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It is a common misconception that the code for Cardiff is 02920, whereas in fact it is 029 followed by an eight-digit local number. [1] This is due to Cardiff previously having a longer code (0222 then 01222) with six-digit local numbers. From 2000, all of its local numbers (until 2005) had the additional 20 added to them, making them 8 digits ...
In 2006, the new 101 number for non-emergency calls to the police began trials in several areas with a call cost of 10 pence per call. The number was adopted nationally in 2011/2012, with a charge of 15p per call, except from payphones. The charge was scrapped in April 2020 and calls to 101 are now free from all UK landlines, mobiles and payphones.
Tŷ William Morgan (Welsh for William Morgan House) is a UK Government building and hub in the centre of the city of Cardiff, Wales.It primarily serves as a base for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and also houses staff from other UK Government Departments including Wales Office, Department for Business and Trade, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Ministry of Housing, Communities and ...
The Wales Interpretation and Translation Service (WITS; Welsh: Gwasanaeth Cyfieithu a Dehongli Cymru; GCDC) is a not-for-profit [1] quango providing 24-hour linguistic services to public authorities in Wales, including councils, police forces, health and social services, but not courts.
Mobile phone users on a pay-as-you-go deal with an inclusive call and text allowance but no separate credit, which is most often the case, have been unable to make a 101 call. This could have led to them dialling 999 inappropriately, or being forced to use a public phone box (which is free of charge) to make a 101 call. [citation needed]
Cardiff Gate services (Welsh: Gwasanaethau Porth Caerdydd) is the motorway service station on the junction of the M4 motorway (junction 30) and the A4232, located on the 100-acre (0.40 km 2) Cardiff Gate International Business Park, adjacent to Pontprennau, north east of Cardiff, Wales.
Cardiff was the first town in Wales to establish a public library. [3] Two years later in 1864, the library had moved to bigger premises in the now demolished YMCA building in St Mary Street. A School of Science and Art and a small museum was also added, [4] and so it became known as the Cardiff Free Library, Museum and Schools for Science and ...
City Hall (Welsh: Neuadd y ddinas) is a municipal building in Cardiff, Wales, UK. It serves as Cardiff's centre of local government. It was built as part of the Cathays Park civic centre development and opened in October 1906. Built of Portland stone, it is an important early example of the Edwardian Baroque style. It is a Grade I listed ...