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Organisers of a major new festival to be launched in Cardiff next month hope it will put the city on the musical map. The multi-venue Hub Festival will take place over the August bank holiday weekend and act as a grand showcase for local musicians. The line-up will see 150 acts playing nine stages over three days at venues in …

An elderly woman had to be cut out of a car after a two-vehicle crash in Cardiff that closed a busy main road for an hour. The woman was the only person injured in the crash, which happened at 11.20am at the junction of Manor Way and Birchgrove Road, just north of Cardiff’s Gabalfa roundabout. Birchgrove Road was closed for …

An elderly woman had to be cut out of a car after a two-vehicle crash in Cardiff that closed a busy main road for an hour. The woman was the only person injured in the crash, which happened at 11.20am at the junction of Manor Way and Birchgrove Road, just north of Cardiff’s Gabalfa roundabout. Birchgrove Road was closed for …

Giant striker Andreas Cornelius joined Cardiff City for £8.5m from FC Copenhagen this summer. He will make his Bluebirds debut in the pre-season friendly at Forest Green Rovers tonight with fans keen to see how he fits into Malky Mackay’s team. Here we take a look back at some of the players Cardiff City have signed from abroad in the …

Glamorgan are hoping their Twenty20 top-of-the-table clash against Northamptonshire on Friday evening will attract a record Swalec Stadium crowd. The Welsh county put their campaign for quarter-final qualification back on track with a five-wicket win against Worcestershire in Cardiff on Tuesday evening. Glamorgan saw a crowd of 8,700 turn up for their other Friday night match against Somerset in this …

Forecasters are predicting parts of Wales will see more than an inch of rain in an hour tomorrow with the heatwave prompting a torrential downpour. The Met Office say up to 32mm could fall in an hour-long spell in North Wales in the afternoon. Natural Resources Wales is warning the downpours could cause flooding across North Wales, with the rain …

The deadly designer drug mephedrone is being cut with petrol leaving users in South Wales with serious burns and abscesses, WalesOnline can reveal. Warnings have been sent out to nearly 500 health practitioners in a bid to alert them to a possible new trend which is in danger of sweeping the region. It comes after South Wales Police last week …

What a brilliant week it’s been for Cardiff City. We have the prospect of supporting a debt-free club pretty soon – and that has to be fantastic news for anybody who loves our club. Vincent Tan and former owner Sam Hammam reached agreement on a deal to settle the Langston loan notes and suddenly the future looks bright. There are …

Damon Searle, the Welsh defender who helped Cardiff City  to title success 20 years ago, is  ready to take on the Bluebirds  at Jenner Park, Barry this Saturday (July 27, 3pm). “It’s going to be a big occasion,  both personally and for Barry,  and I can’t wait to some of  Malky Mackay’s top young  players,” says former Wales  under-21 international …

MerthyrTown travel to play Welsh League Ton Pentre at their Ynys Park ground on Thursday night (Kick-off: 7.30pm). The Martyrs have scored six goals in wins against Govilon and Cardiff Corries, but are certain to face a stiff test against manager Dean Morris and his Rhondda Bulldogs. Merthyr, who have added Merthyr Tydfil-born former Swansea winger Kerry Morgan to their …