Good morning Cardiff!
Wales rugby team will be having an open session today at the Millennium Stadium.
Today Cardiff Central AM Jenny Randerson will be 'wearing it pink' as part of an awareness raising campaign for Breast Cancer. Supporters are asked to don an item of pink today and donate £2 to breast cancer research.
Randerson said:
"It is estimated that there are around 22,000 women and 150 men alive in Wales that have been diagnosed with breast cancer. I know people who have lost friends and family members to the disease and would like to encourage everyone in Cardiff and throughout the country to support wear it pink on October 29, to raise valuable funds for breast cancer research."
What's on this weekend? Send us your links and events and we'll add them to the weekend round-up.
What's making Cardiff today?
Cardiff's cherished arcades have threatened to sue Cardiff council for thousands of pounds of damages following loss to their business due to the city centre roadworks.
The first contra-flow cycle lane will be created in Penarth to link the town through the Pont Y Werin bridge to Cardiff – a route which was jeopardised due to the one way system, reports the Penarth Times. Councillor for transport Jeff James said:
"The scheme is identified as a core route linking with Pont y Werin and will ensure that continued good progress is made on the provision of cycling links within Penarth."
The Dig Issue writes about blogging for Guardian Cardiff on the city's allotments.
We Are Cardiff has a new post up today – this time it's Tom Wentworth's story. See it on the blog here.
A councillor on the Welsh Local Government Association has questioned whether councils in Wales will be able to meet the Welsh Assembly Government targets of 70% of waste being recycled.
Adam Walton blogs on negotiating Cardiff venues as well as drink and three days of music explosion to make it through the final instalment of Swn festival.
Claire Scantlebury weighs up the news the UK is leading the world in e-commerce while 25% of firms in Wales have no website at all. Read her blogpost here.
On newsoundwales they spotlight Jimi Alexander's return to Cardiff in December.
Prospective Lib Dem assembly member for Cardiff north Matt Smith has blogged about the recent decision by the Welsh Assembly Government to overrule Cardiff council planning committee and allow Cathays supermarket store Lidl to open on Sundays.
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