The origins of the Celtic languages are cloaked in mystery. With desperately few written records, its story survives only in ...
The Government has announced that Cornish will now have the same status as the other Celtic languages of the UK – Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish. The language will be protected through part three of ...
A majority of voters in Northern Ireland feel the Irish language should have a similar status to that of Welsh in Wales and Gaelic and Scots in Scotland, a poll has shown. The poll, carried out by ...
Schools in Wales will be required to deliver at least 10 per cent of their teaching in Welsh by 2030 as part of a decade-long plan to implement “landmark” legislation. Mark Drakeford outlined the ...
Welsh-speaking inmates have been told to use English by staff at Wales' biggest prison, according to former inmates. Speaking to researchers at Cardiff and Liverpool universities, ex-prisoners at HMP ...
When Anthea Fowler and her husband moved from Manchester to the village of Llanystumdwy in June 2021, she didn’t speak a word of Welsh. Today, Anthea uses the language daily and plays a leading role ...
Ruth is WalesOnline's political editor, covering the decisions that affect Wales made in Cardiff Bay and Westminster and looking at their impact on people and communities. She completed her journalism ...
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) spends about £1m a year sending children to private schools in north Wales because "state schools teach some or all lessons in the Welsh language". It paid £1,019,000 in ...