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The remarkable tale of recovery of a Welsh barman left in a coma is to be told on prime-time TV – 11 years after the savage attack which changed his life forever. Leon Adams, now 36, was found battered and unconscious outside a Cardiff train station on Valentine’s Day 2002. He spent two years in a coma after the vicious …

JRR Tolkien famously wrote that there was one ring to rule them all – but for one Welsh couple, it took two rings to bind them. Lord of the Rings mad couple Liam and Heather Mahoney exchanged replica rings of power from the fantasy trilogy in a wacky wedding at Caerphilly Castle. The Cardiff couple were dressed up in costume …

A dangerous  legal high that landed three teenagers in hospital vomiting blood has been on sale in shops across Wales. The drug Clockwork Orange is available to buy in shops and online described as “herbal incense” and promising a buzz that lasts just under an hour when smoked with tobacco. Last Sunday three 15-year-olds from Blyth, Northumberland, fell ill after …

“In a field, in a tent, in a small clever country called Wales.”  I was in that field last week, attending the Do Start Up at Fforest farm, Ceredigion.  The Do Lectures, or “Do” as you quickly come to call them, is an “ideas festival” founded by David and Clare Hieatt.  The Hieatts know their stuff when it comes to …

It’s hard to believe it’s almost 25  years since spiky-haired violinist  Nigel Kennedy brought classical music to the masses. When he released his recording of  The Four Seasons with the English  Chamber Orchestra in 1989 it sold more than two million copies, reaching out to a whole new audience of  music fans. Today the man who shook up the  works …

With striking bubble- shaped greenhouses and an indoor rainforest as its backdrop, the world famous Eden Project has provided plenty of inspiration for NoFit State Circus. Two years ago, the Cardiff-based company was commissioned to create a major outdoor aerial acrobatic show to celebrate the world famous Cornwall visitor attraction’s 10th birthday. And last year, it returned to the site …

Jubilant campaigners say Llanishen Reservoir should now be refilled and turned into a country park Cardiff can be proud of. The call came after the Welsh Government threw out a US energy firm’s plans to turn the site into a housing estate. In a David versus Goliath battle, residents and members of the Reservoir Action Group have campaigned for more …

Dozens of parents and pupils holding painted banners gathered outside City Hall yesterday to protest against overcrowding at a Welsh-medium primary school in Cardiff. When Ysgol Pwll Coch was built 19 years ago, one class of 30 pupils was admitted each academic year, but now three forms with up to 90 pupils are admitted each September. Chris Rajoo, from Canton, …

Cardiff council last night voted to throw its support behind a campaign to ban smacking in Wales. Councillors voted overwhelming to accept a motion which called for children to be given the same protection as adults under the law on assault. The Labour-run authority’s children’s services boss said he hoped it would put pressure on the Welsh Government to make …

A university has submitted plans for a major expansion of its city centre campus. The University of South Wales, formerly the University of Glamorgan, wants to expand its Atrium campus next to the railway on Adam Street in Adamsdown, Cardiff. The proposed £15m Atrium 2 development will increase the number of students at its School of Creative and Cultural Industries …