Cardiff Council could be in line for a major shake up following draft proposals to redraw ward boundaries, in a move which one councillor labelled “gerrymandering”.

THE FIGHT over the future of a Cardiff green space will continue tonight at a potentially-fractious public meeting.
The Rumney Recreation Ground has been the subject of much vitriol over the past two years, with battle lines being drawn between the community and the council.
The council want to build a new school at the site, knocking down Rumney and Llanrumney high schools in the process, while the residents of the area have been battling to oppose the plans.
Chairman of the Rumney Recreation & Eastern Leisure Centre (REEL) Action Group has accused …

A HISTORIC Cardiff pub is to be demolished to make way for a Tesco, an industry insider has revealed.
The Carpenters Arms, in Newport Road, Llanrumney, was originally built in 1872 as a coach house and has been a pub since the 1960s.
Since being shut down more than a year ago it has been the subject of intense speculation among residents.
Although the company handling the sale, Horace John, Forse & Co, have only dealt with the buyer’s representative, a sales negotiator at a nation-wide estate agent has confirmed Tesco have finalised …

AN ORGANISATION responsible for running community projects throughout Cardiff has been heavily condemned by a Government committee, even though local people have called it a success.

The Communites First project, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government, has spent £214million of tax payers’ money since its launch in 2001, and a report published yesterday suggests, after severe managerial failures, there is no justification for its existence.

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.

RESIDENTS in a Cardiff community are terrified to speak up about anti-social behaviour, despite police increasing measures for them to do so.
Residents in lower Llanrumney have recently been besieged by children’s stone throwing and, despite police organising a special street meeting in the problem area this evening, people are still afraid to speak out for fear of being targeted in the future.
One group in a Llanrumney cafe said they understood why people would not want to go to either Police and Communities Together meetings, or any specially-organised street forums.
One …

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.

A Cardiff-based Welsh Assembly initiative has used an X Factor style talent show to help battle anti-social behaviour.
Last Tuesday, Rumney Community Centre staged Rumney’s Got Talent, a talent show for young people run in conjunction with the Communities’ First Programme. The show was the culmination of four weeks of free workshops and auditions.
The performances were outstanding with a selection of aspiring singers, hip-hop dancers and improvised freestyle rappers competing to impress the judges.
Codie Davenport, 15, took the top prize, the chance to perform on Radio Cardiff and a £30 gift …

A meeting between Cardiff Council and residents living above a Cardiff row of shops is being held tomorrow (Tuesday) in attempt to solve the recent security issues in the area.

Cardiff officials have dismissed the case for legalising heroin, made yesterday by the leader of Carmarthenshire council, as both impractical and unrealistic — though a senior council official has advised against hysteria from either side of the debate.

Reacting to the comments, made by Meryl Gravell OBE, leader of Carmarthenshire county council, Cardiff councillor Heather Joyce said she saw no logic behind making hard drugs legal.