Cymdeithas yr Iaith members will be picketing Costa Cafe in Aberystwyth,Monday 18/2/08, on their opening day, in protest of the total lack of respect shown by the company to the Welsh language and the local community. A letter from the Town Council asking companies to use bilingual signs was ignored and the County Council's stipulation that only shops should open on the high street has also been ignored.

Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has severely criticised the Welsh Assembly Government after Rhodri Glyn Thomas, the Heritage Minister, announced on Tuesday that only £200,000 per annum will be made available to support the Welsh language press, despite a clear promise in the One Wales Agreement that the level of support would include specific subsidy sufficient to set up a daily Welsh language newspaper.

A key meeting was held on Monday morning, the 4th of February between representatives of Mudiadau Dathlu’r Gymraeg – Celebrating Our Language, and the Minister for Heritage, Rhodri Glyn Thomas.

In response to the results of a recent survey by the BBC's Dragon's Eye programme which claimed that very few Welsh speakers utilised Welsh language Services in the public and private sectors, Cymdeithas yr Iaith argue that this provides definite proof of the need for a new Welsh Language Act.