Forking out £5.50 everyday to get home seems extreme but it is a reality hundreds of Welsh people who work across the Severn estuary face on a daily basis.
Since 1966 the Severn Bridge has allowed easy passage between Wales and England and as a result it has connected Wales with the rest of the UK, but this has come with a high price tag for those who use the bridge on a regular basis. In November 2009 an e-petition was started in an attempt to gain support for a campaign to get tolls on the Severn Crossing reduced.

Deep in the heart of the South Wales countryside, a handful of men gather once a month at what they like to call the headquarters of the Welsh space agency. But this secret location is not an underground bunker, or a darkened room filled with maps. It is the Rose Inn in Redwick. This quiet village pub is home to the country’s top rocketeers.

A Cardiff Bay sports centre has had to put up new fencing after a spate of break-ins resulted in more than £12,000 worth of equipment being stolen, including a tandem bike. The Cardiff Bay Water Activity Centre in Jim Driscoll Way, Grangetown, has been broken into three times in the last month. Five Raleigh mountain bikes and four black Ridgeback NX3s worth £300 each and a silver tandem bike worth between £500 and £600 were stolen in the early hours of March 1.

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.

The dragon writhed and roared destroying the offerings placed before its voracious maw. Well, almost. Chinese new year celebrations kicked into full swing this weekend as members of the Cardiff Chinese Cultural Association organised and performed the Dragon Dance on Cardiff’s Tudor Street.

The regeneration of a Cardiff community will begin within three months after a construction contractor was appointed, it was announced yesterday.

Cardiff Community Health Council also announced its provision for healthcare services within the development.

Leadbitter have been confirmed as the contractors for the Loudoun Square regeneration, in Butetown, and work is scheduled to start in May.

Llandaff North is to get a fresh lick of paint with the introduction of The Boiler House, a graffiti project organised by a Cardiff group called Peaceful Progress.
Bryce Davies, 26, a founding member of Peaceful Progress, has recently bought an old boiler house on Andrews Road which has been gutted and painted white to use as a free art space.
Mr Davies needed to buy a new studio space and decided to open up the area for the public.
The site consists of an art gallery, supplies store and a huge studio …