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Welsh Newspaper

Current events from Wales and the Welsh around the world

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

The world-famous Tower Colliery site is set to enter a new era with plans unveiled for an opencast mine, creating 300 jobs.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/cynon-valley/2010/08/19/opencast-mine-planned-for-site-of-wales-last-deep-pit-91466-27078407/

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Archaeology students have stumbled across the site of large Roman buildings on the banks of the river Usk in Wales -- right next to one of the best-known and most-studied Roman sites in Britain -- Caerleon.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/aug/12/caerleon-roman-archaeology-students-geophysics-buildings

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Newport Superdragons -- To celebrate Newport hosting the 2010 Ryder Cup more than 100 fiberglass Superdragons will create a trail in and around the city until 17 October.

Audio slideshow: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/southeastwales/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8839000/8839191.stm

Sunday, July 11, 2010

The Hot 50: Wales' sexiest men revealed!

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/07/11/the-hot-50-wales-sexiest-men-revealed-91466-26819184/

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Blodwen comes home -- the skeleton of a woman who lived 5,500 years ago has gone on display in her home town, more than a century after she was discovered.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/wales/10498384.stm

Sunday, June 6, 2010

A special service was held in Kent to thank the people of South Wales who took in hundreds of child evacuees from the South East of England during World War II.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/kent/10249156.stm

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Celebrities, a towering Norman castle, breathtaking sea views, quaint fisherman's cottages and a clutch of intimate restaurants -- the Victorian seaside resort of Mumbles has been nicknamed the Monaco of Wales.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/05/29/mumbles-the-monaco-of-wales-91466-26545937/

Friday, May 14, 2010

Robin Hood rides through Pembrokeshire!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/8683863.stm

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Visit the Royal Horticultural Society Cardiff Flower Show via the pictures of photographer Tim Powell.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8626905.stm

Related article: new daffodil launched at RHS Cardiff Show -- Narcissis 'Gwawr'.

http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-Show-Cardiff/2010/Plants/Daffodil-delight

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Wales, the greenest place on Earth -- in Nature's palette and as as one of the most environmentally progressive nations -- tide turbines, recycled vegetable oil as fuel, and embracing the French concept of terroir -- and "green cheese".

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031804977.html

Friday, February 26, 2010

Welsh soldiers sent messages of support to the Wales rugby squad after the Wales team sent messages to the troops in Afghanistan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8539673.stm

Monday, February 1, 2010

One Welsh farmer is feeding his cows beer to help them relax, and he even throws in the occasional massage.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/8491210.stm

Friday, January 22, 2010

The Feb. 6th Wales v England Six Nations rugby game will be the first live 3D sports broadcast in Europe.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8476197.stm

Saturday, January 16, 2010

The number of Michelin-starred restaurants in Wales quadrupled when the Walnut Tree (Llanddewi Skirrid, Abergavenny, Momouthshire), Tyddyn Llan (Llandrillo, Denbighshire), and Ynyshir Hall (Machynlleth, Powis) joined The Crown at Whitebrook (Monmouthshire) where the staff is thrilled about retaining its coveted star for the fourth year in a row and with the news about the other three.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/01/16/michelin-stars-shine-over-wales-91466-25612685/

Friday, January 8, 2010

Newport, Wales, host city for the 2010 Ryder Cup, has been voted one of the top ten places to visit in 2010 by realbuzz.com.

http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Tourism&F=1&id=18406

Friday, January 8, 2010

Did you of think of Wales when planning your white water rafting vacation?  Now you can, thanks to the Olympics.

http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Sport&F=1&id=18411

Friday, October 9, 2009

World champions Wales and England have welcomed Friday's decision to include rugby sevens in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016.  Joe Lydon, Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), said, "The exposure rugby sevens will get from inclusion in the Olympics will draw many new people into the sport and that has clear benefits for the whole of Welsh rugby."

http://us.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/AnyArticle/p.rdt?URL=http://www.reuters.com/article/olympicsNews/idUSL963690920091009

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Archaeologists have discovered Stonehenge's little sister -- just a mile from the famous monument.  Unearthed in secret over the summer, Bluehenge is one of the most important prehistoric finds in decades.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1217752/Henge-stones-Unearthed-site-monuments-little-sister.html

Monday, September 14, 2009

A blue plaque has been unveiled at the site of a favourite sweet shop of the young Roald Dahl, later immortalised in the author's memoirs.  Dahl wrote a number of children's books among which is the well-known Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/8253467.stm

September, 2009 Press Release

The UK's most popular branded Welsh cheddar is now available in the United States -- Collier's Powerful Welsh Cheddar; spotted at Whole Foods in Columbus!

http://www.collierscheese.com/

Friday, 18 September, 2009

A bus company has named its 15 new vehicles in tribute to Welsh rugby players after a passenger won a competition to list his dream team.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/8262974.stm

Sunday, 16 August 2009

The alphabet from A to Z is spelled out across the Welsh landscape but can be seen only from way up high --

 http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/08/16/the-secret-a-to-z-of-wales-91466-24452931/

Thursday, 13 August 2009

John Davies, Welsh historian and broadcaster, has updated The Making of a Nation -- 300 full-color, glossy photographs of the Welsh landscape accompany maps, drawings and text in this new edition to give a perspective on over 200 generations of life throughout the history of Wales.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/08/13/the-shaping-of-wales-through-the-centuries-91466-24395899/

Sunday, 9 August 2009

One man's quest to uncover a village's history led him to discover the amazing tale of a Welsh movie star and sportsman dubbed the "Tarzan" of Crosskeys.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/08/09/the-incredible-story-of-wales-tarzan-91466-24352172/

Tuesday, 4 August 2009

The first mobile phone for Welsh speakers has been launched, with menus and predictive text in the language.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/8183247.stm

Saturday, 1 August 2009

An appeal is being launched to save a piece of graffiti which was daubed on a wall after a Welsh village was flooded to provide water for Liverpool.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/8179016.stm

Thursday, 16 July 2009

Wales defied the gloom which has beset the travel industry and saw the numbers of visitors rise last year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/5843487/Wales-defies-tourist-drought.html

Monday, 13 July 2009

From US giants Elvis and Sinatra to home-grown legends Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey, they've all benefited from lucrative residencies in some of Las Vegas most exclusive venues.  Now Cardiff-based male voice choir Only Men Aloud! look set to follow in those high-rolling footsteps as they plan to become the first choir ever to headline Sin City -- in time for St. David's Day next year.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/07/13/only-men-aloud-bid-to-be-big-in-the-us-91466-24137184/

See videos of Only Men Aloud! at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, June-July 2009, and during the BBC television program Last Choir Standing 2008 competition at www.youtube.com.  Go to the website and do your own search, or do a quick jump to these clips: Last Choir Standing, Cwm Rhondda -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4xYIGH-pI8; Smithsonian Festival, Tom Jones medley -- (wider view of stage but cuts off before end of medley) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6sPF_AgCyg OR (can see the shenanigans on the stage better but also tops of heads of audience members -- includes all songs in medley) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVvNJMmGjUg&feature=related.

Thursday, 9 July 2009

Keeping up with the Welsh Performing Arts

• Welsh actor Christian Bale stars alongside Johnny Depp in new movie Public Enemies, directed by Michael Mann. Bale plays special agent Melvin Purvis in this depression-era action-thriller showing in theatres now.
• Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Helena Bonham Carter are starting off the summer on set in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. The trio is currently filming scenes for the final HP book-turned-film, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, out in theatres in November 2010.

 

 

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