Police in Cardiff have released CCTV of a man they want to identify in connection with an assault in a city bar. South Wales Police are investigating the assault which happened in the gent toilets at the Varsity bar on Richmond Road sometime between 10pm and 11pm on Saturday May 11. A 21-year-old man from the Llanrumney area of the …
Read More »Fire crews were called to a blaze at a Cardiff Bay timber yard this afternoon. The fire, at the yard on Clipper Road, created a large amount of smoke according to Twitter users in the Bay. South Wales Fire and Rescue service said it sent a crew from Roath to deal with what was a small fire. More to follow. …
Read More »Kidney Wales launch the annual Cardiff 10k run The charity called on runners from across Wales to support the event in the city centre on Sunday, September 8. Roy Thomas, chief executive of Kidney Wales, said: “We are thrilled to see so many supporters of the Cardiff 10k event here today at Run Become, on this their 31st birthday. “The …
Read More »He was a war hero who completed some of the most dangerous journeys of the entire Second World War. And today family, friends and comrades of Arctic Convoy veteran Herbert William “Stormy” Lovegrove gave him a send-off worthy of his lifelong dedication to the service of his country. Around 500 mourners came to the All Saints Church in Penarth this …
Read More »A mum who repeatedly kept her teenage son home from school because he wakes up in an “unbearable” mood has been fined by magistrates. Sharon Jenkins was among 11 parents and guardians convicted on Friday as part of an ongoing truancy crackdown by Rhondda Cynon Taf council. The 43-year-old from Clarence Street, Mountain Ash, admitted one charge of failure to …
Read More »Last orders for this year’s Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival will be called later today – with organisers saying they expect 6,000 drinkers to have passed through its doors. The annual three-day festival held at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on Mary Ann Street, labelled “Wales’ largest pub”, will conclude after hosting some of the best and most novel brews from …
Read More »Actor Matthew Rhys has revealed he is determined to make the Welsh equivalent of Braveheart for the big screen. The Cardiff-born star – currently appearing in hit US spy drama The Americans on ITV – confessed his dream role would be to bring to life the story of Llywelyn The Last. He aims to one day star in a biopic …
Read More »Actor Matthew Rhys has admitted he is feeling the pressure of taking on the role of Mr Darcy, and is worried about disappointing fans. The Americans star has been cast as Mr Darcy in a new BBC adaptation of PD James’ Pride and Prejudice murder mystery spin-off, Death Comes To Pemberley. Rhys, from Cardiff, said he realised he had a …
Read More »Hit-and-run killer Matthew Tvrdon has this afternoon been detained indefinitely in a maximum security hospital, and banned from driving for 25 years. The 32-year-old had pleaded guilty to a total of 32 charges, including the manslaughter of mum-of-three Karina Menzies, in relation to a rampage through the streets of Cardiff last October. Judge Justice Wyn Williams committed him to Ashworth …
Read More »The Welsh Government has requested an independent review into the mental health care provided for hit-and-run killer Matthew Tvrdon. Tvrdon, who was today ordered to be detained indefinitely in a maximum security hospital , was discharged from psychiatric services and told to stop taking medication a year before the deadly attacks on October 19 last year. Mother-of-three Karina Menzies was …
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