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'Still here': Welsh world cup song Yma o Hyd and how the language is adapting to survive

The official Wales song for the FIFA Men’s World Cup 2022 is “Yma o Hyd” (“Still here”), a protest song first released by Dafydd Iwan and Ar Lôg in 1983. Its unashamedly patriotic verses describe the adversity that Welsh people have endured over the centuries, including:

The Conversation

Port of Holyhead will submit formal bid for freeport status, operator says

A freeport status on Anglesey could attract £1bn investment to the area and create up to 13,000 new jobs

Birmingham Post

Parents whose daughter disappeared a year ago say 'we'll never give up looking for her'

Catrin Maguire had joined others for a movie night and socialised as normal and the student was expected to meet another friend and sign for a flat tenancy but she never turned up

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'Our daughter disappeared a year ago. We'll never give up looking for her'

"Not knowing where Catrin is, who she may be with, is heartbreaking"

Wales Online

Poem of the week: Poetry for Supper by RS Thomas

The contested virtues of spontaneity and slog, when it comes to producing art, spark off a lively pub debate

The Guardian - UK

Incredible prehistoric forest re-emerges on Welsh beach

'You should look at them while you can before they disappear'

Wales Online

The long-lost story of the Welsh preacher who helped fleeing slaves in America

Reverend Robert Everett has been inducted into America’s National Abolition Hall of Fame after being rediscovered by an American living in Wales

Wales Online

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Ian Russell obituary

Other lives: Innovative health services researcher and founding professor of public health at Bangor University

The Guardian - UK

Strictly Come Dancing's Hamza Yasin started career path in Wales wearing pink tutu and shiny tights before finding fame

He wasn't your usual scientist

Wales Online

Launch of the Daily Post Business Awards

The prestigious awards – backed by headline sponsor Bangor University – celebrate and recognise businesses in North Wales

Birmingham Post

Ship which sent iceberg warning to Titanic before it sank found lying on Irish Sea bed

The merchant steamship SS Mesaba transmitted a caution signal to the RMS Titanic while it crossed the Atlantic

Irish Mirror

We asked Welsh scientists how worried they are about climate change

We also asked if 'net zero' plans should be accelerated and if they thought the public were aware enough about the risks posed

Wales Online

Historic secrets unearthed by archaeologists before the sea claims them

It's estimated that the site could be lost in 50 years

Wales Online

First North Wales Growth Deal project launches

The North Wales Growth Deal is a £1 billion investment to the region’s economy

Birmingham Post

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Wales Online

Researchers spot first pine marten on Anglesey in over 30 years

Researchers from Bangor University made the breakthrough looking through 15,000 pictures and spotted the predator

Wales Online

Today's rugby news as Wales players blown away by George North's performances in training

The latest rugby headlines and news bulletins from Wales and beyond as a big weekend of international rugby kicks off

The New Daily

Mites have sex on our faces … and here’s why we should be grateful

Tiny mites clean out the pores of our skin and then have sex there. A new study has confimed that these mites have an anus like eveybody else.

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Do you know mites lives in the skin of your face and mate at night? Research reveals

First-ever DNA analysis reveals the reason behind odd mating habits, body features and evolutionary future of mites that live in the hair follicles of humans.

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Wales Online

Wales' longest high street rich with history now plagued with empty shops and an uncertain future

Independent business owners of Bangor shared their thoughts and feelings about the city's high street

Birmingham Post

Five North Wales Growth Deal projects on red list as affordability now 'biggest risk' in costs crisis

Ambition North Wales regularly reviews its 20 planned projects in the Growth Deal, which is backed with £240m from UK and Welsh governments

Daily Mirror

Dad's torment as daughter, 22, mysteriously disappears after movie night with friends

Bangor University student Catrin Maguire was last seen by her friends in November 2021 during a movie night, with her family saying they are putting on a "brave front" as they wait for news

Liverpool Echo

Heartbroken dad will 'never stop looking' for daughter 'who disappeared off face of the earth'

Gerry Maguire said "I don't know where I am half the time" after his daughter Catrin went missing in November last year

Manchester Evening News

Dad's heartbreaking search for missing student, 22, who 'disappeared off face of the earth'

The mystery surrounding Catrin Maguire's disappearance on Anglesey continues - her family have made a fresh appeal

Wales Online

Family's desperate search for 22-year-old student who disappeared without trace

'We keep thinking this sort of thing happens to other people. It doesn't make any sense'

Birmingham Post

North Wales developer sees spike in turnover, jobs and house completions

Castle Green is currently tracking ahead of its five-year budgeted growth plan

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