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A Welsh designer has helped redeem the style credentials of a Royal Princess by crowning her with a winning headpiece. Princess Eugenie – who has suffered criticism for her choice in head wear in the past – donned a hat made by Cardiff milliner Robyn Coles at a garden party at Buckingham Palace. The Queen hosted the second summer garden …

It is nowhere near the level of anger that was felt among the City fans last summer when the rebranding was announced but this week’s calamitous kit launch left City fans seeing red, and two shades of it. Let’s be honest, who would ever think that using Chinese red and cherry red would work alongside each other? We have known …

Centre Jamie Roberts and defence coach Andy Farrell have insisted that the Lions will have no trouble coping with the searing Hong Kong heat in their tour opener against the Barbarians on Saturday. There will be two drinks opportunities in each half to counter the threat of players over-heating because of night time temperatures expected to be in the late …

A woman who only took up rowing five years ago to overcome a fear of drowning is aiming to become half of the first female pair to row around Britain. Charlene Ayres, 30, and Sally Kettle, 36 – dubbed the Coast Girls – will set a Guinness World Record if they complete the 2,000 nautical-mile,  45-day challenge, which sets off …

The reminiscences in Old Grangetown Memories Book Two are in part both sad and humorous. One would have to be a hard nut not to be touched by Alex Peterson’s  extract, Dead Flowers For Christmas, which is housed with the Cardiff Story Museum.  “One Christmas we had finally reached the position of being homeless. Times  were very hard in the …

Muslim leaders are to distribute a leaflet around the city’s mosques stressing the faith’s peaceful and moderate traditions in the wake of the Woolwich murder. The Cardiff Stakeholder Group for Preventing Extremism says the core messages of the leaflet are designed to reinforce respect, tolerance and understanding. Muslim communities around the UK have faced a backlash in the wake of …

CHRIS Gayle,  Mitchell Johnson, Michael  Clarke and  Kieron Pollard.  Just some of the  stellar stars of world cricket  who are set to grace the same  stage on Saturday. But this is not the cast of an Indian Premier League extravaganza.  This West Indies and Australia  showdown will take place right  here in Wales as a warm-up  match for the ICC …

It looks like we’re all agreed, the Cardiff City 2013/14 kit is pretty bad, it’s probably one of the worst kits in the club’s history. But does it register as one of the worst football kits ever? At least the new Cardiff City kit is destined for a change, the mismatched shorts might be changed to white, and it won’t …

“Where are you, in Cardiff?” asks boogie-woogie piano maestro Jools Holland down the line from the Kent-based set of his Later…. TV show. Yes, I reply, a dull and overcast Cardiff where spring still hasn’t fully sprung. “The weather’s rubbish here too if that’s any consolation, but at least you have Brains beer where you are – magical stuff that,” …

Life Is Pain doesn’t immediately appear to be the most enticing of headline grabbers when having to fill seats for a comedy tour. However, the new show from Alan Davies, his first for more than a decade, is rich in autobiographical detail and more besides. “The title is a bit tongue in cheek,” he says, obviously keen to banish any …