Good morning Cardiff!
Today the full council meeting will now take place at County Hall at 4.30pm after a software failure affected webcasting systems at City Hall. The hot topic of the meeting is the council's Local Development Plan – proposed to be scrapped. Cardiff Council's development in the city was has been put under the spotlight this week with the BBC Week In Week Out programme causing a flurry of comments as well as revelations about the consultation process for the plan to build new houses on brownfield sites.
Last night's pact meeting in Plasnewydd focused on problematic parking around City Road – with a traffic warden sweep in this area to take place today and new figures for illegal parking released by South Wales Police here. I'll be bringing you the report from the meeting soon.
Tonight Cardiff Twestival will open its doors to Tweeters and non-Tweeters alike – with the local slant on the global event kicking off at 8pm at Buffalo bar. The big attraction, aside from stomping tunes from Bethan Elfyn and friends, has got to be the bumper prize packages on offer all with a delightful Cardiff flavour. Read our feature on the event here.
One of the Wales' most eminent scientists and the former co-chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will give a keynote speech on global warming at Cardiff University. Sir John Houghton will give a lecture on Climate Change at 6pm in the Wallace Lecture Theatre, Main Building, Cardiff University.
Pecha Kucha Cardiff is on tonight at Chapter Arts Centre. A bit like Ignite Cardiff, speakers and derived from the Japenese word for 'chit chat', Pecha Kucha allows speakers to share their knowledge through 20 images shown for 20 seconds each. The event starts at 6.30pm and you can read more details here.
From the Horses Mouth by Spectacle Theatre is on tonight at 7.30pm at Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Romilly Road, Canton. Read more about it here.
In the news, Welsh Assembly Government have approved plans to replace Llanrumney and Rumney high schools and build a new school on Rumney recreation ground, reports BBC Wales.
Penarth's eyesore estate the Billybanks have been named the ugliest building in Wales and eighth worst in Britain, reports WalesOnline.
On the blogs, postgraduate students from University of Glamorgan's journalism courses at the Atrium have started a new community blog for Adamsdown. Adamsdownhere will document news, events and local dramas in the area and is seeking local contributors from the area.
Robert Crich has reviewed The Hidden Cameras, supported by Cardiff's very own The School, at the Gate on Monday. Crich called The School "dreamy, neat-pop and Phil Spectre Wall-of-Sound style is more impressive than ever." Read the full review on yourCardiff.
