Reacting to the announcement that Mark James intends to leave his role  as Chief Executive Officer of Carmarthenshire County Council,  Cymdeithas yr Iaith have sent a message to the leaders of the three  political groups of councillors asking that this be "the end of an era".  

Cymdeithas yr Iaith has written to Carmarthenshire County Council to ask about a language forum that was due to be set up this month. The language pressure group has not heard about the forum and have raised a tongue-in-cheek question with council officers - “is our invitation lost in the post?”.  

Cymdeithas yr Iaith has accused the NatWest Bank of ignoring Welsh-speaking communities following their decision, announced today, to close a number of branches in Carmarthenshire and Dyffryn Teifi - including Llandysul, Llanybydder and Hendy Gwyn (Whitland). The information was conveyed to customers in an English-only circular letter from Huw Thomas, the "Local CEO" of the NatWest, who urged customers to turn to the bank's English-language online banking services or to the Post Office.

There should be a tax on advertising to fund a new Welsh language broadcaster that would operate on radio, television and online, according to a discussion paper  launched by Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg today.