28 October 1944 | A transport of 1,308 Jewish women prisoners left #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. They were transferred to KL Bergen-Belsen. Most probably among them were sisters Anne and Margot Frank who died there of typhus in February 1945.
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The BBC is set to scrap Radio 4 Extra. 📻 Losing this treasure trove of classic comedy, archive drama, and timeless storytelling would be a massive blow for millions of us. Sign the petition to help save Radio 4 Extra 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Radio 4 Extra is a fabulous showcase of the BBC's phenomenal archive of radio comedy and drama, fields in which the Corporation is an undoubted pioneer, with a reputation for quality rivals woud envy....
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In case you missed it ... The EU's Single Market for Energy facilitates the cheaper sale of surplus energy between member states BEFORE it reaches the open market. Thanks to Brexit, we're no longer a part of that scheme, which means we have to pay more than EU members do. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.
In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.
Today is the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, probably the darkest day in our history. It's impossible not to be overwhelmed by what happened and furious that it was to happen and with the treatment of the community after the disaster. Here are Judge Edmund Davies's notes from the inquiry.
Ann Jennings, the headmistress of Pantglas Junior School, receiving a petition from concerned parents in 1964 about the potential danger of the tips above the school. The headmistress took the petition to Merthyr Council but the parents' fears were ignored. #Aberfan
"The mass annihilation of books by missiles and drones is a continuation of four centuries of attacks on the Ukrainian language. Ukrainians have coined a new term, knyhotsyd, which can be translated as bibliocide, the genocide of a nation’s books." www.bylinesupplement.com/p/fahrenheit...
Fahrenheit 451 – Russia’s Attempted Genocide of Ukrainian Books
As the Lviv Book Forum kicks off, Stephen Komarnyckyj talks to Ukrainian poet and translator Viacheslav Levytskyi about literary survival after Russia’s destruction of millions of Ukrainian books
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Parch ac undod i'm holl gyfeillion o 🇺🇦 wrth i chi dathlu eich Diwrnod Annibyniaeth heddiw. Dwi llawn edmygedd ohonoch fel unigolion ac fel cenedl dewr a phendant am gadw'r ffydd mewn gyfnod mor heriol. З Днем Незалежності! #SlavaUkraini 🏴❤🇺🇦
Splann! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Kernow Gwych! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Cernyw Excellent 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Cornwall www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Council bids to use Cornish language on road signs
Cornwall Council says using Cornish place names on road signs would help promote the language.
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Nigel Farage has called Welsh people “Foreign speakers” in a Cameo video. We hate to break it to you Mr Farage, but if you read a history book you would realise English is more foreign in the UK than Welsh.
BREAKING: The SNP has passed a pro-independence motion telling the UK Government to begin to prepare for Scotland’s exit from the Union
how ironic to see the state protect two people who sought to strip the state while working under the direction of elon musk, who has made it impossible to seek recourse when people get death threats and harassment on twitter
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 8mo agoBreaking: the DOGE deposition videos have been taken off YouTube. On Friday the government asked a judge to intervene, said the videos could cause reputational damage, death threats. Judge agreed, ordered them removed: www.404media.co/doge-deposit...
Brexit’s fallout in Wales has sharpened a political divide between Labour’s cautious reset with Europe and Plaid Cymru’s pro-EU vision | Gareth Wyn Roberts
Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru: two competing visions for Europe
Brexit’s fallout in Wales has sharpened a political divide between Labour’s cautious reset with Europe and Plaid Cymru’s pro-EU vision
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Former political prisoner Nasrin Parvaz reads a letter to Keir Starmer signed by more than 100 pro-democracy, pro-justice and anti-war British-Iranians, including other former Evin detainees Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Aras Amiri. Full list of signatories is at togetherforiran.org
A campaign group has released a barrister’s opinion that argues a contract awarded for the construction of a new cancer hospital broke procurement regulations because two of the companies involved in the winning consortium had convictions for corruption ✍️Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/awardin...
Awarding of contract to build new cancer hospital 'broke procurement rules' says barrister
Martin Shipton A campaign group has released a barrister’s opinion that argues a contract awarded for the construction of a new cancer hospital broke procurement regulations because two of the compani...
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Gwir pob gair. A diolch i’r rhai sydd dal wrthi’n ymladd drosti.
Ashley Drake@ashleyjdrake.bsky.social · 8mo agoCelebrating 75 years of Welsh-language education in the Rhondda, the Valley of my birth 🏴 Diolch i'r rhai wnaeth ymgyrchu mor galed dros yr heniaith 👏🏽👏🏽 #Cymraeg
Celebrating 75 years of Welsh-language education in the Rhondda, the Valley of my birth 🏴 Diolch i'r rhai wnaeth ymgyrchu mor galed dros yr heniaith 👏🏽👏🏽 #Cymraeg
Matt Spry@mattdspry.bsky.social · 8mo agoDathlu 75 mlynedd o addysg Gymraeg yn y Rhondda ond 'mwy i'w wneud'
Dathlu 75 mlynedd o addysg Gymraeg yn y Rhondda ond 'mwy i'w wneud'
Dathlu 75 mlynedd o addysg Gymraeg yn y Rhondda ond 'mwy i'w wneud'
Ar drothwy noson i ddathlu 75 mlynedd o addysg Gymraeg yn y Rhondda ymgyrchydd blaenllaw yn dweud nad yw'r gwaith ar ben.
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‘This biography of Eddie Thomas is a thoroughly deserved tribute to a very special man.’ John H. Stracey The first biography of champion boxer and world renowned trainer, Merthyr’s Eddie Thomas . Out 3 Sept 2026 (pbk & ebk) Pre-order here: st-davids-press.wales
OUT SUMMER 2026 IN PBK & EBK One Party State - Martin Shipton's explosive new investigation into 100 years of Labour dominance in Wales can be ordered now from welsh-academic-press.wales
Radcliffe is worth £30B and became an immigrant in Monaco to save himself £4B in tax. He now pays £0 tax but complains about immigrants to the UK who paid @ £20-25B in tax (2024-25). Immigrants' taxes pay for doctors, nurses, teachers, police, soldiers and pensions, while he pays for nothing.
a reminder that Tim Allan, who quit Starmer's Downing St today, previously spun for....not only Kazakhstan and Qatar but also Vladimir Putin’s government www.ft.com/content/a0a8...
From Blair to Putin to Starmer: PR chief Tim Allan’s CV
Former New Labour spin-doctor has faced criticism over his choice of clients, including Russia’s government
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"I have always had an interest in learning other languages", he said, explaining Welsh appealed to him because it is spoken by choice rather than necessity ... Nobody's required to do it, but they do out of love for their culture, and that was really attractive to me." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mississipi judge travels 4,000 miles to sit Welsh-language exam
A US judge travels more than 4,000 miles after teaching himself Welsh.
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In other news, I was inadvertently racist at school, I inadvertently lied about my house purchase to avoid tax and inadvertently led a party that was infiltrated by Russia.
📌 ICYMI — How Neo-Nazis Posing as ‘Ordinary Parents’ Embedded Themselves in Anti-Immigrant Protests A year long investigation by Katherine Denkinson exposes the Neo-Nazi… https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/19/how-neo-nazis-posing-as-ordinary-parents-embedded-themselves-in-anti-immigrant-protests/
How Neo-Nazis Posing as 'Ordinary Parents' Embedded Themselves in Anti-Immigrant Protests
A year long investigation by Katherine Denkinson exposes the Neo-Nazi and far-right extremists operating openly inside anti-immigration protests
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In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.
