The Cardiff Drop 🏰 - Thursday, June 26, 2025
Cyclist dies, air ambulance removed, train station closed, Oasis shop and The Script are in Cardiff Castle.
Good morning and welcome to The Cardiff Drop. I’m Steph and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news from across the city. Here is Thursday’s edition.
🗞News
🚲 Brad Craven, 72, has died in hospital five weeks after being seriously injured in a crash in Cardiff. He was involved in a head-on collision with a car on Dunleavy Drive in Grangetown on Saturday, May 17 and died from his injuries on Friday, June 20. - Steph Colderick, WalesOnline.
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🚁 A giant crane was used as part of a major operation to remove the air ambulance from the University Hospital of Wales, as the helicopter is taken for urgent safety checks on Tuesday. - Steph Colderick, WalesOnline.
🚂 Ty Glas station will be closed for nearly a year from Saturday, July 19. Transport for Wales will be carrying out major upgrades to Ty Glas station and its level crossing, allowing for the introduction of brand-new trains onto the Coryton line. - Transport for Wales.
👮♀️ With the new neighbourhood policing guarantee there will be more activity to tackle anti-social behaviour in South Wales Police communities, including Cardiff. - South Wales Police.
🚗 It has taken five years for the former Mermaid Quay car park, in Cardiff Bay, to be reduced to just rubble. A proposal to demolish and build over the Mermaid Quay multi-storey car park was put to Cardiff Council in 2019 and approved in 2021. - Steph Colderick, WalesOnline.
🌳 A Bronze Age burial site has been found under Trelai Park. A new structure containing cremated human remains has been discovered adjacent to the roundhouse that was previously found. - Indigo Jones, WalesOnline.
🏠 Mohammed Abdul Kowsor Choudhury, from Cyncoed, and his company, Pine Best Ltd, were fined a total of £54,000, with a further £10,000 in costs for illegally turning six flats into 11 separate homes. - Abbie Wightwick, WalesOnline.
🎶 Welsh pop sensation, Mali Hâf who is from Cardiff, has shared her excitement ahead of a dream-come-true performance at this weekend’s Glastonbury Festival. - Stephen Price, Nation Cymru.
🛡 To mark reserves day and armed forces week, South Wales Fire and Rescue and the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board have looked at their incredible workers, who are also in the armed forces. - South Wales Fire and Rescue Service and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
🌥Weather
🥂 What’s On
🎶 The Script are playing in Cardiff tonight, at Cardiff Castle. I am heading along, and hoping to stay dry, so will let you know how it was! - Depot.
🎸 In exciting Oasis news a pop-up store will open in St David’s shopping centre from today until Sunday, July 6 selling exclusive merchandise as the band kick off their reunion tour in Cardiff on Friday, July 4 and Saturday, July 5. - Robert Dalling, WalesOnline.
👀 It is not just a pop-up Oasis shop coming to Cardiff too, St David’s shopping centre is also unveiling a gigantic piece of artwork dedicated to the Gallagher brothers this Saturday. The artwork will be 250 sq ft, nearly as tall as a double-decker bus, depicting Noel and Liam. Uniquely, the monochrome portrait will be made entirely of bucket hats – in their thousands! - St David’s shopping centre.
🎭 Cardiff’s pub theatre The Other Room and Welsh homelessness charity The Wallich have produced a new play that will be performed on the streets of Cardiff. An Orange in the Subway will be performed at Mackenzie Park from Tuesday, September 9 to Saturday, September 27. - Nation Cymru.
💃 Holland & Barrett are hosting Sunrise Sessions which is all about feel-good music, mindfulness and a healthy start to the day and it’s happening inside their Queen Street store. The event is taking place on Thursday, July 3 with an early start at 7.20am and I will be heading along, so will let you know what it is like! - Beth Gavaghan, WalesOnline.
🍫 If you are after a sweet treat to try in Cardiff, head to The Ivy. They have launched a new decadent Dubai-inspired chocolate bombe dessert. The limited edition dessert is a twist on its iconic The Ivy Chocolate Bombe dessert, crafted with the viral Dubai chocolate flavours. It is available until Sunday. - Steph Colderick, WalesOnline.
🏉 Sport
⚽ Gareth Bale believes he is the right person to lead Cardiff back to the Premier League and intends to be heavily involved if the investment group he is working with complete a takeover, a source close to the 35-year-old has said. He has already spoken publicly about his interest in purchasing the League One club on Monday, saying it would be a "dream come true”. - Jamie Gardener, WalesOnline.
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🏒 The Cardiff Devils have signed defenceman Brodie Kay from Fife Flyers. - BBC Sport.
⚽ Wales star Jess Fishlock, who is from Cardiff, is one of seven European footballers who have joined forces this summer to highlight the scourge of human trafficking. - Martin Shipton, Nation Cymru.
🏉 Louis Rees-Zammit, who is from Cardiff, has revealed he was told he would never play for Wales and was approached by Eddie Jones to play for England. - Dylan James, WalesOnline.
🏸 The British & Irish Para Badminton International will take place at the Sport Wales National Centre, in Cardiff, from Tuesday, July 22 to Saturday, July 26. - Badminton Wales.
❤Community News
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🎳 In support of Cancer Research UK there is a fun-filled bowling evening taking place at Disco Bowl Cardiff on Sunday, June 29. Expect a day of bowling, music, raffle prizes, and community spirit. - InYourArea.
❤ The Cardiff Volunteer Coordinators' Network is running a network meeting, to help develop and support volunteering infrastructure in Cardiff on Monday, July 7 from 1pm to 3pm at Butetown Community Centre. - Eventbrite.
⚽ Cardiff City community foundation is running Fit Bluebirds, which is a free health programme for men and women aged 18+ who are looking to lose weight, get fitter and lead a more active life. - Cardiff City Community Foundation.
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