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Sion Tecwyn

@siontecwyn.bsky.social
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Cymraeg. Cyn-newyddiadurwr, ond dal yn rhyw fath o newyddiadurwr weithiau. Former journalist who is still an occasional journalist.

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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 21/09/2026
Byddai canolfan ddata newydd ar lannau'r Fenai yn cael sgil effeithiau 'torcalonnus ar yr ardal a'r amgylchedd’ yn ôl ymgyrchwyr sy'n gwrthwynebu'r cynllun. Mae'r datblygwyr yn dweud y byddai'r datblygiad yn dod â hen safle sy'n adfail yn ôl i ddefnydd. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/pryd...
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Pryder am effaith ‘dorcalonnus’ canolfan ddata ar lannau’r Fenai
Mi fyddai canolfan ddata newydd ar lannau'r Fenai yn cael sgil effeithiau 'tor-calonus ar yr ardal a'r amgylchedd’ yn ôl ymgyrchwyr sy'n gwrthwynebu'r cynllun
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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The BBC website hasn’t found space to report on Jenrick’s defence of assaults on a woman protestor by Reform members, but it has devoted an entire page to this puff for Reform’s attempts to appeal to women
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Reform UK hopes new group will attract more women to party
The party launches Women for Reform at its party conference this weekend, after criticism about its policies.
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Eben Muse @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Peth arall o bwys: Prif gyfranddalwyr Valero yw BlackRock a'r grŵp Vanguard, cwmnïau sydd â buddsoddiad enfawr mewn diwydiannau carbon uchel ledled y byd, a enwir gan y Cenhedloedd Unedig am eu cyfranogiad yn yr hil-laddiad parhaus ym Mhalestina. Solidariaeth ffug yw solidariaeth anghyson.
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Eben Muse @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cyhoeddais yr erthygl yma ar gyfer y cylchgrawn Barn heddiw. Dyma'r unig stori rydw i wedi'i gweld am noddiant moesol amheus Pentref Gwyddoniaeth @eisteddfod.cymru gan Valero, un o gwmnïau puro olew mwyaf y byd. barn.cymru/cy_gb/yr-eis...
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Yr Eisteddfod a’r diwydiant olew – Barn
Braf oedd darllen datganiad yr Eisteddfod, yn fuan wedi prifwyl y Garreg Las, eu bod yn ‘bwriadu cyflwyno…
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The Cricketer @thecricketer.com · 26/08/2026
A cricket-playing groom faces a cross-country helicopter dash to play in a dream cup final for his team | ✍️ @sharmojourno.bsky.social
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Newlyweds face helicopter race to groom's village cricket final at Lord's
The couple, who marry in North Wales less than 24 hours before the game starts, must dash across the country on the morning of the Cawston Press Village Cup final
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 06/08/2026
'O'n i'n devastated' Mae dysgwr Cymraeg wedi galw ar yr Eisteddfod i sicrhau bod sylwadau beirniaid yn gleniach ar ôl i feirniaid awgrymu ar lwyfan y Pafiliwn ei bod wedi defnyddio AI i ysgrifennu nofel.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 30/07/2026
Why has reporting on the murder of Ann Widdecombe murder pushed legal boundaries? Press Gazette asked media law experts to explain why publishers pushed limits with the coverage of this case and why they are unlikely to face civil action pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
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Why reporting of Ann Widdecombe killing pushed legal boundaries
Online speculation and potential privacy breaches following Ann Widdecombe’s murder have fuelled concerns on the quality of court reporting.
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Sion Tecwyn @siontecwyn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Achos sy'n haeddu lot mwy o sylw. Cafodd Michael Stone ei garcharu er nad oedd fawr ddim tystiolaeth mai fo oedd y llofrudd. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Witnesses name new suspect in Chillenden murders of Lin and Megan Russell
A family member of Raymond Buck says he confessed he had "done something unforgivable".
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Nigel Farage failed to declare staff, security and housing gifted to him by a convicted fraudster and crypto gambler who was charged for his role in a “dark web” money laundering plot www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal
The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 21/06/2026
What *is* the point of public funding if it's not to subsidise things we need but commercial broadcasters won't do?
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@2402europe.bsky.social @2402europe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
How many PMs will the United Kingdom have. What can a PM achieve in a few months. What ever the party. It is a shame for people and for your country.
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Steve Cockburn @stevecockburn.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
It’s been 5 hours since BBC first reported this story and the national pick up is fairly sparse. Has violent Islamophobia been normalised to this extent?
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Guy De Launey @guydelauney.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Is binning expert correspondents in eastern Europe a good idea at a time like this? Disinformation on the rise, Russia interfering in many countries, threatening several and actually at war with one? Well, BBC News management seems to think so. It's disposing of me and 4 of my colleagues.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 21/06/2026
A recent report found that interest in engaging with the news has fallen. Around the world, 16% more people said they had little or no interest in news than in 2021. More crucially, trust in the news and news organisations is at an all-time low wp.me/p8Mk4U-1nqx
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 18/06/2026
The National Union of Journalists has expressed grave concern at “devastating” cuts announced by the BBC, including the loss of 50 jobs at BBC Wales ✍️ Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1nmZ
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Y Geiriadur @geiriadur.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Gair y dydd: BANGOR geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... Gair cyfarwydd fel enw ar ddinas Bangor, ond a wyddoch ei ystyr? Sef ffens neu wal blethiedig, wedi ei hadeiladu gan ffyn a pholion wedi eu cydblethu â brigau neu ganghennau, a cheir ystyron eraill iddo fel amddiffynfa a mynachlog.
Wal neu ffens wedi'i adeiladu drwy blethu canghennau y naill ochr i ffyn, a'r gair 'bangor' ar draws gwaelod y llun.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 09/06/2026
Former Crown Court judge Nic Parry examines some of Wales’ most compelling criminal cases in new Y Podlediad Trosedd launching on 9 June
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New true crime podcast with Nic Parry launches on BBC Sounds
Nation Cymru staff Former Crown Court judge Nic Parry examines some of Wales’ most compelling criminal cases in new Y Podlediad Trosedd podcast launching on 9 June. In this gripping series, Nic applie...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 01/06/2026
Cardiff University has backed down from plans it was feared would result in the loss of thousands of rare and historic books ✍️Martin Shipton
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Cardiff University withdraws library plan following backlash
Martin Shipton Cardiff University has backed down from plans it was feared would result in the loss of thousands of rare and historic books. Staff and students launched a petition aimed at stopping wh...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Idea for a GB News programme - Neil Oliver snogs six ebola patients to prove it's all a hoax.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Farage picks plumber to fight by-election The new Private Eye is out now.
A photo of the front cover of issue 1676 of Private Eye magazine. The headline reads “FARAGE PICKS PLUMBER TO FIGHT BY-ELECTION.” The image shows Nigel Farage standing Robert Kenyon Rivals in front of a white van. Kenyon asks, “What’s your call-out fee?”, Farage replies, “Five million quid!”. Other speech bubbles say, “Oh no, there’s a leak!” and “And a terrible smell!”
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European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) @europeanjournalists.org · 22/05/2026
#Ukraine: Iryna Levchenko is a 64-year-old veteran journalist from Melitopol who has been detained by Russia without confirmed charges for nearly three years. NUJU, the IFJ, and EFJ continue to call for her release and the release of all other Ukrainian journalists in Russian captivity. Read more ⤵️
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“We thought we’d be safe”: the story of Iryna Levchenko, a Ukrainian journalist detained by Russia
By Valeriia Muskharina, National Union of Journalists of Ukraine Journalism is not a crime. This principle drives the ongoing solidarity campaign ...
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 20/05/2026
🏉 Roedd y ffilm wreiddiol, gan Gwenlyn Parry a John Hefin, yn serennu Dewi ‘Pws’ Morris, Sharon Morgan a Hugh Griffith
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Mike Bubbins a Steve Speirs i ysgrifennu dilyniant i’r ffilm Grand Slam
Mae Mike Bubbins wedi datgelu ei fod wedi cael yr hawliau i ysgrifennu dilyniant i Grand Slam, ffilm sydd wedi dod yn glasur yng Nghymru.
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Golwg360 @golwg.360.cymru · 20/05/2026
Cyflwynydd Heno yn torri record y byd mewn ras pum milltir Mae Angharad Mair wedi dychwelyd i fyd athletau wedi cyfnod yn gwella yn sgil llawdriniaeth ✍️ Efan Meilir Owen
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Cyflwynydd Heno yn torri record y byd mewn ras pum milltir
Mae Angharad Mair wedi dychwelyd i fyd athletau wedi cyfnod yn gwella yn sgil llawdriniaeth
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Sion Tecwyn @siontecwyn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Criw dawns y blodau Eisteddfod yr Urdd 1976 yn ail-greu llun
Robin Williams sy'n rhannu hanes aduniad criw dawns flodau Eisteddfod yr Urdd 1976 ym Mhorthaethwy.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
There are certain legacy habits that you wouldn’t adopt if you were starting from scratch now and near the top of the list is broadcasters doing a segment on the newspapers. Not just skewed towards the right (forever the case) but now skewed towards a shrinking demographic of nutters
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Gavin Culloty @gculloty87.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Remembering the late, great Eric Morecambe, who was born 100 Years ago today.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
If you like data, here is something interesting for you: Bridget Phillipson interview on LK: 9m 40" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 31 Richard Tice interview on LK: 8m 23" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 9
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 07/05/2026
A former senior S4C executive has lodged a High Court claim against the broadcaster, claiming that bullying by its former chief executive Sian Doyle caused her to suffer heart failure and ongoing psychological distress ✍️Martin Shipton
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Former S4C executive Amanda Rees lodges High Court claim over bullying by ex-CEO Sian Doyle
Martin Shipton A former senior S4C executive has lodged a High Court claim against the broadcaster, claiming that bullying by its former chief executive Sian Doyle caused her to suffer heart failure a...
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Happy Bank Holiday! Here’s a tongue-in-cheek #parody song about #nigelfarage accepting a massive gift from a #crypto billionaire and then hiding from a #BBC interview - to the iconic tune #500miles of the legendary Proclaimers … We’re calling it: “Five Million Quid” 💰🤑💰🤑💰🎶 youtu.be/z5A0qpWUrfg?...
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"5 Million Quid" - Marsh Family parody of The Proclaimers "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" on Farage gift
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Sion Tecwyn @siontecwyn.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Rhyfeddol fod rhai papurau lleol yn dal i gael eu hargraffu. Roedd y Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald yn gwerthu 128 copi'r wythnos ar gyfartaledd yn 2025, yn ol ffigyrau swyddogol ABC. (roedd o dros 16,000 ym 1990). Holyhead Mail yn gwerthu 110, Weekly News 199, Daily Post lawr i 5,599 y diwrnod
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Former Irish president Michael D Higgins is not rich. He’s down to Earth, a poet, an academic & a scholar. He also demonstrates how politics can be done. He’s incredibly popular* Michael D Higgins returned €2.6 million of pay and allowances to State over 14-year presidency
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Michael D Higgins returned €2.6 million of pay and allowances to State over 14-year presidency
In recent days, the former president returned €384,467 to the Exchequer.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 28/04/2026
In years gone by, S4C felt like an island of sanity and accessible Welsh culture, with learned presenters and contributors and a focus on history, music and the arts. Today’s version, however, has got many people asking 'Ble Mae’r Gymraeg?' ✍️Stephen Price buff.ly/zNZYGhJ
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 29/04/2026
🚨 Arolwg arbennig ar gyfer Newyddion S4C a Phrifysgol Aberystwyth yn awgrymu bod Reform ar y blaen yn Etholiad y Senedd ar 7 Mai. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/arol...
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 10/04/2026
⚽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 'Dwi’n gobeithio gweld Jake yn codi’r cwpan fel nes i yn 94/95'   Ar drothwy rownd derfynol Cwpan Cymru rhwng Caernarfon a'r Fflint ddydd Sul, mae gan Waynne Phillips a’i fab gysylltiad arbennig â'r gystadleuaeth
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Y tad a'r mab sydd â chysylltiad arbennig â Chwpan Cymru
Ar drothwy rownd derfynol Cwpan Cymru rhwng Caernarfon a'r Fflint ddydd Sul, mae gan un tad a mab gysylltiad arbennig â'r gystadleuaeth
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Sion Tecwyn @siontecwyn.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Colled enfawr i Radio Cymru - wedi gwrando arno fo ers roeddwn i yn yr ysgol! Darlledwr gwych sydd wedi gwneud cyfraniad enfawr i gerddoriaeth Gymraeg. www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...
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Richard Rees yn ymddeol wedi 50 mlynedd o ddarlledu i'r BBC
Mae'r cyflwynydd Richard Rees wedi cyhoeddi ei fod yn ymddeol wedi 50 mlynedd o weithio ar raglenni BBC.
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Sion Tecwyn @siontecwyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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Canu emyn gan Dyfed Evans yn dilyn ei farwolaeth yn 100 oed
Bydd aelodau o Ysgol Sul yng Ngwynedd yn cofio am gyfraniad 'dyn arbennig' i'w ardal, drwy berfformio emyn a gafodd ei chyfansoddi ganddo
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The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Cesc Fabregas is doing a fine job at Como – but not everyone in Italy is impressed. @jameshorncastle.bsky.social profiles the cosmopolitan Catalan who has taken a minor club to the periphery of the Champions League — and ruffled plenty of feathers in the process.
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Managers on the rise: Cesc Fabregas – the tactical tyro ruffling the feathers of Serie A’s traditionalists (Gift Article)
The cultural resistance to Fabregas and the project of his club, Como, is intensifying with every win
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 27/03/2026
🏉 Bydd Richard Collier-Keywood yn gadael ei swydd ym mis Gorffennaf
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Utterances that were once impossible to imagine and which, in fairness, are still pretty weird.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
NEW | A rare positive edition of the newsletter… IN PRAISE OF JEREMY BOWEN His Today programme monologue on Trump, war in Iran, and the history of the Middle East was exactly how the BBC should be reporting on the world. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
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In praise of Jeremy Bowen
His Today programme monologue on Trump, war in Iran, and the history of the Middle East was exactly how the BBC should be reporting on the world.
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Sion Tecwyn @siontecwyn.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Trist iawn - cyd-weithiwr dymunol iawn ym myd papurau newydd erstalwm, newyddiadurwr ardderchog, a dyn hyfryd
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Ashley Drake @ashleyjdrake.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Godidog 🥲 A sad yet joyful read.
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Attacks leave dead vs killed
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 06/03/2026
Mae'r prifardd a'r llenor o Flaenau Ffestiniog, Eigra Lewis Roberts wedi marw yn 86 oed: newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/prif...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Big money has bought British politics 75% of Reform’s money has come from three rich white men democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 27/02/2026
⚡️ Bydd angen dod o hyd i lwybr cloddio i gwblhau gwaith y National Grid o symud ynni glân rhwng Cymru a’r Alban. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/tir-...
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Y tir yng Ngwynedd sy'n rhan allweddol o gynllun ynni rhwng Cymru a'r Alban
Mae National Grid wedi dechrau'r broses o archwilio tir yng ngogledd Gwynedd fydd yn rhan o gynllun 'hanfodol' i drosglwyddo ynni glân rhwng yr Alban a Chymru a thu hwnt
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 27/02/2026
🌳 'Mae Ystâd Glynllifon ar werth am y tro cyntaf ers 1700' Mae tir ar ystâd Glynllifon ger Caernarfon ar werth, gyda sawl talp sylweddol o dir yn cael ei gynnig. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/ysta...
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Ystâd hanesyddol Glynllifon ar werth am y tro cyntaf ers canrifoedd
Mae ystâd hanesyddol rhwng Caernarfon a Phen Llŷn ar werth am y tro cyntaf mewn canrifoedd
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