A CARDIFF Assembly Member hit out today at suggestions all primary school children should receive free school meals, saying the scheme would be unaffordable for Wales. Jenny Randerson AM slammed a study by trade union GMB which suggested trials of free school meals for all primary school pupils in two English councils should be extended across the UK.

A wheelchair basketball club in Cardiff is looking for new members. Cardiff Celts, who have two teams in the second and fourth divisions of the GB National League, are playing their next match on March 27 against the Essex Outlaws at the Eastern Leisure Centre, Llanrumney Avenue, and want to find new recruits.

Children from schools across Cardiff visited their local libraries this week to celebrate World Book Day.

And these year five pupils from St Paul’s Church in Wales Primary School, Grangetown, were one of 19 groups set loose in Grangetown Library, Havelock Place.

“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 …

It could be described as an own goal by Cardiff Council. Their flagship alley gating scheme, which this year had a £110,000 budget, has been widely praised by residents for its role in cutting crime. But the gates have another use, too – as playthings for youngsters.

A CARDIFF cafe to help deprived young people get back into employment is to reopen.

The Cardiff Council-owned Buzz Cafe in Penarth Road, Grangetown was once a colourful meeting place for young people, who could use the next-door information centre to learn new skills and get careers advice.

Now the managers have been given £9,000 in funding to revamp the venue after a leaky roof destroyed another room in the building.

Primary colours and popular film themes enchanted a crowd full of children at St David’s Hall in Cardiff tonight.

The one-night show by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Journeys and Adventures, was the perfect introduction to classical music for youngsters.