So, sex offenders are to be required to supply their email addresses and chatroom names now when signing the register. Let’s think about this for a moment… Obviously this is a PR stunt from the Home Office, trying to look like they are doing something to curb the crisis that is currently engulfing their department, but it also goes to show how out of touch the Home Office really is. If they think that having paedophiles, rapists and the like [...]

The full text of this article was retracted on February 5th 2007. Please read the retraction notes for more information Can we go three days without somebody calling for Rodney Berman to resign please? It’s getting boring. Neil McEvoy, an unsuccessful Plaid Cymru candidate for various offices, isn’t happy with the fact that Cardiff County Council is attempting to keep its residents informed about a proposed ‘Controlled Parking Zone‘ scheme. Mr McEvoy wants the head of Rodney Berman, council leader, [...]

The National Assembly for Wales have once again managed to find the most expensive building contractors in Wales to undertake their latest project. A £6,000 smoking shelter? Plus VAT? I managed to have my old kitchen extension levelled, rebuilt and a brand new kitchen fitted for less than this. What type of shelter are they planning to build exactly? Even a bus shelter does not cost this kind of money and that type of design is what is frequently used [...]

Originally posted at insidecardiff.com So, District Auditor Jane Jones’ full report on the shambolic actions of the previous administration in Cardiff County Council was finally released yesterday. As expected, ex-Council leader Russell Goodway was condemned, as was Chief Executive, Byron Davies. Also, as expected, neither accept any blame whatsoever, and who would have expected them to? After all, this is the twosome that gave themselves a pay rises of 77% over three years. Surely we could not ever expect any [...]

Google’s censorship over the Chinese edition of its search engine has come into force. For those who didn’t already know, last week Google decided to censor its site in compliance with strict government rules on free-speech so that it could finally be viewable in China, after many searches being blocked almost since Googles inception. Google argues that it would be better for them to censor and be allowed to remain online in the country, that to pull out altogether. Free-speech [...]