I'm a train enthusiast who's been a massive fan of Transport For Wales' new stadler trains and I'm really excited for the citylink fleet.

I've been checking their website and It reads that the trains will be introduced in 2025 however the month isn't specified.

Does anyone know when they'll be introduced? Would they respond if I emailed them?

After a number of heart attacks, treatment and rehab my first proper walk for a while, is stunning to be back out there.

Demat Deoc'h

We're watching France-Wales and my (proudly Breton) kids sang our anthem alongside the Hen Wlad fy Nhadau before the Marseillaise.

They then asked, looking at the Welsh Squad: "why don't they have names in Welsh, like our Breton names".

There is for exemple a "Le Garrec" on the pitch, garreg meaning "long legs", from "gar" meaning leg.

I realized I had no answer. Of course Welsh is 10x more alive than Breton, but we did keep our Breton surnames quite strong with a lot of variety and differences in origins and meanings. My random surname in Old Breton means something like "generous knight".

Is there a history of banning Welsh family names? Or is it because you strictly had the "mab / ab" system before? Some other historical reason?

Sorry if the question sounds dumb or disrespectful of course. I'm just curious since it's very different from us, while our languages are so close.

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We might not win tomorrow. We might not win next week. We might not win the weekend after. But the day of our generation’s Welsh rugby will come (as a 25 year old)

Hi/shwmae!

I'm currently living in Manchester and planning to move back to north Wales (conwy county) at the end of this year. I have a daughter who will be three in April and thus starting school next September.

Pretty much all of the schools we've looked at are primarily Welsh speaking and from what I can tell there's only 1 school that's mostly English speaking. This is NOT a bad thing and I think that Welsh should be the main language in Wales but I'm worried that my daughter will struggle when she starts school. I can speak a tiny bit of Welsh and am currently doing my best to teach her some words and phrases as well as signing myself up to some courses but would it be cruel of me to put her in a Welsh school?

If anyone has any similar experiences or advice I'd be very greatful. I don't want her to be behind already when she starts school and I feel like I suddenly need to squeeze nearly three years of language into 18 months.

Edit: I just wanted to thank everyone for their lovely comments and super helpful insight! I did ALOT of reading up on language acquisition in kids and the specific schools I have in mind as well as everyone's comments and I'm feeling SO MUCH better about it now. I've signed myself up to a couple of courses and I'll be trying to teach her some things here and there but I'm feeling alot better about sending her to school now, Diolch!

I Think personally Carmarthen deserves City Status. because Carmarthen its the Main settlement for shopping in West Wales, is one of the oldest settlements in Wales. and i just think it feels like a Small city, like Bangor