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Smokers could be banned from lighting up across all health premises in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan under plans being put forward by officials. The proposal by Cardiff and the Vale University Health Board to implement a full no-smoking ban on all health board sites, including the University Hospital of Wales, from October 1 will be presented to board …

And so the time has come. We are on the cusp of a new month and the kids are going back to school. Both children are equipped with new shoes, school uniforms, lunch boxes and, dare I say it, seem ready to return. After six fun-filled weeks, they appear slightly exhausted by my company, escaping as often as they can …

A council tenant behind a catalogue of anti-social behaviour and abuse over a two-and-a-half year period has been evicted. Julie Stevens was turfed out of her home on Heol Layard, in Tremorfa, Cardiff, after complaints over drug use, verbal abuse of neighbours and nuisance visitors, Cardiff council said. Bailiffs and the council launched a joint operation which saw her evicted …

Cardiff Central MP Jenny Willott has criticised the city’s leading university for housing students in rooms containing asbestos. Figures obtained by the Guardian newspaper found Cardiff University has around 1,500 student rooms containing the potentially lethal substance, which is the greatest cause of work-related deaths in the UK. Ms Willott said that while the material in question is deemed to …

A statuette of Aneurin Bevan sitting atop the mixing desk, surveying proceedings with poise and authority, is the first clue as to where you find yourself. It’s an exact replica of the imposing statue of the founder of the National Health Service – once voted the greatest-ever Welshman – that guides daytime shoppers and nighttime drunks through Cardiff’s main Queen …

Gosh, we are on the brink of September already  – time really does seem to be speeding up. This is just one of the fascinating topics  Gregg Braden spoke about at the Conference of Consciousness and Human Evolution that I  attended last weekend. It was a fabulous gathering with great big helpings of wisdom to chew over and digest.  As …

They may be 3,000 miles from Wales but hundreds of people will this weekend gather to celebrate all things Welsh at the North American Festival of Wales. The event in Toronto, is one of the highlights of the Welsh/North American calendar and attracts Welsh expats from the US and Canada as well as those with Welsh heritage. Pontarddulais Male Choir …

The devastated family of a Cardiff teenager who died while on holiday in Thailand after suffering an apparent allergic reaction to cashew nuts have spoken of their heartbreak. Ethan Williams was on holiday with relatives in Phuket when he was rushed to hospital on August 18. Doctors desperately tried for more than two hours to save the 14-year-old Michaelston Community …

A handful of private schools in Wales achieved above-average grades in GCSE results, according to figures released today by the sector’s representative body. Results revealed by the Independent Schools Council (ISC) revealed that four schools in South-East Wales posted average grades above the UK watermark – with Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls (HMSG) topping the Welsh league table. Private school …

Frantically trying to learn his lines with less than two weeks to go before opening night, leading man Tony Wright says the phrase ‘I’ll be there now in a minute’ has wheedled its way into his brain. “It’s funny, because ever since I first read the script, I have noticed myself saying it all the time, but when I think …