MERTHYR council faces an official reprimand after being branded "a complete farce" by Welsh language campaigners in a complaint to the local government watchdog, after it launched an English-only website.
In a letter to the Public Service Ombudsman, members of campaign group Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society) have accused the local authority of consistent and severe breaches of its legally-binding language scheme.