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DONNA LLEWELYN, 40 I am called the Queen of Cardiff and I am very famous! I picked that nickname up from the public because I used to sell friendship bracelets. I love it! It was a joke from my friend

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It’s very quiet at the minute because they’ve got scaffolding up on my pitch. It is what it is, I’m just trying to do whatever I can. I’ve let the workmen know I was here before them so they need to h

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Nelson Mandela stepped onto the podium in Trafalgar Square. It was a cold February day in London in 2005, and thousands had gathered to witness the historic moment. The great South African leader, age