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Penblwydd hapus S4C

Source: eurolang.net

The Welsh language television channel S4C has been celebrating its 25th birthday this week, with a great deal of attention being paid in the press to how it was established and the challenges it is now facing in the digital age.

Sikh schoolgirl excluded for wearing bangle

Source: Guardian Unlimited

A teenager has been temporarily excluded from her school for refusing to remove a symbol of her faith.

New Montgomerie Course at Celtic Manor Resort is a roller-coaster round of golf

Source: Golf Publisher Syndication

The Celtic Manor Resort's three golf courses, including its newest, the 2010 Ryder Cup host Twenty Ten Course, are stages for the world's top pros every year.

Brechfa Village

Source: brechfa.info

Brechfa, (Meaning: WELSH "mottled place") hidden in the Cothi valley north east of Carmarthen, has been described as one of the most secluded villages in South Wales and has a long and fascinating history.

Wales Unite against Wind turbines

Source: YouTube

David Bellamy, the international environmental campaigner addresses a rally outside the Senedd against Wind farms.

Patience prevails at historic Tenby Golf Club in Wales

Source: Golf Publisher Syndication

At Tenby Golf Club in Wales, a little restraint goes a long way. Keep your tee shot in the fairway, and the course is much more enjoyable. Otherwise, you'll spend the day looking for lost balls.

Tongue tied

Source: BBC News

Wales has been enjoying a revival of its native tongue, driven chiefly by those in rural areas. Now a new awareness is growing in the industrialised south, but some - including native Welsh speakers themselves - fear it could foster division and resentment.

Ming the clam is 'oldest animal'

Source: BBC News

A clam dredged up off the coast of Iceland is thought to have been the longest-lived creature discovered. Scientists said the mollusc, an ocean quahog clam, was aged between 405 and 410 years and could offer insights into the secrets of longevity.

Tongue tied [literally... try pronouncing "Llanelli" correctly]

Source: BBC News

Wales has been enjoying a revival of its native tongue, driven chiefly by those in rural areas. Now a new awareness is growing in the industrialised south, but some - including native Welsh speakers themselves - fear it could foster division and resentment.

What is Anglo-Welsh Literature?

Source: Squidoo

The Wikipedia defines it as:-"a term used to describe works written in the English language by Welsh writers, especially if they either have subject matter relating to Wales or (as in the case of Anglo-Welsh poetry in particular) are influenced by the Welsh language in terms of p …

Wales plans new Assembly referendum

Source: icwales.icnetwork.co.uk

WALES' coalition government today fired the starting gun for a referendum on a full law-making parliament within the next four years.

Kingdom of Great Britain is 300 Years Old- How Much Longer Will it Last?

On 23 Oct 1707 the first parliament of Great Britain met for the first time marking a United government on Britain.

Society: Riven by class and no social mobility - Britain in 2007

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Ten years of Labour rule have failed to create a classless society, according to a Guardian/ICM poll published today. It shows that Britain remains a nation dominated by class division, with a huge majority certain that their social standing determines the way they are judged.

The Welsh Ladies Contribution - Products ditched for energy week

Source: BBC News

To demonstrate their commitment to energy saving, members of a women's group are giving up some of their much loved electrical products for a week. Hair straighteners, hairdryers and toasters are some of the items being ditched by Merched y Wawr members.

Royal Porthcawl: Britain's most underrated championship golf in Wales

Source: Golf Publisher Syndication

Royal Porthcawl in Wales sees just a fraction of the rounds of its more famous neighbors in England and Scotland. The result is a golf course just as good as most British Open venues, but one that gives golfers an isolated, tranquil round

Funding freeze forces wave energy abroad

Source: cphpost.dk

Denmark's loss has been the UK's gain, as a company behind one of the world's most advanced wave technologies has taken its project to Wales due to the government's funding freeze, reported Politiken newspaper Wednesday.

Hope remains for dog trapped in mine

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Rescuers have called off an attempt to reach a deaf and blind dog which was trapped in a disused mine in Torfaen, Gwent. Sprogget, an 18-year-old Jack Russell cross, fell down a crack in the hillside on Wednesday, prompting a three-day rescue operation.

Outrage as children as young as 11 offered pole dancing lessons

Source: the Mail online

Children as young as 11 are being offered pole dancing lessons by their council, it has been revealed. The two hour 'beginners' sessions' are described by the organisers as a 'great way to keep fit and have lots of fun at the same time.'

Child safety fears prompt Wi-Fi code for Welsh schools

Source: Independent.co.uk

New safety rules are to be drawn up for Wi-Fi in schools for the first time in Britain, after a local authority officially voiced concern last week about possible effects on children's health.

Jenkins pays the price for World Cup exit

Source: Independent.co.uk

The largely unsuccessful 16-month tenure of the former Llanelli flanker and coach ended when he met the Welsh Rugby Union's chief executive, Roger Lewis, and chairman, David Pickering, at the team's hotel in Pornichet on Brittany's Atlantic coast.

Open University enrols t2 to take staff to next level

The Open University in Wales has employed t2 business solutions to create bespoke commercial training for it's IT and Office Support Service staff.

Construction consultancy expands with help from t2

t2 business solutions worked alongside HCD Group for nine months to increase turnover by over £600k, and create a dozen new jobs.

Smoking laws change in the UK.... Again.

Source: www.tobacco18.co.uk

From 1st October 2007 it's going to become illegal to sell tobacco products to people under the age of 18 (an increase from 16) in England and Wales.

Age just a number for Welsh Work-Based Students

LARGER percentages of older students enrolled in University this term but it doesn't stop there, with work-based modern apprenticeships taking mature students by storm.

Dr Who fans will flock to his church

Source: icwales.icnetwork.co.uk

A CARDIFF priest loves Dr Who so much he is preaching to his congregation through the Time Lord. St Paul's Church, in Grangetown, Cardiff, was used as a location for an episode of the first series of Doctor Who starring the ninth Doctor played by Christopher Eccleston.

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