Welsh language campaigners will hold a football match dressed as David Cameron and top BBC boss Mark Thompson in protest against cuts to S4C, ahead of two party conferences in Cardiff today (Saturday 5th March).The pressure group will join a march with other unions and protest groups against the Westminster Government cuts as the Conservative and Liberal Democrats conference

Three veteran members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith who were imprisoned 40 years ago for 12 months for climbing a TV Mast and breaking into Granada Studios in Manchester have again this morning climbed a mast - the Carmel TV Transmitter Mast near Cross Hands.

Welsh language campaigners have questioned Gwynedd council's consultation processes over the future of Welsh-medium village Schools, following another official recommendation to close a small school in Gwynedd.On Thursday (24/2), Gwynedd's Education and Young People's Scrutiny Committee will consider official advice to proceed with the closure of Ysgol y Parc near Bala by September 2012.The plan is included a 138-page document to be presented to the committee following a statutory consultation which ended on the 4th February - Cymdeithas suspect that officers have drawn up the report well

Welsh language campaigners have criticised the BBC's decision to pull out of a major children's festival, the Urdd Eisteddfod, taking place in Swansea this year.The annual Urdd Eisteddfod is Europe's largest competitive youth festival, but for the first time in years the BBC will not have a stand for families flocking to the event.Bethan Williams, Chair of language campaign group Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, said that the BBC's decision was a worrying sign:"On top of spending less on Welsh language television, getting rid of a Welsh language website, this decision by the BBC shows where