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When Justine Pickering’s mum Ann was diagnosed with early onset dementia aged just 55, she knew the family would have to rally round to give her the help and support she deserved. But Justine, the wife of Welsh Rugby Union chairman David, did more than that. She set up Ty Hapus, the first centre of its kind in the UK, …

She may have been born in Berkshire and speak with an English accent, but Dani Harmer confesses that Cardiff is her second home. Which is understandable given that Tracy Beaker, the show in which she made her name, was filmed in the Welsh capital and that’s where the actress did most of her growing up, spending her summers in the …

With all the beautiful greenery around Cardiff, perhaps you prefer running through the parks taking in a little cross country action. You might well be a gym fan, choosing to do all your running on the treadmills and training machines of your local gym. But whatever your training route or regime, with the Cardiff 10k taking place on September 8, …

Anyone who has pre-school children will be more than familiar with Grandpa In My Pocket. The hit show featuring the adventures of Jason Mason and his beloved grandpa, who can shrink to tiny size thanks to his magic shrinking cap, has become one of the most popular shows on BBC children’s channel CBeebies. Filmed locally in South Wales, the programme’s …

Students graduating from Cardiff Metropolitan University outperformed Oxford and Cambridge graduates when it came to securing jobs or places on postgraduate courses last year, statistics show. Data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) suggests a graduate’s chances of securing a job depend heavily on where they choose to study. The surprising statistics show that students at some lower-ranking institutions …

Chainsaws, flaming ashtrays and a naked man wrapped in cling-film. Believe it or not, this constituted a poetry gig back in the bad old 1980s and 1990s. The performances of poets Ifor Thomas, Peter Finch, Tôpher Mills and others were legendary. I regret not being around then to witness the scene as it was, as I’m sure they’re nothing like …

Last Tuesday evening, one of our leading legal firms held what turned out to be a highly informative event in Cardiff at which the book Swiss Made – The Untold Story Behind Switzerland’s Success was formally launched in Wales. As a guest of Capital Law, its author, James Breiding, took the audience on a roller coaster ride through the economy …

First-time buyers in Wales are being forced to wait up to 15 years to save up enough to get on the housing ladder, we can reveal. Statistics show huge variation between council areas for those looking to buy their first home – with single people in Ceredigion and Powys waiting more than 15 years before they can afford to buy …

There’s no shortage of actors queuing  up to play the world’s most famous  secret agent on film. But when it  comes time for Daniel Craig to hang  up his James Bond tuxedo, it’s easy to see how  dark-eyed, brooding Aneurin Barnard could step up as the first Welsh 007. In fact, it’s a role that the young thesp from Ogmore …

Plans to demolish ITV Wales television studios complex at Culverhouse Cross and build houses on the site have stalled amid concerns that it could lead to more than 400 job losses in the Vale of Glamorgan and rob the area of a ‘vibrant media centre’. Urgent talks are to be held between Vale council planners and representatives of London-based Carlton …