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Pupils from Cardiff spoke to their counterparts in Australia today ahead of the second Lions test – via the first ever ‘Hole in the World’. The Year five and six pupils from Albany Primary School were the first to peer over an eight-foot wide ‘hole’ to see and speak to contemporaries in real-time at an identical hole in Melbourne. The …

Having supported The Who the previous night in Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena, Vintage Trouble headlined in their own right at The Glee Club, tapping into a bottomless well of energy and bringing their own brand of retro soul-rock to a growing number of Welsh fans. The LA foursome first came to the attention of UK music lovers after an appearance on …

Free high-speed wi-fi access points will be set up in parts of Cardiff city centre by Christmas. There will be access points in Queen Street, High Street and St Mary Street before free wireless access is rolled out in all public buildings, schools and buses by 2015. We revealed last September how ultrafast broadband would be rolled out across Cardiff …

A bitter man stole his brother’s inheritance when he destroyed a house left by their father, a court heard today. Tony McGuire, 50, admitted taking a sledgehammer to the £300,000 home on Manor Way, Cardiff, demolishing an extension he had built, when his bid to overturn his Indian-born father’s will failed. He deliberately caused £126,000 worth of damage and there …

Tensions over health provision along the Wales-England border have spilled over with a UK Government minister warning “injustice” must be eradicated. During a debate focused on the welfare of the 20,000 people who live in England but are registered with a Welsh GP, Conservative health minister Anna Soubry demanded action. Stating that people in Wales “unfortunately do not get some …

A painting by the man regarded as Wales’s greatest ever artist not seen in public for more than half a century is to go on sale next month. Sir Kyffin Williams’ work depicting two farmers leading their ponies in the shadows of Snowdonia was exhibited twice after it was completed in 1957 for neighbour and friend Sir (Michael) Osmond Williams. …

The allegations against a teacher who is said to have had regular sex sessions in her car with a pupil at her school has been permanently removed fro the register of teachers in Wales, after a panel found the allegations proven. Emma Ager was teaching at Rhymney Comprehensive when she allegedly had a sexual relationship with a student that saw …

The Welsh Government has unveiled its preferred plan to relieve traffic congestion around Newport. Transport Minister Edwina Hart says the Welsh Government’s preferred option would be to build a new section of the M4 motorway south of Newport, from Magor to junction 29, where the A48(M) heads into Cardiff. The announcement came after George Osborne stressed that improvements to the …

Nearly 400 members of staff could be affected by changes being made to staff structures in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, it has been revealed. The Health Board has confirmed it has entered into consultations with trade unions over staff reorganisation that affects 385 members of its 14,500 workforce. The plans centre around delivering services in a more cost-effective …

Carwyn Jones tonight filled the gap caused by the shock departure of Leighton Andrews by appointing his former leadership rival Huw Lewis as Education Minister. The Merthyr Tydfil AM took on his first big Cabinet job pledging to continue the focus on standards set by his predecessor. He inherits the Education and Skills portfolio at a difficult time, months ahead …