Good morning, Cardiff! I trust you all had enjoyable weekends? The Multicultural Mela took place this weekend in Cardiff Bay – see the photo above. The Adamsdown Community festival also took place. See some photos from the event here. What did you get up to this weekend? Add your photos to the Guardian Cardiff Flickr group here.
Today Cardiff Council with Tidy Towns has launched a campaign to clamp down on car littering in the city – with fines up to £75 possible. The council is calling on residents to be vigilant and report roadside litterers to Connect 2 Cardiff. The campaign hopes to tackle litter from car drivers to reduce the amount of rubbish on the roadsides.
Executive member for environment, Margaret Jones, said:
"The aim of this Tidy Towns project is to try and raise awareness of the environmental damage that littering on our main roads can cause. We continue to see a minority of motorists dropping rubbish from their windows as they drive in and out of the city and by both spreading the message that littering is a crime and encouraging people to report what they see, we really hope this will lead to a significant reduction in the problem."
What's making Cardiff tick today?
Billy the Seal - one of Cardiff's oldest residents - is on show at the National Museum in skeleton form. The seal lived in the pool in Victoria Park and became a popular attraction. Read the BBC Wales report.
In sport Cardiff City drew with Sheffield Utd this weekend to kick off the season – Cardiff City online has the match report.
Welsh Icons looks at the project launched by Cardiff University and the National Library of Wales this week to document Welsh ballads online and make them freely available to the public.
Babylon Wales looks at the life of Lorne Lesley who hailed from Cardiff Docks and hoped to follow Shirley Bassey's footsteps.
Plans for a new hotel at the Cardiff City stadium complex, which still owes £750,000 to the council, have been submitted to Cardiff Council, reports WalesOnline.
On WalesHome, Barry Taylor considers the positive remnants bringing the National Eisteddfod to Blaenau Gwent has left on residents – reinvigorating the Welsh language and culture. Read the post in full here.
On the politics blog David Taylor delivers his first audio postcard from Australia where he is followng the Australian election with Barry girl Julia Gillard.
Over on National Theatre Wales Community blog there's a call for dancers for a piece to be performed in foyers across Wales. Find out more here.
Buzz Magazine reviews Gruff Rhys v Tony da Gattora at Clwb Ifor Bach last week.
Eye on Cardiff spotlights a Cardiff campaign to stop bullying in the city.
The third in his series on Cardiff graffiti characters, DJ Leekee looks at the notorious 'Spades' creatures which are dotted all over Cardiff. Lee Smith also looks at other online videos celebrating Welsh towns after the Newport State of Mind viral video on his blog.
On Fix My Street Cardiff rubbish is plaguing the streets in Grangetown – you can report your street problems to the council here (no names or number plates please!) or tell us about them in comments below.
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