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The Welsh Language Society have long been calling for the abolition of the concept of “Welsh as a Second Language” pushing the alternative of every pupil being given the opportunity to be educated in the medium of both Welsh and English. The notion of Welsh medium education enjoys wide support amongst the electorate in Wales.

News from Celtic League:

There are concerns for the well being of several Scottish Merchant navy officer cadets stranded at sea off Singapore after the Shipping firm they had a placement with went into receivership.

The four cadets from Clyde Marine Training were on a placement with South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping line as part of their City of Glasgow College course when the company ran into financial difficulities.

News from Mannin Branch Celtic League:

A new children's book by writer Barbara Henderson in her debut novel, Fir for Luck, is set during the dreadful time in Scottish history known as the Highland Clearances. The book is inspired by real events that took place in Strathnaver in Sutherland where women and children attempted to resist actions to clear their community. It tells of a 12-year-old girl who takes a stand against the threatened clearance of her village in 1841.

News from Kernow Matters To Us:

In its ongoing campaign to call the proposals of the Boundary Commission to account wherein a cross-border constituency known as 'Devonwall' has been proposed, ‘Kernow Matters’ has sent the following letter to the Prime Minister, Government Ministers and Cornwall's MPs with additional copies sent to the Party Leaders of all opposition parties in the Westminster Parliament as well as to selected members of the House of Lords seeking their assistance in doing all they can to obstruct the threat to Cornwall's ancient border.

Capt Tom Rees, from Brecon, Wales (Welsh: Aberhonddu, Cymru), died aged 21 on 17 September 1916 in an air battle with Germany's Red Baron pilot Manfred von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918) . On that day 100 years ago, Tom Rees was the observer in a plane with a pilot, Lionel Morris when they were intercepted over northern France by German fighters. They were some of the first victims of the famous German WW1 pilot who went on to have 80 aerial combat victories credited to him before he was killed in 1918.

Media release from Culture Vannin:

Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind (IGDB) is a national charity dedicated to helping persons who are blind or vision impaired and families of children with autism to achieve improved mobility and independence. It is celebrating its 40th anniversary and Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins has praised the work of the organisation. He talked of the many people who have benefited from the important work of the IGDB:

News from Kernow Matters To Us:

On Wednesday 11th May, 2016, Boris Johnson MP came to Cornwall. He arrived in Truro on a large coach emblazoned with the words: 

‘We send the EU £350 million a week – let’s fund our NHS instead’.

Whilst waving a pasty around, Boris Johnson MP promised £350 million pounds a week would indeed go to the NHS.

That's £18.2 Billion a year.

News from Kernow Mattters To Us:

Devonwall Cross Border Constituency - An Update

Recently, Cornwall Councillor Dick Cole wrote to Chris Skidmore MP who is the Government Minister for the Constitution. The reply back was shocking, indeed some would say insulting. Our Secretary has written to him in no uncertain terms asking him to withdraw his comments by the end of the month.