Good morning Cardiff!
Cardiff council's planning committee will take place at 2.30pm today at City Hall. YourCardiff did a round up of what's on the agenda here.
The Oxfam Christmas gig will take place tonight at 10 Feet Tall. With live music and three acts, and all profits going to Oxfam – what better way to get you into the Christmas spirit. See the Facebook event here.
Fabler Theatre Company presents four short plays by Cardiff-based playwright Adam Timms tonight at Chapter Arts Centre. Sad, comic, and absurdist plays regarding race, sports, containment and chemotherapy; these script-held performances have been developed by local directors, and feature a selection of Cardiff's finest actors. The event is free, turn up at the Media Point from 7pm.
A festive afternoon is planned at Waterloo tea gardens today, in Penylan from 4.30pm - in support of Sherman Cymru's redevelopment campaign – read more on Buzz Magazine here.
What's making Cardiff tick today?
Find Christmas shopping in the city centre too much? Wanting to curl into foetal position at the checkout in John Lewis? This post by Loren Cotter on yourCardiff gives you an alternative city centre Christmas shopping guide.
Health officials are investigating a high number of cases of flu, including swine flu, at a school in Cardiff. More than 120 cases of sickness absence have been recorded at the independent Llandaff Cathedral School in the last two weeks. Read the BBC Wales report here.
Lucy Sherriff writes this guest blog for ITV Wales on the current feelings of traders in Cardiff's arcades.
On The Sprout, this blogpost asks you to spare a thought for the homeless in Cardiff this Christmas – and looks in particular at the new home on St Mary Street as well as the Huggard day centre in Butetown.
Ministers have decided against electrifying the main railway line into South Wales, according to a senior director of Network Rail, reports WalesOnline.
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