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Lost and stray dogs from across Cardiff will soon be able to live in luxury while they wait to be reunited with their owners or permanently rehomed, after a fundraising campaign spearheaded by local charity the Rescue Hotel
An expanded bus service with cheaper £1 fares, a new tram network, and enhanced regional links could soon be part of a cleaner, greener, and more modern transport system for Cardiff. Yet these changes may only become possible if a road user payment...
17/04/23 - Cardiff Road User Payment Scheme
What is being proposed and why
Since October last year, a further 30,000 trees have been planted in Cardiff as part of the Coed Caerdydd project.
An aerial map of trees is helping Cardiff Council reduce the risk of surface water flooding.
Cardiff Council has cut its direct carbon emissions by 13% since 2019/20 according to a review of its One Planet Cardiff response to the climate emergency, which sets out its updated priorities for action.
A four-wheel drive mobility service will launch at Parc Cefn Onn next year as work on a £660,000 project to conserve the parks heritage and improve access and facilities for visitors reaches completion.
A green-fingered gardener working in some of Cardiff’s most loved parks has been named ‘Apprentice of the Year.’
A flock of endangered Boreray sheep, bred by a fifteen-year-old girl, have been shipped to Flat Holm to help the island’s shrinking colony of lesser black-backed gulls recover.
Cardiff Dogs Home has been praised by the RSPCA who recognised the standard of kennelling, and the way stray dogs are looked after at the Cardiff Council facility with two PawPrints Awards.
Thousands of new trees will be planted in Cardiff over the next six months, at more than 150 different locations including parks, green spaces, community hubs, schools and streets.
30/09/22 - The Challenge Fund opens applications for a £2.1m sustainable food challenge to encourage innovation
The Challenge Fund, working in collaboration with Cardiff Council and Monmouthshire County Council, have opened applications for a new sustainable food production challenge.
Saying goodbye to friends, relatives and loved ones is always difficult but the pandemic, when the number of people allowed to attend funerals was strictly limited, made it even tougher.
02/09/22 - Cardiff Council Update: 2 September 2022
Here’s your Friday update, covering: WWE event road closures; Welsh language sports in the Summer of Fun; Brewery Park play area opens; Lord Mayor’s charity latest; help for parents with school essentials; new flower displays
19/08/22 - Lord Mayor’s charity is going to the dogs!
Having spent the past 10 years playing a vital part in helping Guide Dogs Cymru train its team of canine saviours, Cardiff Lord Mayor Graham Hinchey and his wife Anne knew exactly which charity should be at the centre of their fundraising year.
Thanks to an army of willing volunteers, 20,000 new trees have been planted in Cardiff since last autumn as part of a mass tree-planting programme aimed at supporting biodiversity and increasing tree canopy coverage in the city from 18.9% to 25%.
