14+ min ago   (717+ words) So begins Cad Goddeu — The Battle of the Trees — one of the most enigmatic and haunting poems preserved within medieval Welsh literature. The poem unsettles modern expectations from its opening lines. Trees do not merely frame the landscape or decorate…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1097+ words) ‘If Wales had a great poet in the 19th century it was the young William Thomas (Islwyn, 1832-78).’¹ Glyn Tegai Hughes published those words at the end of the 20th century. Statements proclaiming this writer to be ‘the best’ and that poet to…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (488+ words) Drivers in Wales could be fined up to £150 for leaving their engines running while stationary under new rules coming into force this month. Councils will be given greater powers to tackle unnecessary engine idling from September 30, with the existing £20 fixed…...

9+ hour, 11+ min ago   (631+ words) First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has warned that Reform UK’s £72 million donations from two cryptocurrency billionaires risk undermining “trust in democracy” and raised concerns about wealthy individuals trying to “buy politics”. The Plaid Cymru leader said it would be a…...

10+ hour, 11+ min ago   (278+ words) Dave Clark, Press Association Former chancellor George Osborne said Britain’s economy has “fallen off a cliff” since Brexit and that rejoining the European Union’s customs union would be the fastest route to recovery. Mr Osborne, who resigned as chancellor after…...

12+ hour, 37+ min ago   (895+ words) Cornwall Council has requested permission from the UK Government to use bilingual road signs in Cornish and English. This article discusses that request – including placing it in a comparative context with Wales where bilingual Welsh and English road signs have…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (735+ words) A Welsh MP has called on the UK Government to introduce a cap on political donations after Reform UK received £72 million from two billionaires in the space of 48 hours. Welsh Liberal Democrat MP David Chadwick said the scale of the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (569+ words) Nicholas Thomas Local Democracy Reporter A former city centre shop which a council purchased for almost half a million pounds is likely to be demolished and replaced by a new city-centre open space. A new cabinet report shows demolition is…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (685+ words) A Porthcawl RNLI crew member has hit back at a Tommy Robinson-supporting Bridgend councillor who repeated false claims about the charity amid warnings over “unacceptable abuse” faced by its volunteers. Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr Councillor Owain Clatworthy shared…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (508+ words) The pressure on universities to change “will only increase” with Andy Burnham as Prime Minister, a university sector chief has suggested. It comes as the value of higher education is increasingly being questioned, Professor Malcolm Press, president of Universities UK,…...