Iceland apologises for insulting Welsh people amid threats of boycott

Iceland apologises for insulting the Welsh amid threats of boycott after supermarket boss said language is ‘gibberish’ and ‘like bad catarrh’ Iceland’s corporate affairs boss Keith Hann called the Welsh language ‘gibberish’ Reportedly said Welsh was ‘like someone with bad catarrh clearing his throat’  Iceland insisted that his statements do not ‘reflect’ the company’s views By … Read more

Welsh ‘hippy’ UWC Atlantic school is favoured by European royalty

Spain’s future Queen Princess Leonor is to become the latest European royal to study at a 12th-century Welsh castle dubbed the ‘Hippie Hogwarts’ – following in the footsteps of Princess Elisabeth of Belgium in Wales. UWC Atlantic College, which was founded in German educationalist Kurt Hahn, is situated at the 12th century St Donat’s Castle on … Read more

Why the Welsh Hippy Hogwarts has become the school of choice for royals

Spain’s future Queen Princess Leonor is to become the latest European royal to study at a 12th-century Welsh castle dubbed the ‘Hippie Hogwarts’ – following in the footsteps of Princess Elisabeth of Belgium in Wales. UWC Atlantic College, which was founded in German educationalist Kurt Hahn, is situated at the 12th century St Donat’s Castle on … Read more

Brexit: Consumers buy more UK lamb, Welsh lobster and Cornish Brie

Consumers are rallying to British food products to help local suppliers suffering from post-Brexit export chaos and a drop in demand from pubs and restaurants due to coronavirus lockdowns. Top chefs are among those supporting UK seafood producers who are facing huge problems exporting to Europe, with Rick Stein’s son Jack buying 220lb of lobster … Read more

Welsh Government bids for Hitachi nuclear site

Welsh Government in talks to buy Horizon nuclear power plant site from Hitachi in last-ditch effort to secure future of project By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 7 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 7 February 2021 The Welsh Government is in talks to buy the Horizon nuclear power plant site … Read more

Painting that hung in servants’ quarters at Welsh mansion for years is masterpiece worth £67m

Portrait that hung for years in servants’ quarters of Welsh mansion then sold for ‘a few shillings’ as job lot with other paintings… is identified as Botticelli masterpiece worth £67MILLION Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel went under the hammer at Sotheby’s auction in New York and sold to Russian clients for a … Read more

Covid UK: Welsh lockdown is extended by three weeks

Welsh lockdown rules  Wales’ Alert Level 4 means that people must stay at home except for limited purposes. These include:  Buying food and medicine; Exercise, alone or with members of your household or support bubble;   For work purposes where it is cannot reasonably be done from home;  Providing care to a vulnerable person; Visiting a … Read more

Future of Welsh teacher who wrote secret blog about Prom undecided

A teacher-turned-secret gossip blogger who wrote about girls at prom looking like ‘prostitutes and trans-human Kardashian clones’ must wait to learn if he has been struck off after his misconduct hearing was adjourned.  Alex Price, 43, secretly penned his thoughts on his school’s annual prom, describing it as ‘a shallow, vacuous affair, about nothing more … Read more

Gossip blog teacher offended everyone at rural Welsh school

A teacher’s secret blog that compared female pupils to prostitutes caused ‘extreme hurt’ at the school, according to the headmaster who was himself given the unflattering nickname Grima Wormtongue. Alexander Price, 43, faces being struck off for writing anonymous articles scorning staff and students at Denbigh High School in North Wales. One rambling post on his The … Read more

Welsh police ‘threaten to fine’ customers going to a farm shop to buy their milk

Welsh police threatened to fine customers who went to a farm shop to buy their milk, telling them they should get it from a supermarket instead.  Officers turned people away from a milk vending machine set up in Berthengam, near Holywell in Flintshire, Wales, after a dairy farm noticed supermarkets struggled to meet the demand for … Read more