Zeta Jones is also expected at the dinner, which is being hosted by Cardiff Lord Mayor Russell Goodway.

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Mr Goodway said that the council did not intend to close the city's riding school, which had been feared.

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Russell Goodway, who holds the finance portfolio in the Cardiff cabinet, told colleagues: The picture is far from rosy.

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But Mr Goodway told the meeting that the school would remain open until a new partner was found to run it.

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However, delivering proposals for the 2013-2014 budget, Mr Goodway warned that massive savings must be found, which will lead to job losses.

BBC: Cardiff council tax freeze plan amid ?22m of budget cuts

He was with Australia from 1990-94, helped prepare New Zealand for the 1995 World Cup and worked with Andy Goodway for Great Britain in 1997.

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Community Pharmacy Wales chief executive Russell Goodway said pharmacies are best placed to help as an estimated 50, 000 people a day visit a local chemist.

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As well as announcing plans to freeze council tax, Mr Goodway said budgets for schools and social services in the city were being protected, and both would see rises in cash available.

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Councillor Russell Goodway, who holds the finance portfolio in the Cardiff cabinet, told the full council meeting that it was working to find an alternative operator to run the riding school on its 30-acre site in Pontcanna.

BBC: Cardiff council tax freeze plan amid ?22m of budget cuts