Cardiff, United Kingdom Travel News

ST FAGANS Museum has become the first major tourist attraction in Wales to join a scheme which welcomes breastfeeding mothers.

A UK Cabinet meeting held in Cardiff last June cost more than 77,000 plus VAT, it has emerged, leading to claims of expensive gimmickry.

This year children's Christmas lists seem to be longer than ever, but 60 years ago you would have been lucky to get an orange and a book.

A SUCCESSFUL Christmas for high street retailers could signal a boost in consumer confidence for next year, experts claimed yesterday as towns and cities across Wales experienced one of their busiest weekends of the year.

IT MAY be only a matter of weeks since he left office, but moves are already afoot to erect a statue of Rhodri Morgan.

RAIL bosses have pledged to ensure trains keep running after signal workers walked out yesterday on the first day of a six-day strike.

WALES' first IMAX theatre opens to the public tonight. Featuring a floor-to-ceiling silver screen and laser aligned digital sound, the cutting-edge new cinema at Cardiff Bay' s Odeon will launch with James Cameron's highly anticipated Avatar in 3D.

EXTRA police will be deployed on the streets of Cardiff tomorrow to deal with Black Friday.

CHRISTMAS shoppers are fighting back against the recession, according to new figures showing greater numbers are hitting the high street than this time last year.

FOR the 18th year in a row, Cardiff's St David's Hall has put together an interesting cross section of artists, most of whom have exhibited there at some point in the last 12 months.

Having successfully run the popular Joie de Vivre boutique market for over 18 months, joint founders Belinda Thomas and Kathryn Brock decided it was time to bring their sumptuous goodies to the high street, just in time for Christmas.

FOOTED teenager has twisted, shimmied and tapped his way from Riverside to Riverdance.

TRADERS seem to be benefiting from increased footfall in the arcades, but what brings the shoppers to Cardiff? Caterina Bertelli, 47, is originally from Florence, Italy, but she has recently moved to Cardiff with her Welsh husband.

THE number of people using Cardiff's newest park and ride has more than doubled since it opened.

A BODY found near one of Cardiff's busiest shopping streets has been identified as a 33-year-old man.

THE witch of the mist, Celtic omens of death and a serpent in the River Taff are a few of the ghostly tales awaiting those who brave a new Cardiff ghost walk.

PAUL Willicombe is always the first to volunteer to deliver Christmas cards to some of the more far flung corners of the globe.

Educated: Brynteg Comprehensive School, Bridgend; University of Wales, Aberystwyth ; Inns of Court School of Law, London Previous employment: A barrister in chambers in Cardiff, he was also a professional tutor at Cardiff University Law School Pre-Assembly political career: Bridgend councillor for five years, including a year chairing the Labour ...

YOUNGSTER Steffan Dawe has floated his way to first place in our hugely popular Echo on Tour competition.

YOU can take the girl out of Wales but can you ever really take Wales out of the girl? When I was given the opportunity to go back to my roots and rediscover Cardiff, combined with a trip to The Great British Cheese Festival, I jumped at the chance.