Sleeperz Hotels’ left luggage scheme raises £2857.47 for Cardiff homeless charity  A Cardiff city centre hotel has raised almost £3,000 to help the city’s homeless by charging guests £1 to store their luggage after check-out. Sleeperz Hotel Cardiff, on Saunders Road, set up the left luggage scheme after agreeing to support Cardiff-based charity The Huggard Centre as one of its official partners. The Huggard Centre works to tackle homelessness in the Welsh capital and runs a day…

    Last weekend saw over 400 animal lovers and their dogs travel across the country to take part in Battersea Dogs & Cats Home’s Muddy Dog Challenge at Coedarhydyglyn Park in Cardiff. The event raised an incredible £51,000 with more expected to come in to the charity. The fun run is proudly supported by LV=. The Cardiff Muddy Dog Challenge was made up of 17 obstacles suitable for both humans and four-legged friends to crawl, climb, wade and jump…

    The locations of Cardiff’s new nextbike stations have finally been revealed ahead of the scheme doubling in size next month.  The 27 bike-share stations started to be installed across the city on 24th August, taking the city-wide docking network up from 25 to 52.  New docking stations are being installed in Llandaff, Grangetown, Heath, and Ely, as well as several around Cardiff University.  nextbike, the world’s most extensive bike-share operator, recently revealed the city’s 16,000 registered users have already cycled an impressive 140,000km since the scheme was launched in March – 42 times the distance Geraint Thomas cycled in the…

  With cycling fever sweeping over Cardiff as residents embrace their brand-new bike share scheme, nextbike are now on the hunt for true fans to be become the face of the service. nextbike, the world’s most extensive bike-share operator, is calling for all fanatics of the scheme to get in contact if they are interested in becoming an ambassador of the brand. Ambassador perks include unlimited free cycling on all the nextbike schemes across the world as well as the…

Rumney Folk Club Cardiff are celebrating their 15th Birthday. Running as a Community Folk Club, we encourage musicians and singers of all styles, ages and abilities from near and far, to come along and perform. We meet on the 3rd Friday of every month at St Augustine’s Church Hall, Whitehall Parade, Rumney, Cardiff. There is a charge of £3.50 on the door for non performers and £1.50 for performers. Proceeds go towards the upkeep of the hall to improve the facilities…

The Schiller S1-C Water Bike is an extraordinary machine. Think premium bike meets ultra portable catamaran. Safe and stable in open water; you can jump straight on the bike, no training needed. No helmets, no paddles and no limits to exploring. It can even go in reverse. Over the August Bank Holiday weekend the Extreme Sailing Series™, now in its 12th year, arrives in Cardiff Bay and will be the headline act of the Cardiff Harbour Festival. From 24th–27th August…

  SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-UP Derrick Barry, Courtney Act, Sonique and Gabrielle are amongst this year’s acts who will be performing at Pride Cymru’s Big Weekend on 24 – 26 August 2018. Drag performer, Derrick Barry, is widely known for impersonating Britney Spears, competing in the third season of America’s Got Talent, and the eighth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Celebrity Big Brother 2018 winner Courtney Act is an Australian drag queen and pop singer, who first came to prominence…

                   Source: http://www.visitcardiff.com/discover/city-hall/   By Sarah-Jane Reeves   The summer holidays are here, and the Diff is HOT HOT HOT! I am currently sat in front of two fans in as little clothing as possible without alarming my children. I’ve got a Shandy Bass and a packet pork scratchings on the go…it’s officially the summer holidays! This time of year is an utter joy for some families, and a nightmare for others. If…

Cardiff nurse Liam Dando has had his fair share of being on the other side of a hospital bed. As a child he was a regular patient at the Children’s Hospital for Wales in Cardiff but these days he works alongside some of the nurses who took care of him. And as the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday this year, he is grateful for the care he’s received throughout his life. At the age of five, Liam (now 26), was…

      Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, has announced £1.2m to improve the renal dialysis unit at University Hospital for Wales (UHW), Cardiff. During a visit to the unit today (Thursday, 19 July), Mr Gething saw how the money will be used to upgrade the unit to deal with patients in a more clinically appropriate environment and improving their overall experience. He said: “Chronic kidney disease is estimated to affect 6‐8% of the general population. With many of the contributing…