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Amy Cuff May 19 marks 60 years since one of rock’s most notorious bust-ups — at Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre in 1965. The night would leave Kinks’ guitarist Dave Davies unconscious, drummer Mick Avory a fugitive from justice and the whole band teetering on collapse. As a Cardiff local and lifelong Kinks fan, I was intrigued The post Kinks Chaos at the Capitol: Cardiff’s forgotten role in rock history appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

Owen Williams Most people assume Labour is the natural party of government in Wales. But in 2007, for a brief, intense window, Wales stood on the brink of something radically different: a “Rainbow Coalition” that would have installed Plaid Cymru’s Ieuan Wyn Jones as First Minister, backed by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. It The post Wales nearly had a Tory-Plaid-Lib Dem Government. Here’s why that still matters appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

Martin Shipton Natural Resources Wales – the nation’s environmental regulator – has confirmed it is launching an investigation into allegations that toxic waste was illegally dumped at the site of Wales’ largest opencast mine. The failure to progress the remediation of Ffos-y-fran mine at Merthyr Tydfil has become a national scandal, with concerns that its The post Probe launched into allegations of illegal toxic waste dumping at mine following revelations by Nation.Cymru appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

Emily Price  Plaid Cymru has called on the UK Government to acknowledge “the economic impact of Brexit on Wales” and take steps to rebuild the UK’s relationship with the European Union by rejoining the Single Market and Customs Union. Plaid’s leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth warned that without addressing the structural trade and investment barriers created The post Plaid urges Starmer to ‘confront the truth’ about Brexit appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

Charlotte Church has revealed the first trailer for Celebrity Traitors, which features the Welsh singing star and a host of famous names. The star-studded line-up includes Stephen Fry, Alan Carr, Jonathan Ross, Clare Balding and Tom Daley. The show, which started filming two weeks ago at the Traitors Castle in the Scottish Highlands, was first The post Watch: Charlotte Church posts first look at Celebrity Traitors appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

A national newspaper has named a Welsh location among the UK’s most boring towns. The Telegraph has published a list of seven ‘unsung wonders’ for being boring, on the grounds that ‘mass tourism is built around selling experiences’, whereas supposedly ‘boring’ towns are not. Listing seven ‘boring’ towns in the UK, the Telegraph’s destination expert The post The Welsh location named in a list of the UK’s most boring towns appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

As part of the National Library of Wales’ continued rollout of the Wales Broadcast Archive’s “Clip Corners” across the country, Merthyr Tydfil’s Central Library will officially launch its own dedicated viewing station this June — bringing a wealth of Welsh broadcasting history to the community. To mark the occasion, on 10 June the National Library The post National Library of Wales partners with Radio Wales to present Rewind Archive Special appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

  Alec Doyle – Local democracy reporter A historic Welsh pub built in the Victorian era may be demolished to make way for a convenience store if plans are approved. The Black Horse, on the corner of Mold Road and Ffordd Argoed in Buckley, closed its doors for the last time in March. Plans have The post Plans to demolish historic Welsh pub to make way for convenience store appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

Elgan Hearn, local democracy reporter A planning inspector has given the go-ahead for a 122.5-metre weather mast on common land despite a wave of objections. Powys County Council’s planning committee in January agreed an application from Aberedw Energy Park Limited to allow the weather mast at Aberedw Hill to be sited there for a five The post Bute Energy gains consent to erect 122.5 metre weather mast on common land appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

Spain’s government has ordered Airbnb to block more than 65,000 holiday listings on its platform over rule violations. The Spanish consumer rights ministry said that many of the 65,935 Airbnb listings it had ordered to be withdrawn did not include their licence number or specify whether the owner was an individual or a company. Others The post Spain orders Airbnb to block 65,000 holiday rentals over rule violations appeared first on Nation.Cymru.