Author Archives: Lynne Thomas
StarGarAllot Community Allotment in Tremorfa named as one of country’s best green spaces
Keep Wales Tidy has unveiled this year’s Green Flag Award winners – the international mark of a quality park or green space – and Tremorfa is one of the selected sites. StarGarAllot Community Allotment has been awarded the prestigious Green Flag Community Award in recognition of its dedicated volunteer involvement, high environmental standards and commitment […]
£25m Coastal Protection Scheme proposed for East Cardiff
Details have been released of how a multi-million pound flood defence designed to cope with a one-in-200-year storm, and rising sea levels caused by climate change, could be built to protect the south east of Cardiff. Plans for the £25m coastal protection scheme, on the banks of the River Rhymney, have been released by Cardiff […]
Tremorfa Pantry tries for Tombola World Record!
A local organisation is attempting a Guinness World Record and needs your help! Tremorfa Community Pantry, a group of like-minded individuals whose aim is to save food from landfill and deliver it to people in our community in order to battle food insecurity. They run lots of activities to help empower people within the community […]
Willows High School celebrated for helping others in the community
Over the last 18 months we’ve learnt that kindness counts. Pupils at Willows High School certainly put this into practice in the classroom as part of a project at the end of last term. The Genius Hour project, led by Mr. Roberts, and in partnership with First Give – a programme that inspires and empowers […]
Cardiff residents will continue to receive monthly garden waste collections from September 7th
Residents are advised to check the council website – www.cardiff.gov.uk/gardenwaste – or the Cardiff Gov app, to find out when their garden waste is going to be collected in each area of the city. As well as the monthly kerbside garden waste collections, garden waste can continue to be brought to recycling centres at Lamby Way and […]
Night-time road works start to reopen Castle Street to traffic
Road works will start on Castle Street on the evening of Sunday September 5th, with the aim to re-open the road to general traffic by the end of October. While these works take place throughout the night, Castle Street will remain open to taxis and buses to travel one-way, from Cowbridge Road and Westgate Street […]
Latest on Covid restrictions
Wales’ first minister, Mark Drakeford, has today announced his plan to lift some Covid restrictions this summer. Restrictions in Wales are easing from this Saturday, with further easing planned from the 7th August, but Wales has some key differences from England, most notably that people should still work from home wherever possible and face coverings […]
From Adamsdown to Aberystwyth!
The Pearls of Pearl St chosen for arts exhibition at prestigious Welsh gallery. The Oriel Lockdown Exhibition at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre celebrates the value that the arts have played over the period of the pandemic. With most of us confined to our houses and the local vicinity, the team behind the expo noticed on […]
Willows High teacher wins prestigious UK award
Inspirational Willows High School teacher, Joseph Gill, has won the Silver Award in The Award for Outstanding New Teacher of the Year and is honoured as schools across the country celebrate Thank a Teacher Day to highlight families’ gratitude to school staff. Selected from thousands of nominations, Joseph Gill has been honoured as one of […]