Income Not Safety Driving Wylfa Life Extension

November 27, 2010

Income and not safety is driving UK energy policy which has determined a extension of the operating life of Wylfa nuclear power plant. That is the clear message in correspondence from Minister of State at the DECC, Charles Hendry MP, in response to

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UK Government Pursuing Right Wing Agenda In Cornwall

November 27, 2010

In his column for a Cornish newspaper, the general secretary (gs) of the Celtic League writes about how the the UK government are forcing a right wing agenda to the detriment of democracy in Cornwall and Wales. The GS has a monthly column

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S4C: BBC Move Could Compromise Independence

November 26, 2010

 The general secretary (GS) of the Celtic League has written to the UK Government’s Culture Minister that if the BBC took control of the funding of the Welsh language television channel S4C there `could be a detrimental effect on the Welsh economy’. The

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Cymru: Police Use of Language Tokenistic

August 23, 2010

A language activist in Wales has raised her concerns with the Welsh Language Board over the “tokenistic” use of the Welsh language by South Wales Police. Lleucu Meinir complained to the Welsh Language Board (WLB) following two £30 parking fines she received which

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Wales is a Country

August 9, 2010

The leader of the Legislative Committee in the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) has stated in a letter to a fellow Assembly Member (AM) that “Wales should properly be referred to as a country.” John Griffiths AM/AC, a Labour Party member who holds the

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Welsh Language Measure: Improvements Sought

August 9, 2010

A cross-party committee demanded yesterday that improvements need to be made to the new Welsh language measure to give Welsh official status in Wales. In their 188 page report, the Welsh assembly legislation committee highlighted a series of amendments that they would like

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Withdraw Troops Say Welsh Chapel Leaders

August 9, 2010

One of the most significant calls for a withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan came during the last few days from Chapel Leaders meeting in Wales. At their meeting in Carmarthen, whose Nott Square contains a statue to a British Army General who

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A Link Between The Celtic Countries

June 21, 2010

The Isle of Man based airline Manx2.com is to launch a month long series of summer flights in a bid to test the market for air links between the Isle of Man and North Wales. The flights, between Ronaldsway (IOM) and Valley on

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CENSUS WILL SIDELINE CORNISH IDENTITY ISSUE 1-2-2010

February 1, 2010

The proposed 2011 census form has now been published, which gives the Welsh people its own tick box for the first time. In addition to the separate Welsh tick box in question 15 – relating to national identity – there are two separate

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STRANGE GOINGS ON AT CRIGGION 02-05-2001

May 2, 2001

Almost a year ago we directed a fairly straightforward enquiry to the British Ministry of Defence following an incident at the VLF Criggion installation on the Welsh /English border. The facility, operated on behalf of the MOD by British Telecom, was sealed off

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