The owner of a popular Cardiff shop has announced it will close down to go online-only.
Irene Parow, of Rich and Rare on Cowbridge Road East, said she will continue to run the business through the internet after 13 successful years in Canton’s main shopping street.
The shop, which specialises in holy communion dresses and christening gowns, attracts customers from all over the world and holds regular fashion shows and exhibitions.
Ms Parow, 58, said the shop will probably close its doors at the end of May and operate solely through its website.
She …

Palestinian olives were on the menu in Cardiff today as part of Fairtrade Fortnight.
Speakers from Oxfam and the Palestinian Farmers Union addressed shoppers in ethical store Fair Do’s in Canton and told them they were helping 9,000 farmers in Palestine by purchasing olives and olive oil from the Middle East.
Thomas Cazalis, co-ordinator of the union’s olive oil programme, said the industry was vital for the farmers. He said: “There is a meaning beyond the product itself. It’s a question of dignity for the farmers and opening the world to these …

“This building” says co-ordinator Billy Hillman “is like the Tardis. It’s bigger on the inside than it looks from the outside.” He is talking about Eastmoors Community Education Centre, and it’s hard to disagree with him: beyond the building’s unassuming facade it’s truly surprising how much the centre has to offer the people of the area.
Located on Sanquhar Street in Splott, Eastmoors from the outside looks like any other community centre you may find in deprived inner-city areas around the UK. The range of facilities available to the children and …

An exhibition to celebrate Cardiff and East Glamorgan Girlguiding has opened to celebrate the centenary of the movement.
The exhibition, which began on Tuesday March 2,  is being held at The Cardiff Story exhibition space in the Old Library, Hayes, and will celebrate the girl guides history throughout the UK and the world.
The Cardiff Story spokesman Jim Groves said: “On display there are different examples of camping methods used by the Guides from the 1950s up to the futuristic look of 2050, and they’ve got a dragon boat which was used …

Flow-Dem Crew – It Doesn\’t Matter
Students from a Cardiff school were rewarded for their success in a European video project by a trip to BBC Wales’s studios on Monday February 22.
Pupils from Willows High School in Tremorfa came first in the INDIE Goes Mobile competition held by the British Council to promote awareness of diversity and social cohesion.
They beat students from 47 other schools across the EU to claim the prize of a day being shown round the BBC’s Llandaff North studios and the sets of such shows as Pobol …

The Welsh Communist Party will contest the Cardiff South and Penarth parliamentary seat at the next general election.
Rob Griffiths, the party’s general secretary in Britain since 1998 , has been chosen to run against controversial Labour MP Alun Michael, who was embroiled in the MPs’ expenses scandal.
Mr Griffiths currently lives in Splott and attended Bryn Hafod primary school in Llanrumney, where he grew up. He has been an activist for the Communist Party across Wales and England since 1983, and has also attended party conferences throughout the world, recently returning …

PROTESTORS picketed outside a Cardiff nightclub last night against the final of the Miss University GB final which was being held inside.
The protest, organised by the National Union of Students women’s campaign, was a continuation of their campaign against objectification in student unions. About 25 people, men and women, gathered outside Oceana nightclub in Cardiff city centre, with placards and leaflets with slogans such as “Mark my essays not my looks” and “Lectures not letching”, before the final was due to begin at 6.30pm.

A CAR burst into flames on a busy dual carriageway in Cardiff today.

South Wales fire and rescue service were called at midday to the Cardiff bay-bound carriageway of Dunleavey Drive, Grangetown, after a black Volkswagen caught on fire.

It is Cardiff as you have never seen it before – transformed into a toy town by a keen photographer.

Mark Rosoman snapped alternative landmarks like the IKEA store and the Royal Mail sorting office in Penarth Road, Grangetown, using a special technique called “tilt shift” to make them look as if they had been shrunk.

The BBC’s announcement to axe Radio Station 6 Music today has angered listeners and musicians throughout the UK. The BBC Introducing programme, run through 6 music, has helped many Welsh bands by giving them a platform and radio air time.
This is the only chance for bands, like Cardiff’s Decimals, who played at last year’s Swn festival at the Cardiff Arts Institute, to get recognition and build their fan base and without the radio station local artists will suffer.

Cardiff council has moved to curb the soaring number of taxis in the city today – against the legal advice of its own officers.
The decision was made at a meeting of the council’s Public Protection Committee this afternoon. The public gallery was crammed with taxi drivers, who had organised a protest about the issue outside County Hall before the meeting started.
Current policy is to issue a taxi license to any applicant with a vehicle that meets the council’s standards. But drivers say this has led to a huge rise in the number of taxis in the city over the past two years, to almost 1,000.

Cardiff Devils forward Tylor Michel hit both goals in Sunday’s 4-2 Challenge Cup final first leg defeat to Nottingham Panthers – but he can’t get the mistake he made out of his head.
With the Devils trailing 3-2 late in the third period, Tylor’s misplaced pass on the powerplay led to a shorthanded goal for Panthers skipper Danny Meyers.
And the Canadian is struggling to shake-off the frustration.