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Is former Welsh Tory leader set to defect to Reform?
Sources say the recently ousted Andrew RT Davies is actively seeking an ‘off-ramp’ to justify a move to Nigel Farage’s party
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Tice and Oakeshott keep on digging
The Reform deputy leader and his partner continue to peddle a lie which has already led to death threats
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A lost leader and a win for Welsh journalism
Discredited Vaughan Gething lost control of his own narrative
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The battles for the way we talk
The linguistic makeup of the British Isles was partly determined by three battles – in Yorkshire, Builth Wells and Culloden
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Poland’s British heroine
How a 19th-century British aristocrat became the face of a Polish mining town
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How Latin lives on in Welsh
The language arrived in Wales much earlier than England thanks to links between Britons and ordinary Romans
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Mix and match to keep Welsh alive
Forget the purists – letting young Welsh speakers borrow words from English will help to preserve the language
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Why Welsh is still very much ‘still here’
The melodious singing by Wales fans at the World Cup reminds us that their language was around many years before English
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The best of European street food: Wales’s fried fish tacos
Chef Sian Miguel from The Bearded Taco food truck presents her fried fish tacos with slaw and chipotle tartare sauce
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‘It’s not black music and it’s not white music, it’s people’s music’ – Dub War’s Benji Webbe on their political new album
The metal band's frontman talks chartism, race and the curse of Goldie Lookin Chain
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Brexit red tape a red letter day for Tory MP
A Conservative MP has hailed the "local opportunities" crushing Brexit bureaucracy has brought to her constituency
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Hidden: a cop show that cares
This Welsh detective drama is a restorative tonic to the kind of frantic television seen elsewhere
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Mark Drakeford vows to be ‘radical and ambitious’ in government
Mark Drakeford has vowed to be “radical” and “ambitious” in government as his party looks set to remain in power in Wales. Labour has equalled its best ever Senedd election result by winning 30 seats – just one short of a majority – though it is not expected to take any of the remaining four […]
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Labour claims ‘extraordinary results’ in Welsh Parliament election
Mark Drakeford’s Welsh Labour has declared its strong Senedd election performance as “an extraordinary set of results in extraordinary times” as the party look favourite to retain control of the Welsh government. The party has exceeded expectations as counting for the Welsh parliament election continues, having so far lost just one of its seats and […]
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Welsh Labour ‘exceeding expectations’ as party confident of winning Leanne Wood’s seat
Welsh Labour appears to have exceeded expectations as counting for the Welsh Parliament election continues. Only one of Wales’ so-called red wall seats, the Vale of Clwyd, fell to the Welsh Conservatives, while Labour sources are also confident of unseating the former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood in Rhondda. Changes to ensure social distancing at […]
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Is the Senedd on a path to more devolution or a dissolution?
The resonance, or otherwise, of constitutional issues will be a key factor in a dramatically unpredictable Senedd election For those of us living in Hen Wlad fy Nhadau, it feels that Welsh devolved politics only makes it onto the radar of UK politicians when it’s given a kicking as part of the game of political […]