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Her dad was famed for his  no-nonsense approach on the  pitch for Cardiff City. But now Nathan Blake’s  teenage daughter is set to  win her own plaudits for her  fancy footwork on the ballet  stage. Aspiring dancer Olivia, 14,  who trained from the age of  three at the Charlotte May  Academy, has been offered a  leading role in the English  …

Channel Heights is an  award-winning, modern home  on Hollybush Road, and it’s the  sort of dream home that could  be the answer to those  house-hunting prayers. Built by the current owners  for their own use, Channel  Heights is minimalist in style  with glass and light colours used  throughout, creating a light and  airy feel, one which is only accentuated by …

Seven anchor businesses are to take part in a pilot initiative being launched by the Welsh Government and intended to encourage collaboration in innovation between large and small businesses and other potential partners. The seven businesses have competed successfully for an Open Innovation Development Award “to originate new relationships” with other businesses and external parties. Each can employ an ‘open …

Growing numbers of Welsh first-time buyer properties are changing hands at their asking price or above as the housing market recovery gathers pace, industry experts have said. Estate agents say monthly sales have increased to levels not seen for four years, building on wider positive trends emerging from the property market. Average sales increased from nine per branch in April …

Data below shows the average taxes paid and benefits received by households across the UK.   Overall rate and number of C Diff and MRSA cases are down across Wales from 2010/11 to 2011/12 and 2011/12 to 2012/13 but the number of cases hasn’t fallen by the 20% target in the most recent year – 9.4% and 18.2% respectively. The …

Two fire stations in South Wales could close and another two be downgraded with full-time firefighters replaced by on-call crews. The proposals are part of a review of frontline operations by South Wales Fire and Rescue. Firefighters at Cowbridge Fire Station would be moved to other fire stations and replaced with on-call firefighters if the proposals go-ahead. The station currently …

The Welsh astronaut who missed out on the chance of becoming one of the first men on the moon because he had problems learning to fly has died, aged 80. Cardiff-born Dr John “Tony” Llewellyn resigned from Nasa’s spaceman corps in 1968, less than 12 months before the historic lunar landings which could have seen his name added to the …

She’s the former Lord Mayor’s daughter who claims she honed her psychic powers after seeing visions of a troubled friend thousands of miles away. And now Welsh medium Leigh-Catherine Salway is hoping to reach a wide audience after landing a regular slot as a TV psychic. The Cardiffian, who says she comes from an “intuitive” family and discovered her “gift” …

CLIMATE Some of Wales’ best-known coastal towns could lie underwater as sea levels rise over the next five decades, while inland areas will be hit by more flash flooding warns Gareth Clubb, director of Friends of the Earth Cymru. While lacking the worst excesses of tsunamis and mega-tornadoes depicted in dystopian Hollywood blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow – in which …

Three men have been taken to hospital – two with “potentially serious knife-related injuries” – after a fight in a Cardiff street this morning. Police said “a number of individuals” had been arrested, but were unable to confirm numbers at present. One of the three men taken to the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff, is now in custody, Inspector …