9th September 2025
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
Cardiff Bay Rugby Codebreakers statue updated to honour Sir Billy Boston’s Knighthood
The celebrated Cardiff Bay Rugby Codebreakers statue has been updated to reflect the recent knighthood of one of Wales’s greatest sporting icons – Billy Boston – now formally recognised as Sir William John Boston KBE.
Sir Billy and members of his family joined members of the Cardiff Bay Rugby Codebreakers Committee behind the statue’s installation at Landsea Square in Cardiff Bay, to see the new plaque unveiled and recognise Sir Billy’s extraordinary achievements in sport and his impact on race relations across Britain.
Cardiff Music City Festival 2025: two weeks of music, performance and innovation
Cardiff’s long, hot summer of music may be coming to an end, but music fans don’t have long to wait before music once again takes centre stage in the capital. As autumn takes hold and the nights draw in, Cardiff Music City Festival will return for its second year, showcasing local artists alongside the very best of Wales’ creative spirit, alongside internationally renowned artists and emerging talent.
Running from 3rd – 18th October, the festival promises to be a two week-long celebration of gigs, happenings, talks, installations and pop-ups, harnessing the power of music, performance and tech to unite and inspire.
New Welsh-Medium Nursery at Ysgol Gymraeg Coed-Y-Gof
Cardiff Council has announced plans to extend the age range at Ysgol Gymraeg Coed-Y-Gof, introducing a Welsh-medium nursery class for children aged 3 - 4 years from September 2026. The proposal follows a comprehensive public consultation that revealed overwhelming support for the initiative.
The new nursery provision aims to strengthen early years education through the Welsh language, aligning with the Council’s Welsh in Education Strategic Plan (WESP) and the Welsh Government’s “Cymraeg 2050” strategy. The initiative is designed to improve access to Welsh-medium education, support early language development, and promote continuity from nursery to primary education.
Fairwater Community Campus reaches major milestone with Health and Wellbeing block handover
Cardiff Council has celebrated a significant milestone in the development of the Fairwater Community Campus, with the successful handover of the Health and Wellbeing block in August 2025. This marks a major step forward in the delivery of one of the city’s most ambitious education infrastructure projects.
The largest project in scale and investment delivered by Cardiff and Welsh Government’s Sustainable Communities for Learning programme, the campus goes beyond the boundaries of traditional schooling, focusing on supporting the Curriculum for Wales and on seven areas; learning, arts, sports, post-16 education, inclusion, sustainability and community.
The campus will provide state-of-the-art facilities for Cantonian High School, Riverbank Special School and Woodlands High School, expanding capacity for both mainstream and Additional Learning Needs (ALN) pupils, offering modern learning environments, sports facilities, and community spaces.
