REPORT: Friends of Rhiwbina Library author talk - Ruth Binney on 'Life with Plants' This week (Tuesday 10 February), the Friends of Rhiwbina Library welcomed author and gardener Ruth Binney  to give a talk about her life and the books she has written about plants, gardening, and the gardening communities she has been a part of. She brought us back in time to just after the war, discussing her childhood growing up in Tiverton, Devon with her father as a housemaster at a boys'

Wales hosts its first home game of the 2026 Guinness Men's Six Nations Championship this Sunday (15 February), and as usual there will be road closures for this and the other home matches. During these matches, roads around the Principality Stadium will close as follows: Sunday 15 February – Wales vs France, with kick-off at 3.10pm, roads will close 11am to 7.15pm. Saturday 21 February – Wales vs Scotland, with kick-off at 4.40pm, roads will close 12.30pm to 9pm. Saturday 1

Work is due to begin next week (16 February) on improvements in Rhiwbina village as part of the Neighbourhood Renewal Scheme (NRS). The work will include resurfacing the parking bays in Heol-y-Deri and repaving and resurfacing the pavements. The entrance to the rear access lane next to the Co-Op is also due to be resurfaced. There will also be new cycle stands, bins, planters and a community notice board, refreshed bus stop markings and new benches. More benches, planters, an