Here is your Friday update, covering:

• Caerau and Ely Secure £20m Pride in Place Investment

• Conservation work to improve Bute Park woodland to begin as part of National Forest status bid

• Registration opens for ‘Switch Together’ solar scheme

• Travel advice for the Guinness Men's Six Nations Championship 2026 at Principality Stadium

• Progress Continues on Major Coastal Defence Scheme

• Construction work on Castle Street improvements to begin in February.

Here is your Friday update, covering:

·      Continued investment in high rise fire safety

·      Estyn praises Ysgol Gymraeg Treganna

·      New ‘housing with care’ apartments for older people open in St Mellons

·      Illegal Dog Breeders Sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court

• Wales National Ceremony to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

• ‘Shape My Street, Shape My School’ wins Inspire Future Generations Awards 2025

• Applications for 2026 nursery places now open.

Here is your Tuesday update, covering:

·      Cardiff to host final UK stage of 2027 Tour De France

·      Education Performance Report 2024/25 published - highlighting strong outcomes and major system reform

·      A new era for Cantonian High School as doors open for pupils on first day

·      Major progress in transforming the city’s education estate revealed in new report

Here is your Friday update, covering:

• Sole Director of Supertramp Ltd Spared Prison After Breaching Suspended Sentence

• Danescourt Primary School: Strong leadership, inclusive ethos and high-quality learning says Estyn

• Engagement on sustainable growth of Welsh-medium secondary education

• New charter to protect migrant care workers and promote fair work

Here is your Tuesday update, covering:

·      Applications Now Open for Primary School Places – September 2026

·      Cardiff Council supports National Supported Lodgings Week 2025 to help young people find stability and independence

·      Solar power boost for Cardiff’s leisure centres

·      Celebrating Living Wage Week: “It’s More Than a Number”

Here is your Tuesday update, covering:

·       Wales Prepares for National Remembrance Sunday Ceremony in Cardiff

·       Cardiff Castle to host 2025 Welsh National Field of Remembrance

·       Travel advice for the Welsh Rugby Autumn Internationals at Principality Stadium

·       Cardiff’s urban forest set to grow again: 30,000 new trees to be planted by spring 2026

Beats, bites and bright lights as historic Market transforms into Cardiff Music City Festival Night Market

Cardiff’s historic Central Market will transform into a vibrant, music-filled night-time destination as part of the Cardiff Music City Festival, with a free, open-to-all night market taking place during the Sŵn Festival weekend (Thursday 16^th – Saturday 18^th October).

For three special evenings only, the Grade II listed Victorian market will come alive after its usual opening hours, welcoming visitors to enjoy a unique cultural experience that blends music, food and art, under its iconic glass roof.

This exciting event invites festival-goers and curious passers-by to dip in and out of Sŵn and other Cardiff Music City Festival events, creating a fluid, festival atmosphere in the city centre.

Read more here

Cardiff Council Update: 07 October 2025

Here is your Friday update, covering:

• Cardiff joins global Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign

• Applications open for second round of Cardiff’s Grassroots Music Venue Fund

• Bryn Celyn Primary School officially opens community shop and growing provision

Here is your Friday update, covering:

• ‘Little Gigs’ back with a bang at Cardiff Music City Festival 2025

• Oakfield Primary School leads the way in eco-education and sustainability

• Road closures for the Oysho Cardiff Half Marathon on October 5th

• Road closures for the Oysho Cardiff Half Marathon on October 5th 

• New community allotment plot providing Cancer support

• Cardiff Council Parks team celebrate national recognition at APSE Service Awards 2025

• Ty’r Groes: Cardiff’s second state-of-the-art Community Living Scheme for older people

• New era for housing delivery in Cardiff and Vale

• Cardiff launches new guidance to help keep schools and educational settings safe

• Cardiff Council Acts to Restrict Junk Food Advertising

• From foundations to futures: Willows High marks construction milestone

• New Gaming Den at St Mellons Youth Club delivered through Ysgol Cynefin school build project

         Academy Music Group to operate St David’s Hall

·            Decision made on future of concerts at Blackweir Fields

·            Cardiff Schools Celebrate National Recognition for Innovative Food Hour Project

Here is your Tuesday update, covering:

• Cardiff Bay Rugby Codebreakers statue updated to honour Sir Billy Boston’s Knighthood

• Cardiff Music City Festival 2025: two weeks of music, performance and innovation

• New Welsh-Medium Nursery at Ysgol Gymraeg Coed-Y-Gof

• Fairwater Community Campus reaches major milestone with Health and Wellbeing block handover

Here is your Friday update, covering:

• Council commits to tackling £38.4m budget shortfall

• Independent Review Praises Cardiff Council as a ‘Good and Ambitious Council’ with a ‘Can-do and Optimistic’ Culture

• Plan Ahead: Cardiff 10K & Tour of Britain Road Closures

Here is your Friday update, covering:

• Cardiff's New Indoor Arena Gets Final Go Ahead

• Local children help shape designs for new sport and games facility in Hailey Park

• Litter Bins set for a Revamp to Encourage People to Dispose of Litter Responsibly

• Community building grants awarded to 14 Cardiff organisations