http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/ Cardiff news. Catch up on the very latest news in Cardiff. Daily reports from the Welsh capital city and from around the South Wales region. en-gb http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/500-for-a-cup-final-ticket-91466-20908819/ Wed, 14 May 2008 11:26:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/500-for-a-cup-final-ticket-91466-20908819/ CARDIFF City fans desperate to see their team at Wembley are being asked to pay up to £500 for a black market ticket. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/bluebirds-fan-predicts-cup-final-glory-with-tattoo-91466-20908909/ Wed, 14 May 2008 11:31:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/bluebirds-fan-predicts-cup-final-glory-with-tattoo-91466-20908909/ A BLUEBIRDS fanatic has used his body to boldly display his prediction for the outcome of Saturday’s FA Cup final. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/new-fans-chance-to-learn-terrace-chants-91466-20906125/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/new-fans-chance-to-learn-terrace-chants-91466-20906125/ For those who don’t know their Ayatollah from their You Are My Cardiff, we’ve produced an online guide to Bluebirds chants to get you in the Wembley mood. Football reporter Steve Tucker casts a quizzical eye over our internet videos http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/cardiff-fans-can-t-help-but-picture-holding-cup-aloft-91466-20906123/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/cardiff-fans-can-t-help-but-picture-holding-cup-aloft-91466-20906123/ CITY fans got a rare chance to see the FA Cup when it visited Cardiff ahead of the big match. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/trader-turns-welsh-flag-into-cardiff-tribute-91466-20906124/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/trader-turns-welsh-flag-into-cardiff-tribute-91466-20906124/ THE Welsh dragon has been turned a shade of Cardiff City blue ahead of the FA Cup final. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/we-re-so-proud-of-you-city-91466-20906126/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/we-re-so-proud-of-you-city-91466-20906126/ THE Echo has been inundated with messages of good luck for the Bluebirds ahead of their FA Cup showdown against Portsmouth. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/things-have-changed-since-that-1927-win-91466-20905100/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/things-have-changed-since-that-1927-win-91466-20905100/ G’DAY! Allow me to introduce myself. I am your Cardiff City cup final correspondent. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/bunting-goes-up-at-street-party-for-our-fa-cup-stars-91466-20904940/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/bunting-goes-up-at-street-party-for-our-fa-cup-stars-91466-20904940/ A COMMUNITY has organised its own street party in honour of Cardiff City. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/workers-have-really-got-the-blues-91466-20906241/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/workers-have-really-got-the-blues-91466-20906241/ STAFF at Newey & Eyre Electrical Supplies in Ocean Way, Cardiff, certainly put the blue spark into the front of their shop with foam FA Cups, banners and other Bluebirds flags and posters. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/new-stadium-starts-to-take-shape-91466-20907587/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/new-stadium-starts-to-take-shape-91466-20907587/ CARDIFF City’s new football stadium is really starting to take shape. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/are-you-watching-the-match-and-if-so-where-91466-20907757/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/are-you-watching-the-match-and-if-so-where-91466-20907757/ “Yes, I’m going to be in my local pub, The Tap, in Pyle. I’m really looking forward to it. It’s going to be a hard game but Cardiff will do it one nil I reckon.” http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/ioan-gruffudd-lands-prime-role-in-bush-biopic-91466-20907588/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/ioan-gruffudd-lands-prime-role-in-bush-biopic-91466-20907588/ AMERICAN movie moguls have confirmed that Ioan Gruffudd is to play Tony Blair in a new film about President George W Bush. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/boy-racer-head-in-bid-to-get-job-back-91466-20907763/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/boy-racer-head-in-bid-to-get-job-back-91466-20907763/ A FORMER headteacher has launched a legal bid to get his job back after he was jailed over a high-speed crash. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/skip-lorries-catch-light-91466-20907589/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/skip-lorries-catch-light-91466-20907589/ TWO skip lorries caught fire at an industrial yard today. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/son-s-guilt-at-deaths-of-mother-and-sister-91466-20908699/ Wed, 14 May 2008 11:09:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/son-s-guilt-at-deaths-of-mother-and-sister-91466-20908699/ A HEARTBROKEN son was left wracked with guilt after his mother and sister were found dead in their home in mysterious circumstances. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/kids-attracted-to-fenced-off-lake-91466-20904905/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/kids-attracted-to-fenced-off-lake-91466-20904905/ YOUTHS are treating recently fenced-off Llanishen reservoir as a playground, residents have complained. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/poster-campaign-after-students-party-outrage-91466-20905056/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/poster-campaign-after-students-party-outrage-91466-20905056/ Posters will be going up across Cardiff University halls of residences with pictures of the state of Blackweir and Pontcanna fields on Sunday morning to express the anger felt by city park users. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/cardiff-myth-holdingback-valleys-progress-91466-20906158/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/cardiff-myth-holdingback-valleys-progress-91466-20906158/ THE idea of a wider Cardiff city region is holding back the development of areas like Merthyr Tydfil, an independent body has claimed. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/chief-constable-signs-up-with-force-for-extra-year-91466-20904776/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/chief-constable-signs-up-with-force-for-extra-year-91466-20904776/ BARBARA Wilding is to stay on as South Wales Police’s chief constable for an extra year after the police authority confirmed it had extended her contract. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/clean-up-starts-after-petrol-leak-91466-20907760/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/05/14/clean-up-starts-after-petrol-leak-91466-20907760/ A SPECIALIST clean-up operation was today under way after more than 4,000 gallons of petrol leaked from a fuel storage terminal in the city’s docks.