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Dafydd Evans
Verified
Studio Director, BBC
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Politics , Local News , News
Museum of Ice Cream, Color Factory, Influencers, Tik Tok,
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By Dafydd Evans Verified, Charlie Buckland| BBC News Verified Dafydd Evans & Charlie BucklandBBC NewsPlans to reintroduce a community's Welsh name that translates literally as Pigs Village has left residents divided. Jeff Sampson, who has lived in Northop Hall, Flintshire, for 46 years, said reintroducing the Welsh name - Pentre Moch - would make the village a "laughing stock". Other residents said the translation did not bother them and was an opportunity for better use of the Welsh language, which they said "isn't heard enough".
By Dafydd Evans Verified| BBC News Verified Warning new bridge could contaminate drinking waterBBCLlannerch Bridge, which connected Trefnant and Tremeirchion, collapsed in January 2021 after it took a battering from Storm ChristophDesigns for a new £10m bridge could be a public health risk, a council has been warned. But a report to councillors has warned that Welsh Water believed the plans could pose a "high risk" to the drinking supply of 85,000 households due to the drilling needed to build it.
By Dafydd Evans Verified, Charlie Buckland| BBC News Verified Dafydd Evans & Charlie BucklandBBC NewsPlans to reintroduce a community's Welsh name that translates literally as Pigs Village has left residents divided. Jeff Sampson, who has lived in Northop Hall, Flintshire, for 46 years, said reintroducing the Welsh name - Pentre Moch - would make the village a "laughing stock". Other residents said the translation did not bother them and was an opportunity for better use of the Welsh language, which they said "isn't heard enough".
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BBC
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Founded: 1922