This school year, a new scheme has been set up allowing the youth of Penarth to give something back and dispel the myths associated with their age bracket.

More than 100 commuters an hour could travel from Penarth to Cardiff by boat as a Cardiff company takes the first step towards having regular water bus services.

At 25 minutes, the journeys on a fleet of five £90,000 boats, which would run every 15 minutes between around 7am and 7pm and stop at Cardiff Central station and Bute Park, could be quicker than commuting by car.

Yet company owners have criticised the Cardiff Council-controlled Cardiff Harbour Authority, saying the boats could go twice as fast if speed restrictions on the River Taff were lifted.

Its rich, enticing aroma gives the whisky a lot to live up to in the flavour column, but it does not disappoint. Harsh and peaty yet enjoyable on the tongue, Ardbeg possesses a sweetness and depth which is difficult to quantify.

Shopkeepers in Penarth have shown their support for a new loyalty card scheme, which residents and organisers alike hope will help keep trade in the town.

Two of Penarth’s most prominent sports clubs have received a welcome boost with the news that their long-term future looks to be secure.
Both the Penarth Gymnastics and Boxing clubs were facing uncertain futures, but they will now be housed in St Paul’s Church on Arcot Street.
The Gymnastics Club which is run by 75-year-old former Olympian, Gwynned Lingard faced being left homeless as a result of the Pavilion Project which is coming into fruition. The club, which was set up by Mrs Lingard in 1961, has been based in the Grade II listed building on Penarth’s Pier for the last 10 years. But with the redevelopment of the Pavilion, the club was facing an uncertain future.
Dave Nebitt, the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council’s Operational Manager for Leisure and Tourism, said: “We’re at an exciting time in terms of the Penarth Pavilion development and the art centre there.
“But obviously that means the Gymnastics can no longer be there. St Paul’s Church is now vacant and housing the gymnastics club there is an option, with the possibility of including the boxing club in this.”
The Penarth Boxing Club has been housed at the church, which overlooks the Billybanks housing estate, for more than 35 years, and used to run alongside a martial arts club, whic has subsequently moved on.

Just days after Llandough Hospital was subjected to a damning report from the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW), diasbled Penarth councillor Alun Roberts has hit out at transport links to the hospital.

An ordinary man for ordinary people is how one Cardiff South and Penarth parliamentary candidate describes himself.
George Burke, has never stood in any kind of political election before, but the 58-year-old General Manager for Age Concern enterprises in Wales, was so incensed by the M.P. expenses scandal that he has decided to run for the parliamentary seat.
“Politics has always interested me it’s not a recent thing, but I suppose for the last three or four months I have been thinking about standing in the next general election,” said Mr Burke.
“I …

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.

South Wales’s independent lifeboat service’s are going orange today (Fri) in a bid to raise awareness of the dangers of the open water.
The Severn Area Rescue Association (SARA), which has operated on the rivers and estuaries of the River Severn for 35 years, is one of more than 150 independent lifeboat associations across the UK.

An interview with Simon Hoare, the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth, at his home in Atlantic Wharf, Butetown.
Mr Hoare spoke about MPs’ expenses, his experiences of campaigning against Alun Michael, devolution in Wales, public sector cuts and the future of South Wales’s economy, among other topics.

An interview with Alun Michael, the MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, at his constituency office in Cathedral Road, Riverside.
Topics included the International Sports Village in Cardiff Bay, a hung parliament and working with Plaid Cymru, whether he has been damaged by the expenses scandal, devolution, fighting a general election through social media, and banning khat.