Tag: Welsh
Welsh language campaigner refused to pay £60 parking fine in English
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Welsh language campaigner who refused to pay £60 parking fine because it was written in English WINS legal battle - after parking firm failed to send a legal representative to courtA man refused to pay a parking fine...
Welsh Rugby Union ‘is committed to equality’ amid misogyny claims
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Welsh Rugby Union insists it is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion after a former employee claimed a colleague openly joked about wanting to rape her amid a 'culture of misogyny' - as chief executive says...
Irvine Welsh blasts Scots Tories over ‘Trainspotting’ election poster
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'Get f***ed': Author Irvine Welsh launches typically blunt foul-mouthed attack on the Scottish Conservatives after they rip off his Trainspotting cult 'Choose life' slogan in local election campaignParty unveiled an ...
Welsh government REFUSES to hand out platinum jubilee school book
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Fury as republican Mark Drakeford's government in Wales REFUSES to distribute book marking the Queen's platinum jubilee to all schools despite it being translated into Welsh, saying they must 'opt in' to £12m schemeB...
Welsh Rugby Union in turmoil over ‘rape joke’ and Hitler jibe’
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EXCLUSIVE: Wales rugby rocked by 'rape joke' claims from a former WRU employee that a colleague openly joked about wanting to rape her - and that another compared her to Hitler - amid a 'culture of misogyny'A women h...
New book links Welsh myths to the landmarks you can visit today
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Ffantastig beasts and where to find them: Fascinating new book reveals the Welsh landmarks that have hidden links with giants, mermaids and monstersIn Illustrated Tales of Wales author Mark Rees explores more than 20...
Graduate, 22, is turned down for a job over her ‘strong Welsh accent’
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Graduate, 22, is turned down for a job over her 'strong Welsh accent' after employer tells her it 'would not suit the office environment'Eluned Anderson, 22, was rejected despite 'performing well' in the interview ...
Welsh property developer set £100,000 barn on fire and shot himself
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Property developer, 53, set his £100,000 barn conversion on fire then shot himself in the head after rowing with his partner about selling their luxury country home, inquest hearsRoger Selway, 53, was found dead at h...
Parents’ fury at ‘inedible’ school dinners served at a Welsh school
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Parents' fury at 'inedible' school dinners served at a Welsh secondary school as they share pictures of the 'vile' and overpriced meals on social mediaYsgol Dyffryn Taf in Carmarthenshire has come under fire for its ...
Welsh police officer faces jail after framing ex as armed criminal
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South Wales police officer, 24, faces jail after wrongly accusing his ex-girlfriend of drug dealing and killing an Albanian gangster after she dumped him when he cheated on herPC Abubakar Masum, 24, from Swansea will...
Welsh villagers where it take 17 HOURS to watch HD film angry with BT
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Welsh village with 'the slowest broadband in Britain' where it takes 17 HOURS to watch HD film: Locals condemn BT for pausing rollout of new fibre cables as they suffer speeds of between 1 and 3 Mbps per secondVillag...
Welsh teens to get £1,600-a-month to do nothing in basic income pilot
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Welsh Government slammed over astonishing 'waste of public money' for rolling out £20million basic income pilot scheme handing teenagers £1,600-a-MONTH to do NOTHING - despite similar schemes completely failing to ge...
Welsh village Cemaes falls victim to soft-touch system
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Is this Welsh village really home to seven Hungarian zoos? Cemaes falls victim to soft-touch system that lets anyone create 'shell companies' for fraud and money laundering in the UK without proof of identitySeven ne...
VIDEO: Moment car crashes into the front of a Welsh pub
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Shocking footage shows car ploughing into punters standing outside Welsh pub - injuring one woman - before they attack the driverA woman was hit by a car outside the Royal Oak pub in Pontypool, South Wales CCTV foota...
House prices TRIPLE along Welsh coastline despite flooding fears
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Tide turns for 'doomed' seaside village: House prices as much as TRIPLE along Welsh coastline... despite fears 1,300 homes could be swept away by floodingFamilies were warned hundreds of properties would eventually b...
Armed cops lock-down Welsh estate in ‘on-going incident’
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Armed cops lock-down Welsh estate in 'on-going incident': Officers 'focus on woodland at back of houses' as locals confined to their homes for 14 hoursArmed officers swooped yesterday evening on woodland near Aberdar...