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A Scottish psychological thriller The Vanishing will open in cinemas around Scotland and other Celtic countries at the end of March, having already been released in the United States. Filmed in the south-west of Scotland and Firth of Clyde, the film was directed by Kristoffer Nyholm and written by Celyn Jones and Joe Bone. It stars Scottish actors Gerard Butler and Peter Mullan along with Connor Ryan Swindells. It is set in the Flannan Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Flannach).

Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales Shadow Minister for Economy and Finance Rhun ap Iorwerth is calling on Local Authorities throughout Wales to make it clear they reject any radioactive waste dumping in Wales.

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Cornish hero of heroes Rick Rescorla to be honoured on new Great Western Railway train 

With emotional tears in our eyes, we are pleased to report that Cornish hero supreme, the man who gave his own life during 9/11 Twin Towers attack in New York is to have a GWR train named in his memory.

The use of a University of Wales' residential conference centre for Pheasant shooting has been condemned by The League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) who over the last year have led a campaign to have it banned. Under mounting pressure the university has not renewed the shooting licence at Gregynog Hall. This comes after it was revealed under a Freedom of Information request, that 57,000 pheasants had been released for shooting since 2013 while 160 native wild animals, including foxes and corvids, had been killed by gamekeepers to preserve the land for shooting parties.

News from the Celtic League:

Further article (see below) from the Celtic League on training Saudi military in Wales. It  points out past warnings by the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales, Arfon Jones and Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards to the risk posed of training Saudi military pilots at RAF Valley in Anglesey, North Wales: 

TRAINING SAUDIS POSED SECURITY RISK POLICE COMMISSIONER ALLEGED

Plaid Cymru Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales, Arfon Jones, said four months ago:

On the River Severn (Welsh: Afon Hafren), in the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn (Y Drenewydd a Llanllwchaearn), is the town of Newtown (Y Drenewydd). The local Council has been striving to develop initiatives to look at new and more sustainable ways to manage the town's open spaces. In a pioneering scheme, 130 acres of land have been transferred in to community ownership in a 99 year lease to a community land trust ‘Open Newtown’.

News from the Celtic League:

The Celtic League continue to campaign against the training of Saudi pilots at RAF Valley in Wales.  They can then go on to use this training in actions leading directly to the killing of innocent people in Yemen. They point to the article below, where the Welsh government were already warned of the implications of training Saudi pilots at RAF Valley:

WELSH GOVERNMENT WERE URGED NOT TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO SAUDI TRAINING AT RAF VALLEY (Nation Cymru)

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The Celtic League continue to raise objections to the use of Ronalsway airport in the Isle of Man for military aircraft training. The war planes are based at RAF Valley in Anglesey, Wales. The RAF has trained Saudi military pilots at RAF Valley. As well as the Air Forces of Kuwait, the UAE and other Gulf states which contribute aircrew and planes to support the Saudi led bombing of Yemen. Actions which have been deemed a war crime by UN investigators in August last year. See the Celtic League article below: