News Archive

Campaigners debate not paying TV licence over S4C
26/10/2010 - 11:18
Language campaigners will debate an urgent call for people to refuse to pay their TV licence from December over government plans for S4C, which they claim will be the 'beginning of the end for Welsh language broadcasting'.The motion, which will be debated in Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society)'s annual general meeting in Aberystwyth next weekend (Saturday 30th October), calls
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Enough is Enough - Carmarthenshire Council
25/10/2010 - 10:20
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has called for a protest ahead of a meeting of Carmarthenshire Council's Education Ccrutiny committee to show that people in the county have had enough of the Council's negative attitude towards Welsh-medium village schools and communities.
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Campaigners welcome Welsh Minister's S4C response
22/10/2010 - 16:59
Language campaigners have welcomed the actions of Heritage Minister to protect Welsh language broadcasting.Rhys Llwyd, Vice-Chair of language campaign group Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg said:"Alun Ffred Jones deserves praise for standing up against the dirty deal cooked up in London by the BBC and the Government.
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Beacon of Hope
20/10/2010 - 10:08
For the first time today, a Welsh Council is set to buck the trend and change its strategy to support Village Schools.
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S4C law change - an investment worth fighting for
14/10/2010 - 15:14
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Language law changes: Cymdeithas call for 'abstensions'
07/10/2010 - 17:56
Welsh language campaigners have accused the Government of 'lying' after they presented changes that fail to establish rights for people or its official status.Today Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg released a motion that will go before the Cymdeithas yr Iaith AGM in Aberystwyth on October 30th that calls on Assembly Members to abstain on the proposed law unless further changes are made.Regarding of
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Rights needed to rescue Language law, Cymdeithas amendments
04/10/2010 - 17:07
SuperTed will lead a protest in Cardiff against planned cuts to S4C's budget today (12 noon, Monday, 4th October).The Tory-Liberal Democrat government in London is intending to cut the budget of the only television channel available in the Welsh language, by up to 40%.
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Cymdeithas yr Iaith meet with MP Mark Williams regarding S4C
30/09/2010 - 15:49
Members of Cymdeithas Yr Iaith in Ceredigion have expressed their dissapointment following a meeting with MP Mark Williams on Tuesday the 28th of September, because they failed to receive an unconditional promise from him that he would vote against any cuts to S4C's budget.
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Let the Full Council decide on future of Village Schools
28/09/2010 - 15:42
Ahead of today's meeting of Ceredigion Council's Cabinet to discuss changing the process for reviewing the future of village schools, Cymdeithas yr Iaith have called for the decision to be made by the Full Council.Cymdeithas yr Iaith condemn as negative the whole concept of singling out individual schools for review and favour instead positively reviewing all schools area by area to see how they can be positively developed.
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Council Set To Change Strategy To Support Village Schools
24/09/2010 - 16:53
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has congratulated the officers of Conwy County Council for their willingness to be persuaded by public opinion to amend their strategy so as to support Welsh-medium rural schools.In a letter to the Society, Conwy's Chief Education Officer, Geraint James, says that he will be amending the strategy"to show the strength of feeling and view held by t
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