Members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, the Welsh Language Society have picketed a meeting the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, was holding in Newport this afternoon in order to tell him that S4C must be taken out of the Public Bodies Bill.

Cymdeithas yr Iaith have called on the Education Minister, Leighton Andrews, to contact Flintshire County Council ahead of a crucial meeting tomorrow to advise them not to waste time and public money on developing a plan which would undermine Welsh-medium education.At 2.30pm tomorrow (Wednesday 17th August) the Council will be discussing proposals which would force Welsh-medium schools in Treffynnon (Holywell) and Treuddyn to enter into formal arrangements and share resources with nearby English-medium schools.

Following the announcement that Carmarthen and Bangor are among the 66 locations throughout the countries of Britain where bids will be invited to provide local television, Cymdeithas yr Iaith has demanded that proper provision for Welsh language broadcasting should be written into the licenses from the start.Cymdeithas Chair in Carmarthenshire, Sioned Elin said:"We need to avoid the problems that were caused in local radio such as Radio Carmarthenshire, where the authorities were unable to insist upon an adequate level of Welsh language broadcasting.

The lead singer the Super Furry Animals, Gruff Rhys, is the first artist to confirm that he'll perform in the special festival, '50', to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society), it was announced today (Wednesday, 3rd August).In a launch of their plans to mark the language campaign group's fiftieth birthday on the Eistedd