Cardiff Council’s pink sticker recycling scheme criticised
Residents are worried they will get fined over a mistake or due to someone else’s rubbish CARDIFF Council launched its pink sticker... Read More
Ex-fraudster turns life around by helping those in crisis
I want to spend the rest of my life making amends, says boss of Poor & Hungry “SO, what did you do... Read More
Birchgrove salon raises £1,500 for patient’s trip to Russia
Money is to give Olivia Copner rare chemotherapy-based multiple sclerosis treatment RESIDENTS turned out at a fundraising event in Birchgrove for local... Read More
Businesses fundraise for woman’s Russian MS treatment
Olivia Copner hopes to undergo chemotherapy-based stem cell procedure that will cost in excess of £42,000 TWO Birchgrove businesses are teaming up... Read More
The community centre that opens its doors for all
TUCKED AWAY in Jubilee Gardens in the north of Cardiff, near and Industrial Park and beside a residential estate is Maes Y... Read More
Fly-tipping app is being used to clean up Cardiff’s streets
AN app set up to report fly-tipping in Cardiff has been used 553 times since June, according to the council. In 99%... Read More
How green is your street? Data map measures leafy Cardiff
HOW green is your street? The Office for National Statistics has released an experimental data map showing how leafy the streets of Cardiff and... Read More
‘Flimsy’ recycling bags getting harder to come by in Cardiff
RESIDENTS in Cardiff are finding it difficult to get hold of green bags for their recycling waste. They also say new bags... Read More
Film aims to show WI is about “more than jam and jumble sales”
A FILM which aims to show that Women’s Institutes are “more than jam and jumble sales” has been made by members of... Read More
Women’s Institute welcomes Dementia Friends
EXPERIENCES and misconceptions about Dementia was the topic of conversation at the latest meeting of Birchgrove Women’s Institute. Although the organisation was... Read More
He’s dynamite: meet Birchgove’s own darts star
DEAN “Dynamite” Reynolds won £4,500, his second biggest wallet so far, in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) Internationals this January. The 25-year-old... Read More
Volunteers open centre doors to lonely at Christmas
A CARDIFF community centre is opening its doors on Christmas Day for those who would otherwise spend the holiday alone. It... Read More
Tomos Watkin team visits Birchgrove pub
BIRCHGROVE Wetherspoons hosted Swansea brewery Tomos Watkin on Wednesday in a “meet the brewer” event. Pub-goers welcomed head brewer Alex Cunningham, deputy... Read More