Plaid Cymru have won a council seat in the Cardiff West constituency held by the Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford. Plaid Cymru’s Andrea Gibson won the Ely by-election to gain an extra seat for Plaid Cymru on the City of Cardiff Council. The by-election took place after the death of […]
The Welsh Government’s target of one million Welsh speakers by 2050 is “doomed to failure” if the Welsh Government does not enforce a sound strategy in the education sector. Speaking on International Mother Language Day, Welsh Conservative and Shadow Education and Welsh Language Minister Suzy Davies AM, said the government […]
The Welsh Government have been accused of being in ‘denial’ and burying their heads in the sand over problems on Wales’ Higher Education sector. Plaid Cymru AM Bethan Sayed said that Ministers were refusing to exercise their responsibilities and that they were treating Wales’ universities as entirely autonomous organisations. This […]
Peter Gillibrand Social media would make all the difference if there was a renewed effort to build a permanent memorial to the Tryweryn drowning, according to the man behind the campaign. Dylan Edwards, from Bala, was chair of the “Cofeb Tryweryn” (Tryweryn Memorial) fund that attempted to build a memorial […]
Welsh language Commissioner Meri Huws feels the uncertainty surrounding the future of the post over the last two years has undermined the role. Ms Huws’s comments will be broadcast on current affairs programme Y Byd yn ei Le tonight, Tuesday, 12 February, on S4C, as she looks back at her […]
The Welsh language will be heard by millions of Star Trek fans tuning in to the latest episode. In an episode of the second series of Star Trek Discovery debuting today on Netflix, the language is heard around ten minutes into the programme. The language is heard when the Universal […]
The Welsh Conservatives have been slammed as “laughable” by another party after they criticised the Welsh Government about inequality in Wales. Welsh Conservatives will take to the floor of the Senedd this afternoon to call for the Government to close the gap between the economic fortunes of the different regions […]
Almost a third of Assembly Members employ family members or relatives of another AM – up from 20% just two years ago. This includes eight out of 12 Tory AMs who employ family members. Two of the UKIP group of four also employ their wives – one being Neil Hamilton […]
The Cofiwch Dryweryn memorial between Aberystwyth and Llanrhystud has been defaced by vandals. The famous words – ‘Remember Tryweryn’ – have been painted over by the words ‘Elvis’, perhaps as a reference to the less famous Elvis rock on the A44 near Eisteddfa Gurig outside Aberystwyth. Cofiwch Dryweryn has been […]
The Welsh Labour-led Government has “no idea” how to reach its target of one million Welsh speakers by 2050, according to Shadow Welsh Language Minister Suzy Davies. The Conservative AM was reacting to the news that the government has dropped its plan for a Welsh Language Bill that would have […]
