Morning Cardiff!
Waterloo Tea Gardens in Penylan will host a Fairtrade tea tasting evening at 6.30pm tonight - find out more details on their website here. Yesterday, as part of Fairtrade fortnight in Cardiff, olive oil farmers from Palestine visited Fair Do's in Canton to demonstrate how the local ethical shop was doing it's best to help 9,000 farmers, reports Capture Cardiff.
Yesterday the public protection committee issued a suspension on new licences for taxi cabs in the city, following a protest outside the meeting at County Hall. The increase in the number of taxis in the city has meant some drivers will 'cherry-pick' fares, according to Chief Inspector Steve Murray. Today, theSouth Wales Echo reports Cardiff Council's plea to make sure the public report taxi drivers who refuse fares starting and ending within Cardiff as this is an offence.
The campaign to save Llanishen Reservoir from the development planning application put in by Western Power has reached a new international status, reports WalesOnline, as the local American media to the parent company Pennsylvania Power and Light published an article in the state's county newspaper The Morning Call. I visited the site where draining of the reservoir has already taken place this morning with members from the Reservoir Action Group and plan to write up the developments in the campaign so far.
An exhbition showcasing the work of girlguides in Cardiff has launched at The Cardiff Story, the new exhibition space at the Old Library, reports Capture Cardiff.
Six PACT meetings took place across the city yesterday evening, I attended the Llanrumney meeting which was packed out by local residents coming to hear the latest update form the police and councillors. You can read the write-up over on yourCardiff here, or read my blogpost here.
As the general election draws closer, parties are gearing up their campaigns for the four Cardiff seats. Capture Cardiff looks at the Welsg Communist Party's bid for the Cardiff South and Penarth seat.
In culture, Emma Davies has done a live review of Richmond Fontaine who played at Clwb Ifor Bach on Monday, published on Buzz Magazine's website here. The Sprout have previewed Traces which comes to Wales Millennium Centre later in March. Peter Finch has written a blogpost on the Welsh literature we read.
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