Politics. I both love it and hate it. Love it because on a good day you feel like you’ve achieved something; improved someone or a society’s lot; you can make a real difference to people’s lives; it’s a vehicle to improve things. There’s also the adrenalin rush during election campaigns, the camaraderie, and above all…
Some of you will have taken an interest in the recent row in Llangennech, near Llanelli, concerning the language status of Ysgol Llangennech. It’s been widely written about, but to get a real taste of the whole thing, visit Cneifiwr’s blog. Well, another, very similar row is brewing up here in north east Wales, which…
Today we heard that the High Court had decided against the workers of Dee Valley Water and allowed the sale of the company to Severn Trent Water to go ahead. The result is potentially a bitter blow to north east Wales. Dee Valley Water employs some 190 people, and contract work out to 80 local…
I’m not big into capitalism nor the procedures that have been designed to allow capitalism to work, so I’ve never witnessed nor experienced a shareholders General Meeting when they decide whether or not to sell or buy a company before. Well following today I can tick that off my bucket list! Dee Valley Water held…
Rwy wedi ysgrifennu ambell i waith erbyn hyn am y diffyg cyfryngau Cymreig a’r effaith y mae hyn yn ei gael ar wleidyddiaeth yng Nghymru. Sefydlwyd ymgyrch Newsnight Cymru i drio mynd i’r afael a rhan o’r broblem yma, oleuaf. Mae’r mater wedi cael sylw dipyn o weithiau erbyn hyn. Diwedd y flwyddyn ddiwethaf cyhoeddwyd…
Campaigners opposed to a new housing estate in Llangollen have reacted with dismay to the news that the development has been given the go ahead. Denbighshire County Council’s Planning Committee today approved the plans by Castlemead Homes to build 95 houses on Vicarage Hill, on the southern side of Llangollen town. Plaid Cymru’s Mabon ap…
The decision to close two day-care centres in Wrexham have been condemned by Plaid Cymru. Wrexham County Borough Council’s Executive Board today agreed that the Plas yn Rhos in Rhosllanerchrugog and Caia Day Care Centres would close. Various Executive Board members referred to the cuts from the Welsh Government as justification for the closures. However…
Efallai y byddwch chi wedi clywed am yr ymgais gan ddau gwmni i brynu cwmni Dŵr Dyffryn Dyfrdwy yn ddiweddar. Doth y cyfan i olwg y cyhoedd yr wythnos diwethaf wrth i’r newyddion dorri fod Dŵr Hafren Trent (Severn Trent Water – STW o hyn ymlaen) wedi gwneud cynnig i brynu cwmni gymharol fach Dŵr…
Responding to the UK Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, Mabon ap Gwynfor of Plaid Cymru said: “The Chancellor’s statement today shows clearly that austerity has been one big lie. We were told that the pain that people have suffered over the last six years was to balance the books. Well, we’ve put up with the pain and…
Much has been written in the wake of Brexit and Trump’s success about the increased racism, homophobia, sexism, chauvinism etc. It seems that such attitudes have been given a new lease of life, and what was once said in the company of close friends behind closed doors is now once again aired publically. Many people…
Tens of thousands of people have suffered or been killed in Yemen because of the on-going vicious war there, with Saudi Arabia trying to force its will on the country. It is undoubted that Saudi Arabia are committing war crimes in Yemen with their targeting of civilians. In late 2015 Amnesty International accused Saudi Arabia…
Gwrandwch ar hwn. Gallwch wrando tra’n gweithio 🙂 Listen to this. You can listen while working 🙂
