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Teachers’ leaders in Wales have spoken of their ‘trepidation’ ahead of this year’s GCSE results after last summer’s grading fiasco led to thousands of pupils being awarded lower marks. The Welsh Government’s decision to re-grade tainted English language papers last September ultimately spared pupils in Wales the ‘injustice’ of having a lower grade than would normally be expected. A change …

Ten years ago I was involved in a debate in this newspaper over the merits of closing Cardiff and Bristol Airports and replacing them both with a new airport on the banks of the River Severn. On that occasion the proposed new airport was located outside of Wales and I was arguing for the retention of Cardiff Airport being then, …

Howard Gadd is hosting his first official engagement as the chairman of the Forum for the Built Environment (fbe). The venue is a well-known Cardiff pub, the invitation is to an afternoon curry and the intention is to create an ambience in which members of the fbe’s Cambria branch can meet and network together. This air of informality, in a …

Merthyr Town’s football ground will be re-named ‘The Cigg-e Stadium’ after the club agreed a sponsorship deal with the electronic cigarette firm. The Martyrs have signed a three-year deal with the company, which is based in Cardiff and has just opened a new store in Merthyr. It means the club’s Penydarren Park home will be called the The Cigg-e Stadium …

ITV Cymru Wales has confirmed it is moving to a new headquarters in Cardiff Bay. Following the green light for BBC Cymru Wales to move to a new headquarters from its current home at Llandaff, ITV Cymru Wales – which considered a number of location options in the capital –  has struck a deal to take the whole of the …

Television company ITV Cymru Wales announced today it is planning to move its headquarters from Culverhouse Cross to the heard of Cardiff Bay. The new studio will be next to the National Assembly building and should be completed by June next year. The premises will house all of ITV Cymru Wales’ news, programmes and production facilities and around 110 staff, …

Police are continuing their murder investigation after a six-week-old baby boy died following an alleged assault. The boy, named locally yesterday as Alfie, died in hospital on Tuesday afternoon after four nights in hospital. Alfie lived with his mum Donna Sullock in Fairwater, Cardiff, but was allegedly assaulted at an address in Nelson. Gwent police officers received a call to …

AN initiative which will help support the commercialisation of business ideas in Wales has been launched. Community interest company Innovation Business Integrated Service (Ibis) has been developed by veteran Swansea- based entrepreneur and inventor Ben Bendien. Based on a successful US model, Ibis, whose website will go live next month, will assess business ideas through a team of experienced honorary …

A mother-of-four, who cheated the benefits system of almost £87,000 over four years, has escaped a prison sentence. Sharon Helen Cotter, 44, claimed the cash between May 2008 and June 2012 after failing to tell the authorities that she was living with her partner. Cotter, of Sir Ivor Place, Dinas Powys, admitted three counts of benefit fraud and appeared at …

A Cardiff Student Union has come under fire for allowing a poster, advertising  a Freshers’ Week event, to include an offensive comment about the rape of  a woman. Cardiff Met Student Union was promoting its night “TNT” on Twitter with a poster which included the picture of a person with “I was raping a woman last night and she cried” …