the launch of a documentary film looking at alternative sides to the city. Ahead of We Are Cardiff: Portrait of a City’s premier at Chapter Arts Centre on …

Like life itself, we all know how it’s going to end… but that doesn’t make the ride any less enjoyable. If you still want more of an historic Championship-winning season (and, let’s be honest, who doesn’t?) then this DVD – simply called Cardiff City Season Review 2012-13 – is just what you need. With the big Premier League kick-off still …

Talking lions, circus performers, and one boy taking on an evil global corporation – what more could you want from children’s theatre? Loud bangs, acrobatics, a boxing match and flashing lights – Lionboy has them all. It’s not easy putting on plays for children but Complicite’s production at the Wales Millennium Centre, based on the popular Lionboy book trilogy, balances …

Towns and cities across Wales have “high migration clusters” putting pressure on essential services and social cohesion, according to a new report for the Home Office. Cardiff, Ceredigion, Newport, Wrexham, Swansea and Pembrokeshire are all identified in the report as areas with “migration rates that are well above the national average”. The report, Social and Public Service Impacts of International …