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  • Prisoner behind a fence
    #InPoverty: Almost half of prisoners in Cardiff are homeless once released
    13 Dec 2019
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    A look at why released prisoners are going into homelessness and entering a cycle of reoffending after serving their sentence
  • #InPoverty: Wales’ hidden gambling problem costs our NHS millions per year
    13 Dec 2019
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    As gambling addiction is recategorised as a public health issue, is enough being done for the 95,000 problem gamblers in Wales?
  • becoming a single mother can lead to bad finances
    #InPoverty: Too bad to stay, too poor to leave? The price of being a single mother
    12 Dec 2019
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    For many women, becoming a single parent is incredibly painful. What happens when this choice means facing poverty?
  • #InPoverty: Overweight and trying for a baby? The NHS’s lack of fertility support
    12 Dec 2019
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    Although 60% of adults are overweight, women are being denied access to fertility treatment with no assistance because of their size
  • #InPoverty: Are shipping container homes what homeless families want?
    11 Dec 2019
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    To help the thousands of people waiting to be homed in the city, Cardiff council has installed shipping containers for them to live in

National Portrait prize photography exhibition in Butetown

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25 Nov 2012
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One of this years entries, ©Alison Palmer and Olivia Mann Receiving almost twice as many submissions as last year, a new exhibition has been created...
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Esteemed conductor to perform Verdi

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20 Nov 2012
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The acclaimed conductor Carlo Rizzi will be performing Verdi’s Requiem in Cardiff this week. The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) College Chorus...
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Embrace the beat of Indian music

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20 Nov 2012
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  Raj Singh, an indian music teacher based in Cardiff, is holding dhol lessons for anyone interested in taking up a slightly more alternative musical...
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Male choir are in fine voice

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20 Nov 2012
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A West Glamorgan choir are making last minute preparations ahead of their annual evening of music on Saturday 24 November. Pontarddulais Male Voice Choir will...
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Historic Newport building restored

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20 Nov 2012
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The Lysaght Institute first opened its doors in 1928 and immediately became an integral part of the community The Lysaght Institute in Newport opened its...
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Police warn pavement cyclists

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20 Nov 2012
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The Cathays Neighbourhood Policing Team and Cardiff City Council’s Road Safety Department have launched an initiative to promote greater safety awareness for cyclists, after recent...
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Cardiff Bus appoints leading lady

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20 Nov 2012
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Cynthia Ogbonna has had many achievements in her career. She has a MBA from Cardiff Business School, and a Royal Society of Arts Fellowship. Now...
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Alun Michael is first South Wales PCC

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20 Nov 2012
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Labour candidate Alun Michael has been elected as South Wales’s first Police and Crime Commissioner this week. After a second round count, Mr Michael was...
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Cardiff man in 5-day hunger strike

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20 Nov 2012
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A disabled man has ended a hunger strike and vigil outside the offices of healthcare company Atos. Christos Palmer, 32, suffers from physical and mental...
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Free weekend at Millennium Centre

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20 Nov 2012
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If you’re in the bay this weekend and looking for an inexpensive day out then head to the Wales Millennium Centre, which is opening for...
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Choir fights dementia through song

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20 Nov 2012
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The Forget-me-Not chorus is something quite remarkable. The forty strong choir, which rehearses every Monday in Rhiwbina, is made up of Dementia sufferers and carers,...
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Creative Minds holds author talk

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20 Nov 2012
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                    Cardiff University’s Creative Minds festival is hosting a discussion evening with the winning authors of...
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Sherman Cymru stages Llanast!

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20 Nov 2012
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Welsh-lingual plays are not common in literary circles, but the Sherman Cymru Theatre is showing its support of Welsh arts this week as it stages...
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Chapter celebrates Experimentica festival

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20 Nov 2012
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Chapter art centre celebrates its annual best of live art festival Experimentica: Unseen. The performance art returns on the 21 November with a five-day packed...
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Pram Fit is a walk in the park

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20 Nov 2012
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British Military Fitness has produced Pram Fit, a way to motivate new mums to exercise in Bute Park every Tuesday and Thursday, without the need...
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Beginners sewing workshops at Milkwood

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20 Nov 2012
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It will soon be that time of year again, when everyone scratches their head on what to buy their family and friends for Christmas. Helen...
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Stand-up paddling on the river

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20 Nov 2012
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If looking trim in Christmas parties is a goal in the upcoming weeks, then stand-up paddle boarding at Cardiff International White Water is certainly the...
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Local food charity serve-up home truths

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20 Nov 2012
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The Cardiff branch of an international movement against poverty and nuclear weapons is expanding this month as it strives to hand out more food to...
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Iron Age winter foraging explored

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20 Nov 2012
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Iron Age food foraging gets a closer look this weekend at St. Fagans National History Museum. The exhibition held at Wales’ most popular heritage attraction,...
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Crêpe and cider nights for Christmas

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20 Nov 2012
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La Crêperie de Sophie are launching festive cider and crêpe evenings with added masterclasses throughout December.   The café in the High Street Arcade will serve...
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Alcohol-free pub plans for Cardiff

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20 Nov 2012
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Plans for an alcohol-free pub, whose profits would help fund a local charity for people with alcohol dependencies, are currently being made in Cardiff.  The...
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Port Talbot’s mobile cinema project

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20 Nov 2012
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Film in Afan’s mobile cinema will educate Port Talbot youth  A mobile cinema programme entitled Film in Afan which aims to put film at the...
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Now listen here, it’s nearly Christmas!

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20 Nov 2012
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If you’re yearning for the quiet desolation of January free from all this humbug: tough. If you’re yarning to get into the Christmas spirit though,...
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Enfys scheme gains pace

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15 Nov 2012
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In recent months, the Enfys Cycle Scheme has begun to rack up its first mileage. Fresh on the back of a stellar year for Great...
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Cardiff hit-and-run fundraiser

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15 Nov 2012
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A venue in Cathays has organised a fundraiser in remembrance of hit-and-run victim Karina Menzies   On the 23 November, Koko Gorilaz will play host to...
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Meaty menu courts controversy

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15 Nov 2012
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Deri Reed, perhaps better known as The Ethical Chef, opened a new restaurant last week, but his decision to serve meat has attracted controversy. The...
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Festive merriment at Wenvoe Arms

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15 Nov 2012
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The Wenvoe Arms is hosting a Christmas market and beer festival on the 24th and 25th of November in an attempt to get us all...
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