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Council denies school closure ‘hit list’
Martin Shipton Anglesey County Council has denied the accuracy of a document being circulated on social media that suggests there…
2 comments.A New Year’s resolution: Let’s not leave our ‘incidental’ Welsh at the school gates
Stephen Price While chatting to a Greek friend soon after his arrival in Wales from Manchester some ten years ago,…
No comments.Review: Still Singing ‘Yma o Hyd’ by Dafydd Iwan.
Jon Gower There must be times when Dafydd Iwan feels caught in the slip stream of his most famous song.…
No comments.Father waiting years for swimming lessons in Welsh offers teachers financial reward
A father is offering £2,000 for swimming teachers to learn Welsh after pleading with his local council to provide lessons…
6 comments.Language campaigners accuse BBC of ‘undermining’ case for devolution of broadcasting
Martin Shipton A row has broken out between Welsh language campaigners and the BBC over the devolution of broadcasting powers…
13 comments.‘Weakness’ of Welsh language rights exposed as council delivers English-only newsletter to residents
Martin Shipton Campaigners have condemned the weakness of language rights legislation in Wales after a council was lawfully able to…
25 comments.Senedd backs motion calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel
MSs have backed calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The Plaid Cymru motion was supported in the…
29 comments.Agent attempted to lure iconic singer Dafydd Iwan into fake plot to kill Prince of Wales
Iconic Welsh singer and political activist Dafydd Iwan has said that an agent provocateur once tried to lure him into…
6 comments.Welsh Government is ‘robbing children of the chance to speak Welsh’
Martin Shipton More than 140,000 school students are missing out on the chance to speak Welsh fluently because of a…
14 comments.Campaigners demand equal status for Welsh-language car parking fines
Campaigners are demanding that Welsh-language car parking fines are given the same status as those in English. Cymdeithas yr Iaith…
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