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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Bethan McKernan

    ‘Songwriting instead of doomscrolling’: project inspires Port Talbot to tune into its heritage (opens the original)

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    Community groups and schools work with Wales’s folk arts organisation to set stories of the area’s people to music Growing up in Wales, Liz Puleston-Jones was familiar with the country’s rich heritage of storytelling and traditional music, but none of it ever seemed to have much of a connection to her life in Swansea. Researching the history of the area as part of Cân y Cymoedd (When Valleys Sing), a project in nearby Port Talbot, she came across the story of Isabel Thomas, a 14-year-old

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Bethan McKernan

    Westminster’s time is coming to an end, say first ministers of UK’s Celtic nations (opens the original)

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    Leaders in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland discuss independence and call for constitutional change at summit Westminster’s time is coming to an end, the first ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have said at a landmark summit aimed at putting the UK’s Celtic nations on the path to independence referendums. The Plaid Cymru leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth; the Scottish National party leader, John Swinney; Sinn Féin’s vice-president, Michelle O’Neill, and the president and lead

  3. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Bethan McKernan

    Leaders at Celtic summit to affirm right to seek independence from UK (opens the original)

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    Call for constitutional change in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales likely to challenge Burnham’s devolution agenda The first ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are to affirm their countries’ right to seek independence from the UK at a summit that is likely to challenge Andy Burnham’s devolution agenda. The Plaid Cymru leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth, the Scottish National party leader, John Swinney , and the Sinn Féin vice-president, Michelle O’Neill, are expected to sign a memorandu

  4. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Bethan McKernan and Patrick Greenfield

    Leaders at Celtic summit to affirm right to seek independence from UK - AOL (opens the original)

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    The first ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are to affirm their countries’ right to seek independence from the UK at a summit that is likely to challenge Andy Burnham’s devolution agenda. The Plaid Cymru leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth, the Scottish National party leader, John Swinney , and the Sinn Féin vice-president, Michelle O’Neill, are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding at a landmark conference in Cardiff on Monday that will call on Westminster “to prepare, plan and fa

  5. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Bethan McKernan

    ‘She never forgot where she came from’: Bonnie Tyler mourners turn out for Swansea service (opens the original)

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    Many in the crowd watching on screen outside minster have stories of meeting or knowing singer, who died in July Bonnie Tyler’s songs have echoed through her home town of Swansea in recent days in memory of the late singer, but on Monday the church bells stopped and wellwishers lining the streets fell silent as her coffin arrived for a service celebrating her life. As the white coffin, covered in bouquets of white roses, was carried into the minster, shouts of “God bless you Bonnie” and â€

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