‘MERCILESS’ loan-shark lovers who charged an average interest rate of 5,000% APR and left their victims with only £5 a week to live on were jailed at Merthyr Crown Court today.

Provisional A-level results released today show the performance of Cardiff schools remains well above the average for Wales, with the gap increasing significantly on last year.

Of this year’s total entries in Cardiff, 31.1 percent were A* and A grades, up from 27.4 percent in 2014. This compares to a 23.1 percent average for Wales as a whole and 25.9 percent in England.

Mr and Mrs Dr Al-Mufti pleaded guilty today at Cardiff Crown Court to two charges relating to serious breaches of Health & Safety legislation (Health & Safety at Works Act 1974 sections 2(1) and 3(1) relating to a fatality which took place at their care home in 2012.

Hop back through the centuries to this historic happening, a Grand Medieval Mêlée, as Cardiff Castle stages a magnificent medieval tournament on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th August. With everyone invited to join in, this action-packed family event is sure to be a highlight of the summer holidays.

Cardiff schoolchildren have been trying their new uniforms on for size ready to start in their brand new school in September.

The Pontprennau Primary School pupils were kitted out in the new school’s uniform with less than four weeks to go before head teacher Ms Dykes opens the school gates for the first time to herald the start of autumn term.

Work carried out by City of Cardiff Council’s Bereavement Services has received national recognition by the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE). The performance of staff in this department has been of such a high standard that the team are shortlisted for an APSE award in the best service team (cemetery and crematorium) category at its annual awards ceremony next month.

In a move which could transform how residents, visitors and commuters park their car in Cardiff, The City of Cardiff Council is working with Smart Parking Ltd, to carry out a pilot scheme testing how effective this new technology is for the Welsh Capital. Cardiff will be the first city to use this technology on street, outside London.

Cardiff’s current bus station will close tomorrow night at midnight (August 1), to allow for ground works to begin on the Central Square Development. Cardiff is set to get a new transport interchange which will be built on the Marland House/NCP car park site north of the existing railway line. The state-of-the-art facility will be designed by Foster + Partner, world renowned architects in this field. Under the current timeline and subject to obtaining all necessary consents the new facility is expected to be built by the end of 2017.