Good morning Cardiff
More protests are planned for today – including Libyan Cardiffians planning to take their plight to the Senedd. A number of protests took place in the city yesterday – we'll be bringing you videos and photos from the anti-cuts demonstration outside City Hall as well as a summary of the news from the budget debate.
The Green party spring conference will kick off today in Cardiff – with leader of the Welsh Green party Jake Griffiths giving a keynote speech. Griffiths will be standing as lead Green candidate for South Wales Central, with the aim of becoming the first Green member of the Welsh Assembly on 5 May.
The conference will run at the Barcelo Hotel until Monday and is the start of the spring conference season in the capital – with the Conservative party conference due to take place in Cardiff next week from 4 March at the Swalec stadium.
Hywel Thomas a spokesperson for Cardiff & Co, the organisation charged with promoting the city said:
"We are naturally very pleased that the Green party has decided to bring its spring conference to Cardiff – further testament to the city's growing reputation as one of the UK's most popular conference locations.
"It seems fitting that this event is being held in a city recognised both for its excellent access by public transport and for its green and open spaces."
Today there will also be a psychic reading session at Cardiff central library and a fund raising quiz held at Cardiff charity Pedal Power headquarters from 7.30pm. See our community calendar for more details. Friends of Hailey Park will be holding conservation work in the park today and on 27 Februaryy find out the details here.
Have you got an event on in the city over the weekend? Leave details in this open thread below for others to see.
In the news and on the blogosphere
Did you see our announcement for this year's Talk About Local unconference – put the date in your diary – it will be on 2 April 2011 at the Atrium. See what the unconference is all about and what the last one in Leeds was like on Guardian Leeds here.
Cardiff City Centre blog is look for a blogger to run the hyperlocal site – find out more here.
A Penarth businessman has described the council decision to dig up pavements around his town centre shop – only months after the area was redeveloped - as 'madness' - read the report on Penarth Times here.
Cardiff Rivers Group blogs about the latest clean up of Radyr Weir where 13 volunteers collected 37 sacks of rubbish, five trolleys, one kids scooter, a car tyre, carpet, scrap metal, a bumper and a plastic road barrier.
Marc Thomas from Plastik Magazine interviews Cardiff entrepreneur Neil Cocker.
Lee Smith photographs the Cardiff Libyans protesting over Gaddafi's regime in the city centre.
Welsh Icons details the events for Fairtrade fortnight - the capital was the first city to be given Fairtrade city status.
WalesOnline reports how 12 roads likened to farm tracks in Canton are to be given a new pothole treatment following calls from the community.
Council leader Rodney Berman has pledged to continue to fight to save the Llanishen reservoir – WalesOnline reports.
Want to go behind the scenes at the new Royal College of Welsh Music and Drama building? Read this blogpost.
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