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Crowds gathered today to observe astonishing scenes on Cathedral Road when a car flipped on to its roof dramatically bringing an exclusive Cardiff suburb to a standstill. Shocked residents of busy Cathedral Road in Pontcanna described hearing an “almighty crash” and witnessing the upturned vehicle in the middle of the busy street. The female driver of the white Vauxhall Astra …

Cardiff City 2-1 Athletic Bilbao Whittingham 45, Campbell 52 – Iraola 56 Cardiff City’s final dress rehearsal ahead of their momentous  Premier League campaign gave them their clearest indication yet  of what awaits them in the top flight. Manager Malky Mackay will be pleased, then, that his side came  through this stern test against Bilbao with a victory thanks to …

Cardiff Carnival 2013 was a splash of colour and song, attracting thousands of people to the city on a sunny Saturday

Export ready bands and artists are hoping to use this year’s Green Man Festival in Powys as a gateway to the world stage. The event, which starts next Thursday (August 15) in Powys, is being promoted by the Welsh Music Foundation (WMF) as a chance to market the Welsh music business around the world. This year’s festival will include a …

He might have missed out on highly-rated French international midfielder Etienne Capoue, but Malky Mackay is not a man easily fazed by transfer market setbacks. Instead, the pragmatic Scot is of the opinion that when one door closes during football’s aptly named silly season, another, more beneficial, opening can often present itself. Which is why, as the Bluebirds prepare to …

The sun is shining, the plane has just landed on the Tarmac and you’re looking forward to two weeks in a continental hotspot. You’ve packed all the important things – suncream, hat, Speedos, Imodium – but there’s one thing you’ve got that you would never be without: your copy of the South Wales Echo. For years now, we’ve been running …

The journey of British comedies from the small screen to the cinema has traditionally never been much to laugh about. In fleshing out their half-hour formats into full length features, the characters we’d come to know and love tend to get worn of their charm via a series of contrived and cliched plot-lines, usually involving them being packed off on …

Heartless thieves have stolen the bicycle a Cardiff fundraiser was going to use on a 50-mile cycle challenge this weekend in memory of his brother. Dave Hilling, a 51-year-old Cardiff Bay graphic designer, had been training on the £480 hybrid cycle for months in preparation for his Brecon to Cardiff ride on Sunday with friends Simon Moore, Nick Moore and …

Those of us who suffered unhappy  schooldays may find it hard to  believe, but the corridors of  education are a rich comedic seam.  Or so it seems in classroom sitcom Big School, a  new BBC One series about troubled teachers,  unrequited love and interactive whiteboards. As any pupil imagines, there is much in the  way of dysfunction behind the hallowed …

There are hundreds of shows in the  theatrical scrum that is this year’s  Edinburgh Festival, but I doubt any  are as small as Gardening: For The  Unfulfilled And Alienated. The debut Edinburgh production from Cardiff’s  Undeb theatre company will be staged in a  garden shed starring one actor and an audience  of two. It’s a unique move to stand out …