A stone statue of Dewi Sant inside St Davids Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.
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Much of what we know about the life of the sixth century monk, St David, comes from medieval texts written several centuries later.
The late Yvonne Fox dressed as legendary pitchforked Welshwoman, Jemima Nicholas.
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The last invasion of Britain involved bungled military plans, sozzled soldiers and a legendary Welshwoman wielding a pitchfork.
Revellers in Cardiff city centre.
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Recent research shows how the relationship between alcohol consumption, queuing and crowds can lead to violent behaviour in city centres at night.
BBC Wales sports presenter Catrin Heledd.
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The BBC is celebrating 100 years of broadcasting in Wales.
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Cohabitation reform is needed in England and Wales to better protect couples legally upon relationship breakdown.
An artistic impression of how the Newport Medieval ship may have looked .
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The Newport medieval ship is the most complete section of a 15th-century European vessel discovered to date.
Virgin Orbit is launching satellites using a rocket slung under the wing of an aircraft.
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Efforts to launch rockets into space from the UK need to demonstrate reliability.
The Welsh name Yr Wyddfa is now used for the mountain instead of Snowdon by the national park authority.
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Welsh place names often reflect local legends, fauna and topography. The coining of English names to replace them has sparked an ongoing campaign to protect them.
Nicola Sturgeon.
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The fallout over the Scottish government’s gender recognition legislation has not happened in isolation.
Human remains dating back more than 30,000 years were found at Paviland cave in Gower.
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It’s been 200 years since the discovery of one of the oldest human burial sites in western Europe on the Gower peninsula in south Wales.
The children of Cwm Gwaun go door to door singing and collecting calennig in 1961.
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Britain may have ditched the Roman calendar in 1752 but Cwm Gwaun continues to cling on to its old traditions.
Richard Price reading a letter dated 1784 from his friend, Benjamin Franklin.
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He was an important philosopher, mathematician and social reformer of his time. But Richard Price was subsequently written out of history.
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There are many benefits to being bilingual.
Red squirrels have little immunity to squirrelpox virus spread by grey squirrels.
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There is no single, straightforward way to safeguard the future of this native mammal at the moment – but here are some options
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School is a key location for young people to learn and speak Welsh.
The Wales football team sings Yma o Hyd with Dafydd Iwan (far right) to Welsh fans after their qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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Speakers of minority languages (like Welsh) often insert words from a majority language (like English) while speaking.
Prince William has been given the title of Prince of Wales.
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The title was last held by a Welshman in the 1400s.
Dragon at Caerphilly Castle in Wales.
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From Merlin to the country’s red dragon, there are a lot of legends and magic to promote to international tourists.
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Children missed out on some of the curriculum, but not on learning.
Hundreds of starfish are being swept ashore along the Welsh coastline.
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Thousands of starfish are dying of Welsh beaches but videos may help explain why.