Good morning Cardiff!
Today there'll be live body painting at Kings Square in Barry from 12-3pm.
As part of the local council's new events season the faces of Gavin and Stacey, who have since made the seaside town famous, are set to be painted directly onto models in the middle of the town's busiest shopping street by world contest-winning body artist Raphaelle.
Cardiff Council will host an open evening for those interested in fostering children at County Hall from 5.30pm today – read more here.
Also tonight, Tremofa will hold it's partnerships and communities meeting at Tremorfa Community Centre and the Cardiff Transition Project will be meeting at Zero Degrees for their new Give & Take night following the success of Show & Tell.
What's making Cardiff tick today?
In the news, Cardiff Bay visitors centre, known locally as The Tube, will move to its new home at the Wales Millennium Centre to make way for new developments around Roath Basin.
In September it will re-open as the newest centre in the Visit Wales's 'Tourist Information Centre' (TIC) Network. The council plans to store the old Tube structure, should funding be found to update and restore the building at a later date, with a possible option of having it on the Graving Docks, overlooking the waters edge.
Celebrating your exam results? If you have a story send it to us by emailing cardiff.local@guardian.co.uk WalesOnline features pupils from Whitchurch High School. Living Mags looks at the results from pupils at Cathedral school in the ward.
One residents in Roath is so frustrated at having nowhere to park on his road, and the parking fines which have ensued, he's vowed to go to prison rather than pay off the tickets, reports WalesOnline.
America company Western Power Distribution has been accused of intimidation tactics by requesting Llanishen Reservoir campaigners' correspondence to the Welsh Assembly in a freedom of information request. Cardiff North AM Jonathan Morgan called it a "juvenile way for a major company to behave." Read the report online here.
ITV Wales looks at a week in the life of Craig Bellamy who joined Cardiff City this time last week.
Living Magazines reports the Serenade card shop in Rhiwbina has won a prestigious business award.
The Sprout features local Cardiff band Inconsiderate Parking on a photo shoot on the back streets of Cardiff Bay. Read the article here.
The Joy Collective looks at Deborah Withers latest instalment on at Chapter Arts Centre.
A digital media training centre is set to open in Cardiff to support creative industries in the city – Creative Boom Cardiff has more.
Still scrubbing the mud from your jeans following a sleepless but music-filled weekend at Green Man Festival? Neil Cocker has written up his experience here and Bethan Elfyn notes her highlights on BBC WalesMusic here.
In Parliament Jonathan Evans, MP for Cardiff North asks why counselling services have been drawn in his constituency and Cardiff West.
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