Fancy being the first band to play at Green Man 2009, standing on the main stage on Friday August 21st as the sun beats down over the Black Mountains and opening the festival with one of YOUR songs in front of thousands of people?How about sharing the bill Animal Collective,...
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As we all know we are going to see a new Doctor Who soon, Matt Smith, but the BBC today told us who the new assistant will be: Scottish actress Karen Gillan, 21, she's basicly unknown to most but I'm sure that...
Britain's Got Talent has discovered yet another unknown singing sensation this past week. Thirty-seven year old pizza delivery driver Jamie Pugh of Blackwood, Glamorgan is proving that this will not be a...
The UK and Scottish governments are ready to have their first major fall out over nuclear powerstations.The UK Government has released a list of 11 sites, of where they could erect new nuclear powerstations in...
Administered by the Academi with funding from the Arts Council of Wales. The Wales Book of the Year prizes, administered by the Academi with funding from the Arts Council of Wales, are awarded to the best Welsh...
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Billy Bragg opines in the Guardian that Maggie Thatcher's attack on the miners set in motion the calamity that has beset global financial markets today. It's worth a read -- and includes a fascinating BBC video...
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The last couple of months has seen a rash of stabbings both in the U.S., and the U.K. This particular method of killing people, seems to have become the 'crime du jour'. The story that I'm focusing on today,...
The credit crunch has claimed another victim, this time it's football. Scotland and Wales have cancelled plans for the two nations to joint host the Euro 2016 football tournament because of the global economic...
"He's not the messiah - he's a very naughty boy." I've seen this film so many times that I think I've memorized every line!" A Welsh town that banned the classic Monty Python movie Life of Brian 30 years ago has...
In an effort to curb child smoking in Scotland, cigarette vending machines and tobacco displays in shops will be banned under proposed legislation. Retailers would also have to partake in a registration...
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Some like a drink more than others but this can also be said for countries. The lastest firgures from the World Health Organisation show a new list of big drinkers based on pure alcohol bought and drank in 2007. 1)...
The UK coastguard have said that a Russian refuelling accident at the weekend that caused oil to hit the ocean is expected to hit the Irish and Welsh coastline within a couple of weeks.Reports just before 8pm...