The Capital FM Cardiff Bay Beach may have closed for this summer, but operator Sayers Amusements has some exciting news for beach lovers next year – the Cardiff Bay Beach will be expanded in 2018 and move to a new site in Cardiff Bay, with a whole theme park built around it. Visitors once again flocked to the Beach over the school holidays, despite the challenging weather, and with Roald Dahl Plass being used for the National Eisteddfod next August,…

From pop stars to popcorn – to the world’s most expensive milkshake – as it gears up to welcome a whole host of events to celebrate it twentieth anniversary this month (August), it’s safe to say the Red Dragon Centre in Cardiff Bay has had quite an eventful two decades!   August 1997 – Will Smith and Puff Daddy both hit number one in the charts – Men in Black and I’ll Be Missing You were surely songs of the…

The beach is back – Cardiff will once again create its own seafront with the return of the Capital FM Cardiff Bay Beach (Friday July 28 – Sunday September 3 cardiffbaybeach.co.uk), to entertain families throughout the school holidays. The urban beach, which has become such a hit in the Bay in recent years, is again expected to attract a quarter of a million people to the Cardiff waterfront, with a bucket full of traditional seaside attractions. The Cardiff Bay Beach…

Continuing her series of articles exploring small businesses and entrepreneurs in Cardiff, this month Sarah-Jane changes tact and focusses on a local charity, Believe, set up in the wake of a family tragedy, and its founder, Anna Louise Bates. I have been writing my column for the Cardiff Times for over a year now. In that time, I’ve met many wonderful and inspirational people, from cake makers to artists and all that is in between. This month’s column is slightly…