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Data below shows affordability in the private rented sector and when buying for different groups across Britain. How affordable are areas to buy for a couple with one child on a low income How affordable are areas to privately rent for a couple with one child on a low income If you are a looking to own or privately rent …

Protests against proposals to shake-up hospitals services across South Wales have taken their campaign to the steps of the Senedd. The Save Our Services campaign opposes proposals to remove consultant-led maternity and neonatal care, inpatient children’s services and emergency medicine (AE) from Llantrisant’s Royal Glamorgan Hospital under the South Wales Programme. Proposals put forward under the programme will see at …

The moving finger at Cardiff Business Club has written and moved on. The club’s secretary Alun Davies will lay down his pen in November and his place will be taken by 64-year-old Guy Clarke, former managing partner at solicitors Morgan Cole. After a decade as secretary Mr Davies’ act will be a hard one to follow, but the challenge is …

Paramount Interiors has made a key appointment to its board as part of the company’s continuing strategy to grow its share of the UK office design, fit-out and furniture market. The Cardiff-based business has appointed Brian Winward as regional director with responsibility for developing new business within the south west of England, along the M4 corridor and in London. A former managing …

Adventurer Niall McCann is constantly on the lookout for new challenges and places to explore. The Cardiff-based action man and biologist says it’s in his blood to push the limits. His grandfather was Pat Baird, an explorer who led the first expedition to the Cumberland Peninsular on Baffin Island, having the Baird Peninsular named after him. “He set the bar …

A Cardiff MP has described plans to fine residents £100 for putting their food scraps in the wrong bin as “absolutely outrageous and totally disproportionate”. Cardiff Central’s Liberal Democrat MP Jenny Willott hit out at the hard-line “zero tolerance” approach being adopted by the Labour-run Cardiff council. The authority has warned officers will issue on-the-spot fines to households caught putting …

Five years ago, “out of the blue”, after originally seeing a doctor complaining of cold, bruised feet, Catherine Campbell found herself undergoing heart surgery. Catherine, 48, from St Mellons, Cardiff, said: “I had been having problems with my feet. They were extremely cold and bruised and I had no idea why so I decided I should get it checked with …

Major changes to hospital services across South Wales will have an impact on patients and services at the University Hospital of Wales, a senior health official has warned. Paul Hollard, director of planning at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, said although the proposed changes under the South Wales Programme are for hospitals outside of the region, it is vital …

A street was left strewn with glass, broken breeze blocks and blood after a brawl that saw three men hospitalised with puncture wounds. Five men were arrested on Sunday after the fight, which happened just after 7am on Craigmuir Road in Tremorfa, Cardiff. Of the five men, three – aged 28, 22 and 39 – were taken to hospital, one …

Simon Emanuel was last night crowned the Welsh Unsigned Stand-Up Award winner 2013 at the Glee Club in Cardiff. The 28-year-old part-time children’s entertainer from Swansea saw off stiff competition from five other finalists to scoop an array of impressive prizes which includes a £1000, a paid weekend slot at the Glee Club and an appearance at the Wales Millennium …