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Welsh language broadcaster S4C is producing high quality and well-received programmes despite the huge cuts it has been subjected to over the last three years, its chairman declared yesterday. Huw Jones was speaking immediately after the publication of the Welsh language broadcaster’s annual report, which reveals that the cost per hour of all S4C’s broadcast hours went down from £16,374 …

Councils across Wales should look at merging departments and back-office functions to protect frontline services, according to Cardiff council’s finance boss. One proposal by Councillor Russell Goodway is for local authorities across the region, or even the entire nation, to use single centralised departments, such as in payroll or legal services. These council jobs could be shifted to the Valleys, …

Firearms police and CID were called at around 7.30am, after the fight broke out on Craigmuir Road, in the east Cardiff suburb. Neighbours described seeing blood, glass and broken breeze blocks strewn over the street after the brawl, for which five local men were arrested. Three men were taken to the University Hospital of Wales after the fight, two of …

Police are appealing for the public’s help after a man performed an indecent act in front of a group of female passengers on a train between Cardiff and Pontypridd. Officers have released CCTV of a man they believe may have key information which could assist their investigation. Investigating officer PC Jon Dando said: “A man who was travelling on a …

The man, the legend, the BOSS. The one and only Bruce Springsteen is coming to Cardiff on Tuesday July 23 and will once again perform at the Millennium Stadium, where he last performed in 2008. Anybody who is a fan of Bruce Springsteen will know what to expect from his Cardiff show, Bruce isn’t just a musician, or a songwriter, …

When award winning Indian restaurant Mint and Mustard opened a home delivery and takeaway in Penarth in May queues snaked down the street. Word soon spread that it more than lived up to expectations and from day one phone lines were busy and you could wait hours for food on a Saturday night. So I decided to linger until the …

A man accused of savagely beating to death a pensioner in his own home has told a court that he tried to stop the killing. Gary Smith, 21, one of two men accused of murdering Llywelyn Thomas, 76, after forcing their way into his Cambridgeshire home shortly before Christmas, entered the witness box to give evidence at Cambridge Crown Court …

Network Rail members have approved a fresh lucrative bonus package for its top directors – despite fierce criticism from unions about the firm’s performance. The move will see five executives share a pot of £2m – officially called the Long Term Incentive Plan – which will only be paid out if key targets are met by 2015. But should bosses …

This was the scene tonight after a two car crash that ripped a wheel from a Vauxhall Astra and produced crumpled wreckage strewn across a Cardiff street. American tourists Christopher and Barbara McLain had their holiday firmly dented when, while turning into Cardiff’s Plantagenet Street, Christopher Jonathan’s silver BMW came crashing into the left side of their rented Astra. The …

For too long Gilbert and Sullivan’s Victorian operas were viewed as an outdated combination of nonsense and sentimentality, beloved by public schoolboys and amateur dramatic societies. Fortunately, new productions have breathed new life into what can remain bitingly satirical musical theatre with sharp political and social observations that remain surprisingly relevant. They are also, of course, extremely witty. Here director …