Podcasts about Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil is a well-known town in South Wales with a rich history. In the 18th century, it was a small hamlet – just a collection of Welsh-speaking farmsteads dotted along the mountains. But within a hundred years, it became an industrial powerhouse with a booming and multicultural population. In this programme, Delyth Liddell, visits Merthyr to find out how that development affected the local religious communities, and still affects it today. We are guided by local historian, Huw Williams. On our journey, we find out about the Jewish community that flourished in the 1800s, the Salvation Army who sent young women on mission to Merthyr in the late 1800's, and the religious revival of 1904. We also find out about the growth of Islam in Merthyr, and visit a flourishing church.

Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from The College, Merthyr Tydfil.

When Andy in Mansfield Woodhouse takes on Tracey in Merthyr Tydfil. It's all to play for

Send us a textAlong the towpath winter slowly fades. If we are not quite in spring yet, we can feel it close at hand. Join us tonight as we celebrate the shifts in light and tone across the landscape and from deep within.       Journal entry: 26th February, Wednesday“For me, there are few things more beautiful and soul inspiring than this:       Rain on water,       Old growth by the waterside,       Time-bleached reeds       Standing like Nepalese prayer flags.       The song of home.       Signals of transcendence.”Episode Information:In this episode I read following poems:‘Winter' by Frank Mansell ‘XXXIV' by Idris Davies (adapted by Max Boyce ‘When we walked to Merthyr Tydfil')I also read excerpts from Book of Seasons by William Howitt (1833) and The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame (1895). I also refer to the 1973 BBC Play for Today ‘Shakespeare or Bust' which can be viewed on YouTube.  With special thanks to our lock-wheelersfor supporting this podcast.Kevin B. Fleur and David Mcloughlin Lois Raphael Tania Yorgey Andrea Hansen Chris Hinds David Dirom Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger Captain Arlo Rebecca Russell Allison on the narrowboat Mukka Derek and Pauline Watts Anna V. Orange Cookie Mary Keane. Tony Rutherford. Arabella Holzapfel. Rory with MJ and Kayla. Narrowboat Precious Jet. Linda Reynolds Burkins. Richard Noble. Carol Ferguson. Tracie Thomas Mark and Tricia Stowe Madeleine SmithGeneral DetailsThe intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello' by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988). Narrowboat engine recorded by 'James2nd' on the River Weaver, Cheshire. Uploaded to Freesound.org on 23rd June 2018. Creative Commons Licence. Piano and keyboard interludes composed and performed by Helen Ingram.All other audio recorded on site. Support the showBecome a 'Lock-Wheeler'Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters.Contact Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw I would love to hear from you. You can email me at nighttimeonstillwaters@gmail.com or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon. For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com.

In the quiet town of Rumford, Maine, where folks are used to the crisp, white snow of winter, residents woke up to a startling sight: their town blanketed in an unusual brown snow. The unusual phenomenon was caused by a malfunction at a century-old paper mill; In the wake of Storm Bert's fury in November, the village of Pant in the city of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales is dealing with a colossal sinkhole that suddenly yawned open on Dec. 1. The enormous chasm, now a staggering 40 feet deep and 33 feet wide, has forced the evacuation of approximately 30 homes, displacing residents during the holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jonathan Thomas looks at the history and work of the Salvation Army in Wales as it celebrates 150 years since its first mission to Cardiff, followed later by missions to Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare and many other towns around Wales. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Roberts is the Army's current leader in Wales, and he gives his account of some of the movement's early days, as well as outlining its work today. Captain Canon Kathryn Stowers is the Army's Ecumenical Officer for Wales, and she talks about the organisation's radical views on the empowerment of women - it was women who led the Army's early missions to Merthyr, for example. Professor Paul O'Leary of the University of Aberystwyth has studied street processions in Wales, and explains why evangelising on the streets was such a provocative initiative that challenged Victorian notions of respectability. Historically the Salvation Army's uniform has been a huge part of its identity, but as Jennifer Le Zotte explains, there is more to this than meets the eye: in reusing secondhand clothing there was something challenging about this uniform. Even more intriguing is the special uniform for the so-called 'Slum Sisters' who tended to the needs of the very poor. She describes this as 'cross-class drag'! For many of us the Salvation Army is synonymous with brass bands, and Jonathan visits the band of Canton Cardiff Corps to speak to their bandmaster, and to make his own practical contribution!

Episode: 1275 Merthyr Tydfil, a window into the squalid conditions after the Industrial Revolution.  Today, let's visit Merthyr Tydfil.

Chris Sullivan in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.thesullivan.net/home https://www.cherryred.co.uk/blue-rondo-bees-knees-and-chicken-elbows-expanded-2cd-edition?srsltid=AfmBOop68rFMyboq_cMuXbKfDxStVOacJIeB2YGuD-iZUNlgpTsdKf9E Blue Rondo à la Turk was a floating collective of jazz and salsa oriented musicians, created by singer/lyricist Chris Sullivan who arrived in London from Merthyr Tydfil in the mid 1970s. His stated goal for the band was "to bring back show biz". In the band's first interview, Sullivan said of their sound: “Call it Latin American jazz with funk and African leanings – plus a few others because all of us have adventurous musical tastes.” Sullivan co-wrote most of the band's original material; he also painted the distinctive cubist art that adorned most of the band's releases.  

The Bible is central to Christian worship and devotion throughout the year. But October is the month when many churches observe Bible Sunday, giving thanks for the Scriptures. This month also sees the publication of a 'Bible for young explorers', with surrounding text written by celebrity and adventurer Bear Grylls, and Cardiff based Andrew Ollerton. But do young people want a Bible? And if so, what kind? Roy Jenkins interviews Andrew Ollerton and others who are involved in helping young people engage with the Bible. We meet Arfon Jones who translated Beibl.net; Dave Kitchen author of 'Bible in Ten'; and Sian Rees the head of The Bible Society in Wales. We also go to Hope Teens youth group in Merthyr Tydfil to find out what the young people themselves make if the new Bible.

Ian Watkins, the former frontman of the Welsh rock band Lostprophets, was once celebrated for his musical talent and success. However, his life and career took a disturbing turn with criminal charges that shocked fans and the world. In this episode of Lesser Known People, we delve into the complex story of Ian Watkins, mixing our usual humor with the seriousness this subject demands. Ian Watkins was born in 1977 in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. He co-founded Lostprophets in 1997, and the band quickly gained a dedicated following. Their debut album, Thefakesoundofprogress, showcased Watkins' vocal prowess and lyrical talent, propelling the band into the limelight. As the band's success grew, Watkins' personal life began to unravel. He struggled with substance abuse, and his behavior became increasingly erratic. Despite the challenges, Lostprophets continued to release successful albums and tour internationally. In December 2012, the music world was shaken by the arrest of Ian Watkins on multiple charges, including child sex offenses. The news sent shockwaves through the band's fanbase and the broader music community, leading to the immediate disbandment of Lostprophets. The story of Ian Watkins serves as a grim reminder of the darker side of fame and the importance of justice for victims. We hope our episode sheds light on this complex issue while providing insight into how such events can deeply affect both fans and the industry.

Cath Pendleton works full-time in an office in Wales and is a single mum to two daughters. But she's also swum an ice mile in Antarctica, won Bronze for Team GB in the World Ice Swimming Championships in Russia and completed a swim across the English Channel. Cath's inspired countless women to get outside and have an adventure, including TV presenter Louise Minchin, whom she persuaded to go free diving under the ice in Finland! Also known as ‘the Merthyr Mermaid' (referencing Merthyr Tydfil where she lived), Cath certainly knows about juggling real life to make time for outdoors adventures, and she had so many insights to share when I spoke to her at The Big Retreat Festival in Pembrokeshire. Don't miss Cath's tips for getting started with ice swimming at the end of the episode, as well as a minute of the sounds of nature for a little bit of escapism in your busy day. Cath's episode of The Outdoors Fix is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts. It's also embedded below. I hope you enjoy it! Liv x The Outdoors Fix is a podcast produced and hosted by Liv Bolton @liv_outsideuk You'll find Cath Pendleton on Instagram @swimcathswim - The Big Retreat Festival is @thebigretreatfestival You can find photos from our recording on Instagram @TheOutdoorsFix The Outdoors Fix book is now available: http://bit.ly/3GJDLJc The audio from the festival was produced by Pete Crouch from Liquid Studios: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petecrouch/ The post Cath Pendleton: The ice swimming ‘Merthyr Mermaid' – Live from the Big Retreat festival appeared first on The Outdoors Fix.

Running Out of Time has now reached the land of dragons – Wales! In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast, we catch-up with the baton as it is taken from Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff, via the Dragon's Back in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park. We chat to Green Runners Nina and Martin, following their epic 46km run through beautiful Welsh landscapes. Also in this episode, we hear from Richard Pollard, Head of the Schools programme at the Tree Council, who welcomed the relay to an event at St. Fagan's Museum in Cardiff; and from Becca Clark, co-founder of Green Squirrel, the Cardiff-based social enterprise where the baton ended its day in Cardiff. Listen to hear the inspiring stories behind these projects. “The job I do is fantastic... Every day there's something new. You get this honorable opportunity to meet children from all over the country who are just so passionate, and believe so strongly in the changes that they can make. It's so lovely to see that happening over time.” - Richard Pollard, Tree Council -------------------------------------------------Show Notes Find out more about what's happening across Cardiff for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/cardiff Read about climate action in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park: https://bannau.wales/environment/climate-change/ Learn about The Green Runners: https://thegreenrunners.com/ Learn more about the schools programme at The Tree Council: https://treecouncil.org.uk/young-learning/ Read more about Green Squirrel: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/green-squirrel Sign up for a leg of Running Out of Time: https://running-out-of-time.com/route Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nigel Farage and Richard Tice have been playing good cop bad cop today in Merthyr Tydfil, not launching Reform UK's manifesto, but the party's "contract". The pitch contains some dramatic pledges and mathematical gymnastics.Hannah Barnes, associate editor, is joined by Rachel Cunliffe, associate political editor.Sign up to the New Statesman's daily politics newsletter: Morning CallSubmit a question for a future episode: You Ask Us Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Camilla and Kamal are joined in the studio by Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting as he talks about considering private healthcare, the future of the NHS and 'class top trumps'. Plus Camilla and Kamal react to Reform UK's ‘contract' with voters - launched today in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. As Reform's popularity continues to surge, should the Tories borrow a policy or two from Nigel Farage? Email: thedailyt@telegraph.co.ukThe Daily T Newsletter: telegraph.co.uk/dailytnewsletterSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/dailytsubProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Producer: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Geraldine Scott, senior political correspondent at The Times, joins Kate to discuss Reform's manifesto, or "contract", launch at a social club in Merthyr Tydfil. Why there, what's in it & what has Labour's Jonathan Ashworth been up to? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The deaths of 21-year-old Diane Jones and her two young children, in a house fire in October 1995 shocked the community of Merthyr Tydfil. The police originally thought it was an accident - but in the days following the fire launched a triple murder investigation after petrol was found on the carpet. Just months later, Annette was charged with triple murder, manslaughter and arson with intent to endanger life. She was found guilty with the charge of arson and sentenced to 13 years. After two-and-a-half years, her conviction was overturned - but it troubled Annette until her death in 2017. Annette's daughter, Nicole Jacob, is delving into her mum's story in a new podcast, Wrongly Accused: The Annette Hewins Story. We hear from the journalist and broadcaster Zeinab Badawi to discuss her first book, An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence. The book has taken her seven years to research, travelling across 30 countries. She explains how the female African leaders that shaped their countries have often been written out of history.Ashley Mullenger's life changed unexpectedly when she signed up for a fishing trip on the coast of Norfolk. In her memoir, My Fishing Life, it follows her journey from a 9-5 office job, into the overwhelmingly male fishing industry to becoming Fisherman of the Year in 2022. Rhianon Bragg spoke to Woman's Hour back in February about her concerns for her safety regarding the imminent release of her ex-boyfriend from prison, despite the fact that a Parole Board ruled a few months earlier that such a move would not be safe. In February 2020, Gareth Wynn Jones was given an extended determinate sentence of 4.5 years in prison, with an extended licence period of five years for the crimes of stalking, false imprisonment, making threats to kill and possession of a firearm. Now two months since his release and coinciding with National Stalking Awareness Week, we hear from Rhianon and also Emily Lingley Clark of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust.At the start of the year, acclaimed opera singer Sophie Bevan MBE took to Twitter to ask if other female singers also had voice struggles around the time of their periods. This led to her discovery of premenstrual vocal syndrome, which is when hormone changes cause vocal issues. She talks about the impact this has had on her career, alongside Dr Alan Watson, specialist in the biology of performance at the University of Cardiff.Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Annette Wells

The Internet Watch Foundation annual report has said that children under six are being manipulated into “disturbing” acts of sexual abuse while parents think they are playing safely on household devices. They say 2023 was “the most extreme year on record”, finding more than 275,000 webpages containing child sexual abuse with a record amount of “category A” material. IWF's CEO Susie Hargreaves joins Anita Rani to discuss the report's findings. Beaux Harris lost her mother, grandmother and aunt to cancers caused by the same gene mutation – called BRCA1. Two years ago, Beaux discovered she has the same BRCA1 gene mutation. Anita talks to Dany Bell from Macmillan and to Beaux about her story and how she's now chosen to fundraise to pay for preventative treatment. Cassie Werber's new novel Open Season features a romantic relationship between two couples who are exploring the possibilities of open relationships. It's a world that Cassie herself in familiar with in real-life with her husband, and she joins Anita to discuss the inspiration for her book. The deaths of 21-year-old Diane Jones and her two young children, in a house fire in October 1995 shocked the community of Merthyr Tydfil. The police originally thought it was an accident - but in the days following the fire launched a triple murder investigation after petrol was found on the carpet. Just months later, Annette was charged with triple murder, manslaughter and arson with intent to endanger life. She was found guilty with the charge of arson and sentenced to 13 years. After two-and-a-half years, her conviction was overturned - but it troubled Annette until her death in 2017. Annette's daughter, Nicole Jacob, is delving into her mum's story in a new podcast, Wrongly Accused: The Annette Hewins Story. She joins Anita to discuss.Presented by Anita Rani Producer: Louise Corley Studio Engineer: Bob Nettles

Aaron Jones served in the Scotland, Edinburgh Mission from October of 1999 through November of 2001. Aaron shares his experiences from the mission that included a car crash, writing epic rewrites of songs for the S.E.M., insane ferry rides to and from Shetland, and more! He shares of his love of each companion and how much he loved the land of Scotland! This was a fun conversation that you won't want to miss! Aaron currently lives in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, with his son. Recorded April 14, 2024

In October 1995 police launch a triple murder investigation in Merthyr Tydfil, following an arson attack that killed a mother and two children. Crime scene investigators find a washing up liquid bottle and a can of Coke both containing petrol. But who committed such an evil crime?After a television appeal and the fingerprinting of the entire Gurnos community police are confident of new lines of enquiry, but 4 months later no arrests ware made. Pressure is on for results. Then South Wales Police, make an announcement of multiple arrests. Donna Clarke, Denise Sullivan and Annette Hewins are arrested and charged with triple murder. How did the police investigation lead to the three local women? Nicole Jacob, the daughter of Annette Hewins, examines the investigation to find out how it arrived at her Mum's front door.Credits: Narrator: Nicole Jacob Producer and Editor: Amy Derrick. Finishing Editor: Steph Lynch Post Production: Bang Additional Sound Design: Kevin Langhamer Executive Producer: Wayne Derrick

Nicole delves into the history of her hometown Merthyr Tydfil, with a focus on the Gurnos housing estate, nestled in the valleys just outside town. This is where her mother grew up, but was also the location of a deadly fire, that took the lives of a mother and two infant children in October 1995.Initially, residents believed the tragedy was a result of an electrical fault. Shockwaves reverberated through the tight-knit community when authorities revealed that the fire was deliberately set – an act of arson that transformed a devastating accident into a heinous crime.Police launch a triple murder inquiry, leaving residents grappling with a profound sense of loss and fear, as they are left wondering, who could inflict such cruelty on an innocent family.Narrator: Nicole Jacob Producer and Editor: Amy Derrick. Finishing Editor: Steph Lynch Post Production: Bang Additional Sound Design: Kevin Langhamer Executive Producer: Wayne Derrick

Emergency services receive a call about a house fire on the Gurnos estate in Merthyr Tydfil. People are reported to be inside the house. The fireman on duty recalls arriving to a blazing scene, entering the house to save lives.News reports reveal that the fire killed a mother, Diane Jones and her infant daughters Shauna and Sarah Jane. Whilst initially unclear if the incident is a tragic accident, reports emerge that the fire was deliberate, and police launched a triple murder inquiry.Three women are charged with triple murder, and two convicted of arson with intent to endanger life. One of the women, Annette Hewins, makes a desperate plea of innocence from prison. After nearly three years of imprisonment, Annette's conviction was deemed unsafe and overturned at the Court of Appeal. Annette walked free but could never escape the catastrophic impact of the ordeal.Annette's oldest daughter, Nicole, starts a journey towards understanding what her mother experienced, but she has more questions than answers about how her mother could be so failed by the justice system.

Episode 4: Leading Questions Episode 4 provides a deeper dive into Compulsory Mediation and the recent Court of Appeal case Churchill -v- Merthyr Tydfil [2023] EWCA Civ 1416.  We provide our thoughts on the issues and key practical takeaways for those managing litigation in the UK.  To listen to all episodes in this series, visit our Leading Questions webpage.

Episode 4: Leading Questions Episode 4 provides a deeper dive into Compulsory Mediation and the recent Court of Appeal case Churchill -v- Merthyr Tydfil [2023] EWCA Civ 1416.  We provide our thoughts on the issues and key practical takeaways for those managing litigation in the UK.  To listen to all episodes in this series, visit our Leading Questions webpage.

Bed of Nails. Welsh valley native, shredding guitar wizard and all around tidy boyo, Tristan Thomas, is our guest on Episode 268 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Florence Black vocalist exclusively celebrates the release of the bands new single, by reflecting on their start in Merthyr Tydfil, breaking boundaries at classic rock festivals and getting endorsed by all their metal heroes. In this conversation, Tristan explains how preparing their second album has changed the groups mentality, industry success vs maintaining friendships, originally preforming together as kids, being handpicked by Corey Taylor (Slipknot) to tour europe, learning tricks as local roadies, driving other artists around the country, stalking Jack Black at HellFest, wild stadium gigs vs awkward support slots, convincing Padge (Bullet For My Valentine) to manage them, songwriting secrets, hilarious inside jokes, confusing Wales mannerisms, seven string guitars, unholy confessions, moshing in a Spanish restaurant, boarder control strip searches and more! Turn it up and join Sean and Morgan to find out Sappenin' this week!Follow us on Social Media:Twitter: @sappeninpod.Instagram: @sappeninpod.Special thank you to our Sappenin' Podcast Patreons:Join the Sappenin' Podcast Community: Patreon.com/Sappenin.Kylie Wheeler, Janelle Caston, Paul Hirschfield, Scarlet Charlton, Tony Michael, Dilly Grimwood, Kelly Irwin, Nathan Crawshaw, Mitch Perry, Emma Barber, Alexandra Pemblington, Kat Bessant, Molly Molloy, James Bowerbank, Jenni Robinson, Amee Louise, Stuart McNaught, Louis Cook, Martina McManus, Danny Eaton, Carl Pendlebury, James McNaught, Jenni Munster, Jason Heredia, John&Emma, Em Evans Roberts, Craig Harris, Evan Dodd, Sian Foynes, Emily Perry, Vicki Henshaw, Kalila Keane, Ollie Amesbury, Adam Parslow, Josh Crisp, Joe Janaway, Kyle Smith, Connor Lewins, Let it Flow Yoga, Harry Radford, Billy Hunter, Anthony English, Jordan Harris, James Page, Jade Austin, Kael Braham, Helen Hartga, John Wilson, Kelly Young, Ayla Emo, Lisa Sullivan, Jennifer Dean, Samantha Neville, Michael Snowden, Lewis Sluman, Sharif Owadally, Shaun Croucher, Amy Thomas, Justine Baddeley, Sarah Maher, Stevie Burke, David Winchurch, Luke Wardle, Bethan Downing, Jessie Hellier, Robert Pike, Jessica Tiernan, Nathan Matheson, Owen Davies, Chris Hawthorne, Matt Roberts, Jim Farrell, Erin Howard, Joshua Lewis, Anthony Matthews, Chris Harris, Scott Evans, Andrew Simpson, Danielle Oldershaw, Samantha Bowen, Lucy Neill, Ruby Price, Grazyna McGroarty, Joshua Ryan, Loz Sanchez, , Amandine Urbano, Eva B, Dan Johnson, Billy Parmiter, Alice Wood, Emma Musgrave, Hannah Kenyon, Hayley Taylor, Jonny Rothman, Hannah Rachael, Beth Gayler, Ieuan Wheeler, Madeleine Inez, Sabina Laura, Tom Hylands, Andrew Keech, Gemma Bisi, Robert Byrne, Nuala Clark, Kerry Beckett, Chris Lincoln, Christopher Goldring, Gemma Graham, Jacob Turner, Leanne Gerrard, Andy Wastell, Lesley Dargie-Walker, Jay Smith, Livvy Cropper, Thomas O'Neill, Nathan White, Dana Lasnover, Dan Cullen, Internet Friends, Melissa Mercury.Diolch and Thank You x Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our last episode before Christmas, Ben Williams KC is our special guest and rattles through the latest topics including the Government's flawed attempts to reverse the SC decision in PACCAR and the the first post PACCAR judgment to rescue a funding agreement (Alex Neil v Sony). Also covered is a decision of the Court of Appeal to compel parties to engage in ADR (Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil), forthcoming measures to uprate guideline hourly rates for inflation, and the distant prospect of reform to the Solicitors Act

In this episode, Ishreen Bradley interviews Flo Williams, a Welsh international rugby player, about breaking the wheel of power and privilege in sport. Flo shares her journey from playing rugby as a young girl to representing Wales at a national level. She discusses the challenges faced by female athletes, including the lack of support and recognition compared to their male counterparts. Flo also highlights the societal perceptions and stereotypes that women in sport have to overcome. The episode explores the importance of advocating for equality in sport and the need for change to create a level playing field. KEY TAKEAWAYS Flo Williams, a Welsh international rugby player, has broken stereotypes and challenges in the sport, proving that women can excel in rugby and relish its physical challenge. Privilege and power imbalances exist in the sport of rugby, with the male game often receiving more resources, support, and recognition compared to the female game. Female athletes in rugby often have to overcome numerous barriers and hurdles, both on and off the field, in order to succeed and be celebrated for their achievements. The societal perception of women in sport, particularly in physically demanding sports like rugby, still needs to change, as women continue to face prejudice and stereotypes. BEST MOMENTS"It's still they're seen as women first, it's that the elephant in the room becomes more relevant, that actually, we're seen as sort of guests in the house of sport, rather than just great athletes." "The people who make it to the top of their game in rugby and football are not necessarily the best rugby players or footballers, it's the people who can jump the most hurdles and overcome the most barriers and have the most resilience." "Even when you are trying to battle these things, I even feel like, God, this is hard work. There's always something that's frustrating. Why can't we just be celebrating?" "You're still battling against all of these prejudice and ideas that women shouldn't do sport and they definitely shouldn't be doing a really masculine and physical sport like rugby." VALUABLE RESOURCESPrivilege Survey https://intelligentlinking261447.typeform.com/to/SNkQvD0vWebsite: https://belongingpioneers.com/privilege-research-and-podcastEmail: equitychampions@belongingpioneers.comUseful links: https://linktr.ee/BelongingPioneers ABOUT THE GUESTFlo Williams is a Welsh international, with her international cap meaning a lot to her and her family, with her father being born in Merthyr Tydfil. Having started playing rugby as a junior in Aylesford, Williams progressed through and played for their first team, before playing for Loughborough Lightning in the first season of the Premier15s. Whilst at Wasps, Williams cemented herself as one of the best kickers in the league. Williams works as a women's sports lead for sports marketing agency MATTA, where she helped create the recent brand identity for the Red Roses, as well as the new brand identity for Premiership Women's Rugby. ABOUT THE HOSTSIshreen Bradley, a Strategic Pioneer, excels in guiding Professional Leaders through complex challenges with clarity, confidence, and courage. She focuses on cultivating inclusive cultures and authentic leadership, offering senior leaders advice, consultancy, training, and coaching. Kami Nuttall, a workplace culture expert with over 20 years of experience, delves into governance, risk management, and the human experience in organizations. Trained by the Anti-Discrimination Foundation and a qualified hypnotherapist, she's passionate about fostering psychologically safe, inclusive workplace cultures. Kami champions accountability, believing organizations should prioritize both employees and customers, creating environments grounded in inclusivity and trust. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaminuttall-cultureguru-cultureauditor/https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishreenbradley/ Privilege, Eruption, Culture, Diversity, inclusion, Equity, diverse, cultural, impact, power: https://privilege-eruption.com

Today we welcome special guest Gari Jones who has been researching a multitude of subjects for the past 41+ years which include the UFO/ET Phenomena, Ancient History, False Flag Events and Forbidden Knowledge & Sciences. While researching the UFO subject Gari has produced new hard evidence on the famous "Denbigh Lights" Encounter which inspired his Book "The Denbigh Lights: A Truthful Argument for The Existence of UFO's". We will be doing a deep dive into the Denbigh Lights incident as well as his ground breaking work on the "Pentyrch Incident", the "Caldicot Triangle", the "Llantrisant Red Orb", and the "Mystical Lights of Merthyr Tydfil". Gari has an abundance of information to share today, So Strap on Those Seat belts, Were going for a Ride! - SPONSORED BY: "LET'S FIND OUT with CO-HOST DIEGO" AVAILABLE ON ALL PODCAST PLATFORMS - https://open.spotify.com/show/5lUEMPIb70zjJ7gK2P20xK?si=46ec8f3ec2e045ca GARI'S BIO: Gari is 41 years old and has made it his personal aim in life to research, read, and investigate a wide range of fascinating subject areas, such as UFO/ET Phenomena, Ancient History, False Flag Events, and Forbidden Knowledge & Sciences. Over the last seven years, his UFO investigation work has produced some fascinating and hard hitting evidence that has resulted in solid UFO cases such as the Pentyrch Incident, Denbigh Lights, Caldicot Triangle, Llantrisant Red Orb, and Mystical Lights of Merthyr Tydfil. His objective is to discover the true truth about the world in which humanity lives, because he has discovered that the officialdom on which many of these things are presented to the world is riddled with errors and corruption. Gari is a political activist who works to expose the UK government, businesses, and mainstream media as corrupt. When he's not doing that, Gari has spent the last ten years pursuing his interests in photography, art, and reading. With numerous sightings and paranormal/supernatural experiences throughout my life, I can't help but believe that something has led me to this strange and largely unknown reality in which I now find myself. Book Link Amazon - Denbigh Lights - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Denbigh-Lights-Truthful-Argument-Existence-ebook/dp/B0BYNZP71X Serena Caldicott - https://rumble.com/vkm9mx-serena-bradbury-caldicot-triangle-november-27th-2016-in-depth-investigation.html LLantrisant Red Orb - https://rumble.com/vkma7r-llantrisant-red-orb-2nd-april-2020-10.30pm-power-station-hill.html denbigh lights presentation https://rumble.com/v2uh1ji-denbigh-lights-ufo-presentation-june-10th-newport-100-genuine.html Documentary Denbigh Lights UFO Investigation 2018 https://rumble.com/vjky8l-denbigh-lights-ufo-312012-denbigh-north-wales.html - SPONSORED BY: "LET'S FIND OUT with CO-HOST DIEGO" AVAILABLE ON ALL PODCAST PLATFORMS - https://open.spotify.com/show/5lUEMPIb70zjJ7gK2P20xK?si=46ec8f3ec2e045ca - DONATE/SPONSOR THE SHOW AT - https://paypal.me/JessePmufonFI - IT WILL HELP KEEP THE SHOW GOING, PLUS YOU GET A "SHOUT OUT" ON THE SHOW AND A PLACE ON THE WEBSITE! CONTACT ME: TWITTER - @AATPEAK WEBSITE - UFOENCOUNTERSWORLDWIDE.WORDPRESS.COM EMAIL - UFOENCOUNTERSWORLDWIDE@GMAIL.COM --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ufoencountersworldwide/support

For this episode, we discussed the adventures of Welsh clubs in Europe. From the first clubs to venture onto the continent through to some of the most iconic wins in the history of Welsh football.Matt's Choices1. Borough United v Sliema Wanderers2. Barry Town v Porto3. Swansea City v MalmoMarc's Choices1. Bangor City v Napoli2. Cardiff City v Real Madrid3. Merthyr Tydfil v AtalantaYou can find Matt on Twitter at @MattLostBoyo and Marc on Twitter at @MarcLostBoyo.And follow the podcast at @PlayedForKuwait.If you enjoyed the podcast, make sure to subscribe wherever you get your pods from and tell a friend about us. Also please leave us a review on your chosen podcast provider.Music: Chimez by Dan Henig

This week the I am reading from Shelley Kaehr's book 'Meet Your Karma: The Healing Power of Past Life Memories' and Gari Jones book 'The Denbigh Lights: A Truthful Argument For The Existence of UFOs'.Shelley KaehrPast Life Regression expert Dr. Shelley Kaehr shares her belief in past life regression and shares her RELIEF Method, step by step instructions you can use to transform your life using past life regression. In this enlightening book, you will:Learn the philosophies behind the past life regression healing modalityDiscover the steps to finding RELIEF from past life issuesRead fascinating case historiesPractice breathing and relaxation methods to help you reduce stress and create greater personal peaceTake past life regressions to clear current life challengesHeal Emotions using past life regressionExperience a Genealogical Regression to heal issues that happened to your ancestorsAnd more!BIOFor two decades, Shelley A. Kaehr, Ph.D. has worked with thousands of people around the world helping them achieve greater peace and happiness in their lives. Considered one of the world's leading authorities on energy healing and mind-body medicine, Shelley is author of numerous books, including Meet Your Karma: The Healing Power of Past Life Memories and Past Lives with Pets.A world-renowned past-life regressionist, Dr. Shelley's method of combining energy work with hypnosis has been endorsed by numerous leaders in the field of consciousness, including near-death experience pioneer Dr. Raymond Moody and Dr. Brian Weiss who called her book Lifestream, “An important contribution to the field of regression therapy.” Shelley coined the term Supretrovie to describe the externally induced past life memories of her clients. That information, along with her latest research into her RELIEF Method for Anxiety, is featured in her new book Meet Your Karma: The Healing Power of Past Life Memories.A world traveler and popular guest speaker, Dr. Kaehr (pronounced “care”) developed several healing techniques including Edgar Cayce's Egyptian Energy Healing, Pythagorean Healing, Binary Healing, Platonic Healing, Holographic Mapping, among others. She has trained thousands of energy healing practitioners during her many years in private practice and is also considered a leading expert on the practical use of gems and minerals to shift energetic patterns and frequencies, as discussed in her several books on the topic, including Edgar Cayce's Sacred Stones and Edgar Cayce's Guide to Gemstones, Minerals, Metals & More.A popular guest in the media on programs such as Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, and William Shatner's Weird or What, Shelley believes memories are stored holographically in the energetic fields around our bodies, and by combining hypnosis with energy healing, lasting change is achieved. Shelley received her Ph.D. in Parapsychic Science from the American Institute of Holistic Theology in 2001. Always an optimist, Shelley insists we can all make positive changes and live the life of our dreams.Amazon book link http://rb.gy/i43d8https://pastlifelady.com/Gari JonesThe Denbigh Lights – A Truthful Argument For The Existence Of UFOs by Gari Jones is a detailed account of a UFO sighting that happened in a quiet village in Denbighshire, North Wales on January 3rd, 2012. A family of four in the early hours of the morning at approximately 3 am saw from the upstairs window of their home during a windy, rainy, stormy night, a mystical oval outline that had bright lights coming from its exterior.Video recordings were made of this object and the local police in the area were also called to try to ascertain what the object might be. Shortly after a local UFO researcher did an initial investigation and discovered some initial evidence that he was convinced that there was no rational explanation for this sighting.Six years later, the author (Gari Jones) came across the case and in April 2018 conducted an in-depth investigation and put together a video report concluding that indeed this was a genuine UFO sighting with great corroborating evidence.This book details the full investigation carried out by all concerned. Photo analysis of the video taken that night and one-to-one interviews with all of the witnesses involved. Gari Jones puts together a powerful argument for his conclusion that the object witnessed that night in 2012 remains UNIDENTIFIED and UNEXPLAINED.BioGari is 40 years old and has made it his personal aim in life to research, read, and investigate a wide range of fascinating subject areas, such as UFO/ET Phenomena, Ancient History, False Flag Events, and Forbidden Knowledge & Sciences. Over the last seven years, his UFO investigation work has produced some fascinating and hard hitting evidence that has resulted in solid UFO cases such as the Pentyrch Incident, Denbigh Lights, Caldicot Triangle, Llantrisant Red Orb, and Mystical Lights of Merthyr Tydfil.His objective is to discover the true truth about the world in which humanity lives, because he has discovered that the officialdom on which many of these things are presented to the world is riddled with errors and corruption.Gari is a political activist who works to expose the UK government, businesses, and mainstream media as corrupt. When he's not doing that, Gari has spent the last ten years pursuing his interests in photography, art, and reading.With numerous sightings and paranormal/supernatural experiences throughout my life, I can't help but believe that something has led me to this strange and largely unknown reality in which I now find myself.Amazon book link http://rb.gy/stnjshttps://rumble.com/vjky8l-denbigh-lights-ufo-312012-denbigh-north-wales.htmlhttps://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/pastlivespodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcast

This week I'm talking to Gari Jones about his book 'The Denbigh Lights: A Truthful Argument For The Existence of UFOs'.The Denbigh Lights – A Truthful Argument For The Existence Of UFOs by Gari Jones is a detailed account of a UFO sighting that happened in a quiet village in Denbighshire, North Wales on January 3rd, 2012. A family of four in the early hours of the morning at approximately 3 am saw from the upstairs window of their home during a windy, rainy, stormy night, a mystical oval outline that had bright lights coming from its exterior.Video recordings were made of this object and the local police in the area were also called to try to ascertain what the object might be. Shortly after a local UFO researcher did an initial investigation and discovered some initial evidence that he was convinced that there was no rational explanation for this sighting.Six years later, the author (Gari Jones) came across the case and in April 2018 conducted an in-depth investigation and put together a video report concluding that indeed this was a genuine UFO sighting with great corroborating evidence.This book details the full investigation carried out by all concerned. Photo analysis of the video taken that night and one-to-one interviews with all of the witnesses involved. Gari Jones puts together a powerful argument for his conclusion that the object witnessed that night in 2012 remains UNIDENTIFIED and UNEXPLAINED.BioGari is 40 years old and has made it his personal aim in life to research, read, and investigate a wide range of fascinating subject areas, such as UFO/ET Phenomena, Ancient History, False Flag Events, and Forbidden Knowledge & Sciences. Over the last seven years, his UFO investigation work has produced some fascinating and hard hitting evidence that has resulted in solid UFO cases such as the Pentyrch Incident, Denbigh Lights, Caldicot Triangle, Llantrisant Red Orb, and Mystical Lights of Merthyr Tydfil.His objective is to discover the true truth about the world in which humanity lives, because he has discovered that the officialdom on which many of these things are presented to the world is riddled with errors and corruption.Gari is a political activist who works to expose the UK government, businesses, and mainstream media as corrupt. When he's not doing that, Gari has spent the last ten years pursuing his interests in photography, art, and reading.With numerous sightings and paranormal/supernatural experiences throughout my life, I can't help but believe that something has led me to this strange and largely unknown reality in which I now find myself.Amazon book link http://rb.gy/stnjshttps://rumble.com/vjky8l-denbigh-lights-ufo-312012-denbigh-north-wales.htmlhttps://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcast

Hannah Phillips first experiences in running had an element of a comedy sketch about them. She was first prompted to run after seeing a "fat girl" wearing the same top she had on - a girl who turned out to be her reflection. Spurred on, she set out to run round her home town of Merthyr Tydfil, only to be stopped by the police for wearing a balaclava she had donned to hide her identity. Since then, running - in slightly more conventional ways - has changed Hannah's life. After falling in love with the sport, she decided to run a marathon - a move which prompted her to write a book about her experiences. That book, 'No Run Intended,' became an unexpected bestseller and propelled her to a job with Welsh Athletics, encouraging other people to take up running. Along the way running also helped Hannah deal with the heartache of miscarriage, restoring her faith in her body's capabilities...   ---------------------------------- Subscribe to our Substack newsletter at https://runningtales.substack.com If you like this episode please consider donating to help us keep going: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/stepforward  

Ffos-y-Fran in the Welsh town of Merthyr Tydfil has been extracting coal for more than 15 years, but it isn't supposed to be operating now. Its permission to mine ran out last September. So, ClimateCast host Tom Heap and the team travelled there to find out why it's still in action, what's happening to the coal, and when operations will stop. On this episode Tom speaks to Chris and Alyson Austin, who live near the coal mine, steam train enthusiast Steve Oates, who is chief executive of the Heritage Railway Association, and Delyth Jewell, a Plaid Cymru Senedd member for South Wales East and the party's climate spokesperson. Annie Joyce – senior podcast producer Amy Lakin – junior podcast producer Philly Beaumont - editor

This episode tells the story of Dic Penderyn and workers uprising of 1831 in the town of Merthyr Tydfil. A David and Goliath tale that would shape the future of labour in Wales for generations to come. Also his names another word for a willy.Follow our socials here you beauties ❤️

Felicity Evans and James Williams ask if the First Minister has successfully drawn the line under a row over whether the Senedd was misled over the decision-making process that saw the north Wales health board Betsi Cadwaladr taken out of special measures in 2020. And Environment Correspondent Steffan Messenger charts the end of the line for opencast mining in Wales, following a council decision not to grant an extension to the gigantic Ffos-y-Fran site in Merthyr Tydfil.

Interview conducted by friend of the pod and long-time listener Sonny Davies, a multi-lingual teacher and boxing fan. Follow him here: www.youtube.com/channel/UCuh_9xRHmObDanFlD58Sc2Q In this video (Part 1), Sonny chats with British & Commonwealth champion Gavin Gwynne (AKA The Merthyr Mexican) who discusses his life story from humble beginnings in Treharris, Merthyr Tydfil up to the present day. The Asylum is a value-for-value show. We throw it out live every Sunday at 8.00pm GMT/3.00pm EST. Consider throwing a bit of value back in any way you choose. PATREON: Visit www.patreon.com/BoxingAsylum for bonus content, Punches from the Past episodes, the exclusive What's App group and more. YOUTUBE: Subscribe - hit the notification bell - like - comment - share - leave a Super Chat. WEBSITE: www.theboxingasylum.com​​ ✿ LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE ON: Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Twitter: twitter.com/asylumbotw Soundcloud: @user-286873156

*** CONTENT WARNING ***This episode contains descriptions of a graphic nature that some listeners may find distressing, including references to child sexual abuse, paedophilia, and incest. Listener discretion is advised. If you are affected by any of the content featured in this episode, and feel you may need further support, please see the information for suggested numbers below.Ian David Karslake Watkins was born on the 30th of July 1977 to loving parents. He was born and raised in Merthyr Tydfil which is a small borough that lies to the north of Cardiff in Wales. Ian was a content and happy child who loved the outdoors and his family. He was intelligent and sociable and made friends easily. As Ian reached his middle school years he developed a passion for music. No matter the instrument Ian would figure out how to play it. His bright and inquisitive mind meant he enjoyed the thrill of learning something new and it didn't take long for his family to realise he had a real talent for entertainment through his musical passions. When Ian started attending Hawthorn High School and became more independent with his music tastes he was drawn to rock and metal music and began to listen to artists like Faith No More, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Megadeth. It was during this time that Ian met Mike Lewis who would become a lifelong friend. The two had a mutual passion for both listening to and playing metal music. In 1991 the pair decided to form their own rock band which they called Aftermath. The genre of music they played together was known as thrash metal and the pair would spend every spare moment in Ian's back garden writing or playing their own music. Whilst his parents didn't understand the genre they encouraged his musical talents and supported his passions. In 2009 he decided to branch out on his own in a side venture. He started a project he called "L'Amour La Morgue". "L'Amour La Morgue" was much more about music production than musical performance. The 17 tracks he released under this moniker were comprised of remixes of popular songs from a broad range of genres such as Beyonce, the Killers, Tears for Fears, Bring me the Horizon and Young Guns. In 2010 the Lostprophets released yet another album, this time titled The Betrayed. Given their huge success, they were now attracting requests for collaborations from some of music's biggest names. Yet again the album was hugely successful and the band set off on another worldwide tour. Just two years later, in 2012 they released their fifth album called Weapons. It was whilst they were touring to promote The Betrayed album that the image Ian had been presenting to the world began to fracture...NSPCCIf you're worried about a child, even if you're unsure, contact our professional counsellors for help, advice and supportCall – 0808 800 5000 Email help@nspcc.org.ukSAMARITANSIf you need someone to talk to, Samaritans won't judge you or tell you what to do – They listen! Call us any time, day or night116 123 Find Out More Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pigion Dysgwyr – Kath Morgan 8.1 Gwestai Beti George ar Beti a'i Phobl wythnos dwetha oedd cyn gapten pêl-droed merched Cymru, Kath Morgan. Mae angen bod yn berson hyderus iawn i gymryd y swydd honno on'd oes? Wel nid felly yn ôl Kath... Cyn gapten Former captain Yn falch Proud Difaru To regret Braint An honour Ymfalchïo To be proud of oneself Cyfrifoldeb Responsibility Gormod o bwysau Too much pressure Mynnu To insist Cyfarwyddiadau Instructions Pigion Dysgwyr 10.1 – Gareth Bale O cyn-gapten tîm merched Cymru i gyn-gapten tîm dynion Cymru - Gareth Bale, a daeth y newyddion yr wythnos diwetha bod y pêl-droediwr enwog yn ymddeol. Dyma Nic Parri yn edrych yn ôl ar ei yrfa ar Dros Frecwast fore Mercher. Cyfadde(f) To admit Di-ri(f) Innumerable Annisgwyl Unexpected Ystyried To consider Syllu To stare Llusgo To drag Pencampwriaeth Championship Ysbrydoliaeth Inspiration Aruthrol Huge Breuddwydiol, euraidd Dreamy, golden Yng nghysgod In the shadow Pigion Dysgwyr – Aled Hughes 9.1 R'yn ni'n aros yng Nghaerdydd ar gyfer y clip nesa o raglen Aled Hughes. Cafodd Aled sgwrs gyda Tim Hartley am yr ymgyrch lwyddiannus i gael datblygwyr i ddefnyddio enwau Cymreig ar stad o dai sydd ar hen bencadlys BBC Cymru yn Llandaf. Dyma Tim yn sôn mwy am hanes y pencadlys a rhai o'r strydoedd sydd wedi ei henwi ar ôl unigolion enwog. Ymgyrch llwyddiannus A succesful campaign Datblygwr Developer Pencadlys Headquarters Unigolion Individuals Safle wreiddiol The original site Darlledwr Broadcaster Fel petai ysbrydion yna As if spirits were there Cawr Giant Cofnodi To record Sefydlydd Founder Cadw ar gof To keep on record Pigion Dysgwyr - Alun Gibbard 13.1 Mae'n braf gweld bod enwau Cymraeg ar ardal sydd â hanes pwysig iawn o ran yr iaith, on'd yw hi? Mae Shan Cothi yn gwahodd rhywun i roi Munud I Feddwl i ni bob dydd. Mae'r rhan yma o'r rhaglen yn rhoi munud i ni feddwl a sefyll yn ôl o brysurdeb ein bywydau bob dydd. Tro Alun Gibbard oedd hi fore Gwener. Dychmygwch Imagine Coedwig Wood Y tu draw Beyond Tirwedd Landscape Cysurus Comforting Gwrando'n astud Listen closely Cyfarwydd Familiar Sefyll yn rhydd Freestanding Ehangder The expanse Pigion Dysgwyr – Vicky Alexander 11.1 Munud i Feddwl ar ffurf llun bach yn fanna gan Alun Gibbard. Nos Fercher ar raglen Caryl cafodd hi sgwrs gyda Vicky Alexander o Lanbradach. Mae Vicky yn helpu yn Nghanolfan Soar ym Merthyr Tydfil a hi sydd yn rhedeg y siop lyfrau yno dyma hi i sôn mwy am y lle. Enfys Rainbow Cefnogi To support Cynhesrwydd Warmth Canolfan Gelfyddydol Arts centre Creadigol Creative

Plunging temperatures and rising fuel and food prices are all having a severe impact on all sorts of people. Roy Jenkins looks at what some churches around Wales are doing to help people trapped in the cost of living crisis during the run-up to Christmas. In Trethomas, in the borough of Caerphilly, Roy meets Revd Dean Roberts, whose Parish Trust and Care Project, established during the Pandemic, continue to help people living in the area. Julia Bartholomew, minister of Rhos-on-Sea United Reformed Church talks about the Warm Space that her church has recently opened up, offering hot food and company to all who come. Jessica Foster of the Trussell Trust explains the continuing importance of churches for the work of foodbanks. In Flintshire, Fr Dominic Cawdell talks about The Table - an initiative offering hot meals for people in the Holywell and Greenfield parishes. And in Merthyr Tydfil, Roy speaks to Heidi Jacobson and Lisa Edwards, organisers of The Pantry at Hope Church.

A Royal Navy submarine which was fully armed with nuclear missiles aborted a top secret operation after a fire broke out onboard.The £3billion HMS Victorious, which is one of Britain's four Trident submarines, had been sailing to a base overseas when the electrical fire started six weeks ago. The Home Office is spending millions of pounds on taxis to transport migrants across the UK - with some drivers claiming they were told to drop off passengers at railway stations with no follow up. Officials have paid more than £3.7million in the past year alone for taxis, vans and buses to move asylum seekers, illegal migrants and unaccompanied minors, an analysis of public contracts revealed. Gary Neville, the former Manchester United footballer, 47, sparked a blacklash when he agreed to be a pundit for state broadcaster beIN SPORTS for the World Cup tournament - due to begin later this month. Neville has repeatedly insisted he will 'never shy away' from highlighting controversial issues while working for the broadcaster. Commuters can shell out more on railway station parking than on travelling on the train, campaigners said yesterday. Their research shows that some drivers face bills reaching as high as £3,000.In some cases it costs more to use a car parking space year-round than it does to take the train. Grant Shapps was facing fury last night after saying there ‘wasn't really much point' to a long-promised railway across northern England. Bonfire Night across the country erupted into chaos last night as thugs chucked fireworks at passers-by, set alight wheelie bins and threw explosives at police. Scenes of disarray were seen in Leeds and Edinburgh with police in Manchester and Merseyside reporting blockaded roads. Civil servants have spent £500,000 of taxpayer cash on mindfulness apps which have celebrities including Idris Elba and Kate Winslet reading bedtime stories to soothe users to sleep. Fly-tipping has been practically decriminalised across Britain, with fewer than one in 400 offences being prosecuted in the past decade. .A partygoer died after a downing three pints of gin in a drinking game during a 36-hour session, an inquest heard. Shamed inspector Dean Gittoes, 49, of Merthyr Tydfil, who 'throttled' a teenage boy and called him a 'clever little internet freak' because he was filming a police station faces losing his job. Gittoes was sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work after 'unlawfully' detaining the 16-year-old outside Merthyr Tydfil police station on August 20 last year.

The Robins are off to Merthyr Tydfil in the league. Expect it all fun, laughs with both fans and some football. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unofficial-robins/message

Get all the essential info about Bracknell Town FCs away days with Paul & assistant Sarah! This week we are away to Merthyr Tydfil. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unofficial-robins/message

Tomorrow's eclectic episode of Electronically Yours features the multifarious talents of one of Martyn's oldest friends, Chris Sullivan. Since leaving Merthyr Tydfil as a teenager, he has become a DJ, author, band frontman, painter, style commentator, entrepreneur, script-writer, fashion designer, artist and all-round godfather of partying… Ladies and gentlemen - the extremely entertaining man behind Blue Rondo A La Turk - Chris Sullivan. If you can, please support the Electronically Yours podcast via my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/electronicallyours

“Do you think climate and sustainability could be added to the school curriculum?” In this episode Stuart and William mull over the question above, which was sent in by listener Kim in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Help us to spread the podcast as far and as wide as possible by sharing it with five of your friends today by sharing the following link https://podfollow.com/the-peoples-countryside-environmental-debate-podcast/view Do you have a question you'd like Stuart and William to examine, mull over, explore, discuss, delve into or debate? Send us an email thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com with your name, where you're listening from, and your question. Or you can record your question in your own voice by going to https://anchor.fm/thepeoplescountryside/message Support this work through Patreon or just 'follow' so you don't miss any of the public posts https://www.patreon.com/thepeoplescountryside --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepeoplescountryside/message

LFYC | S3 E2 – Obi Abuchi interviews Marc Allera On this week's Leading from Your Core Podcast and Vodcast, Obi Abuchi interviews Marc Allera. As head of three of the UK's leading communications brands, BT, EE and Plusnet – as well as BT Sport – Marc's ultimately responsible for more than 30m customer connections in a business with tech, networks, content and services at its heart. With EE, Marc launched 5G in the UK in 2019. Now he's driving the rollout of the UK's best next-gen networks: full fibre and 5G, with 20,000+ colleagues across Consumer's customer service contact centres, 550+ retail stores and offices up and down the UK – from Glasgow to Accrington, to Merthyr Tydfil and Plymouth. Marc was appointed CEO of BT's Consumer Division, in September 2017, since then he's led with the ambition of making the Consumer Division a team that welcomes everyone, makes you feel you belong and can be yourself. Prior to that he was CEO of EE, and chief commercial officer for EE from 2011 to 2015. Before EE, Marc held senior positions at Three UK, and Sega UK and Europe. He is a fan of Liverpool FC, a keen tennis player, enjoys holidays with his wife and children and managing the Under-12 Valley End Cricket team. Marc is also a member of the Great Ormond Street Hospital corporate partnerships board, a trustee of Founders for Schools and investor and mentor to a number of tech start-ups. In this episode:- Reflecting on the responsibility of leaders to make a difference- Some of the significant challenges modern leaders are facing- Staying grounded as a leader- Aligning personal values and corporate values- How to keep our egos in check- Maintaining curiosity and a learning mindset- Advice you would give to your younger self You can find out more about Marc via the links below:LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-allera-b61754Twitter -https://twitter.com/marcalleraInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/marcallera/ Connect with Obi Abuchi and CORE Leaders International on Social Media:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/obiabuchi/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CORELeadersInternationalTwitter - @CORELeadersIntInstagram - obiabuchi01 Get a copy of Obi's latest book, Leading from Your Core - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Obi-Abuchi/e/B09DYW3P55?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000 Want to increase your resilience, impact, and effectiveness as a leader? Join our Personal Mastery Academy and become part of a growing community of purpose-driven leaders committed to personal mastery, transformed lives and a better world. Find out more at https://www.coreleaders.co.uk/personalmasteryacademy _______________________ At

This is taken from the back cover of the recently published book about Paul Crump entitled 'One Armed and Dangerous':'This is the totally true, though almost incredible, story of a very proud Welshman.  A son of Merthyr Tydfil, once the industrial capital of the world but always a hotbed of Welsh sporting excellence.  They don't do it by halves in this toen you know, and Crumpy is no exception in that.  A quite remarkable man.  That man is Paul Crump.'Born without a forearm after the difficulties of a twin pregnancy Paul grew up with little or no sense that he was any less of a person than anyone else.  A keen sportsman he wanted, first, to play professional football.  On trial at Wolverhampton Wanderers he turned out for the Pennydarren XI Cricket Club.  Paul tells us how his performances got him referred to Glamorgan for trials and into the press for his exploits.In a hectic few years Paul was contracted to play for the Grounds staff at the Home of Cricket, Lords.  As well as talking about his experiences here and the people he met including England players Ian Botham and Goeffrey Boycott, Paul tell sus about his boyhood friends who have turned into lifeling ones.Paul's story is not without regret as he failed to get the professional career in cricket he wanted and by his own admission done some things that were not great.  In telling his story, you become aware of his prodigious talent and his strong will to succeed.

Front Row comes from Cardiff this evening. Joining presenter Huw Stephens to play live in the studio is Welsh musician Carwyn Ellis, who has been collaborating with Brazilian musicians and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Huw also looks closely at The Rules of Art?, an exhibition at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, which sets out the classical hierarchy of art, then challenges this by juxtaposing works spanning 500 years, from a Botticelli Virgin and Child, to a recent photograph by Helen Muspratt of a mother and child in Merthyr Tydfil. Rosemary Baker talks about her powerful film, Lesbian, that focuses on that word. It has been shortlisted for The Iris Prize for short films made by LGBT+ artists, awarded every year in Cardiff. And Huw sends an audio postcard from Port Talbot, the town which produced Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Sheen, and boasts a Banksy, too. Presenter: Huw Stephens Producer: Julian May Photo: Carwyn Ellis Photo credit: Paul Kelly

Steve Dorricott, visiting from Nation Changers Church in Merthyr Tydfil, brings a passionate word on how we can experience the power of God in our lives as we trust and obey the Holy Spirit.

This week we're chatting to Jon Fitzmaurice!Jon is a rum enthusiast and an RSPCA Veterinarian.  Jon and Julian went to vet college together in London, where Jon qualified in 1997. His first job was in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, in a 5 vet surgery that had connections with the local RSPCA branch where he worked for 10 years. In 2008, He moved across town for his 2nd, and current, job to become a full-time RSPCA employee as the sole vet running the clinic.We get Jon chatting about shelter medicine, how to make difficult decisions, and what working as the sole vet in a charity entails.  Aside from work, we chat about Jon's extensive rum collection, his love of pub quizzes and quizmastering, and his experiences playing poker in Las Vegas!

From the Myfanwy Theatre, Mark Steel performs for the residents of Merthyr Tydfil – the town in South Wales with a love of boxers and revolution. Mark checks out the town's history and compares it with Cardiff. And he investigates the Welsh language – talking to a teacher, who compares it to modern Welsh. He also takes a look at the local pubs – and is surprised to discover that Merthyr Tydfil is the home of the Welsh Mormons. Mark finds out about the impact of the Merthyr Rising, which was the biggest insurrection in British history since the Civil War. Plus, the history of boxing in Merthyr Tydfil. Series in which the comedian visits towns across the UK and creates a stand-up show for the locals. Producer: Julia McKenzie First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.

This week we have Nathan Jones (Current Luton Town manager) to talk through his playing career at teams such as Merthyr Tydfil, Luton Town, Numancia, Southend, Brighton and Yeovil He talks through playing in Spain, working under different types of managers including David Pleat to Micky Adams. He also talks through some goings on at Luton at the moment, pre season, the obsession with management and briefly about the move to Stoke. Sponsored: We have reopened our sponsorship opportunities for Season 2. We are happy to work with companies for 1 episode, 10 episodes or the season. Contact us and we can have a chat as we are supportive of Small/Medium Business. Contact Us: Website: https://www.mybestelevenpodcast.com/  Email: mybestelevenpod@gmail.com Twitter: @mybestelevenpod Download/Stream the podcast from (selected list but available on other pod apps):  Direct: https://mybesteleven.podbean.com/ Apple Podcaster/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/my-best-eleven/id1531409475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/79XqOdXO5dOp2SV2Ib3blv Google Podcaster: https://podcastsmanager.google.com/show?show=show%3AsTOC6DrGP4qPKRBq6K674A YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCosPHLqTf7KuZfKVtlVLy0Q Musical credits: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Disney’s much-anticipated 101 Dalmatians prequel Cruella is the visually stunning origin story of the woman who becomes the puppy-stealing force of evil from Dodie Smith’s original 1956 story. Starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson and directed by I, Tonya’s Craig Gillespie, it is set in late '70s London and channels much of punk’s dark energy and aesthetic. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh joins Front Row to assess whether it makes for compelling viewing – and for what age group. 2 Tone: Lives & Legacies is the first major exhibition dedicated to the music, the message, and the memorabilia of the ska movement. As it opens at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum to mark the start of Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture 2021, Pauline Black, founding member and lead singer of The Selecter, talks to Samira about the impact 2 Tone had on her and British culture. “Why shouldn’t God send a miracle to Merthyr?” asks Carys, the 16-year-old girl in The Merthyr Stigmatist. She claims to have the wounds of Christ, bleeding from her hands and feet every Friday evening. Her teacher, Siân, isn’t convinced; she thinks Carys should keep quiet, get out of the Merthyr Tydfil and go to university. But why should she have to leave to lead a fulfilling life? Lisa Parry’s talks about her new play, in which faith, reason, class, fame and language all collide. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Julian May Main image: 2 Tone band The Selecter's lead singer Pauline Black in 1979

Talking with, fellow patron of Merthyr Tydfil, Owen Money MBE. Discussing his career in music, stand-up comedy, television and radio. A great story teller, and a great personality. Genuine pleasure to have him on #thecaimanshow --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caiman/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caiman/support

Episode #56 see's Foxx on the Wire reach a new corner of the world for the first time Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales! That's more than 17,000 kms away from here in Melbourne. I was lucky enough to catch up via zoom with Foz from the Welsh Rock band Florence Black! We talk about their latest single 'Bird on a Chain' which has been hugely successful for the band and was my personal introduction to the band when I stumbled upon it on a Spotify Rock Playlist! Foz and I talk about the bands upcoming album, how the band originally formed and their friendship. Thank you to Foz for jumping on the Podcast, I'll upload video content shortly the the Foxx on the Wire YouTube channel. Check out Florence Black on their following Links: Facebook Instagram Spotify  YouTube Thanks for tuning in folks please follow Foxx on the Wire on Facebook, Instagram & YouTube!  Cheers! Craig  'Acoustic Foxx' www.acousticfoxx.com.au

This week I sat down with Alun "Taff" Watkins. Taff talks very openly about his journey from the small mining town of Merthyr Tydfil to serving in the British Army. Taff is open about his experiences and views of his dad before becoming a dad of two daughters himself. Taff is very candid about his spiral after being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease which changed his life completely , before the pressures of the first lock down lead to him trying to commit suicide leaving him in a coma for 3 weeks.

In the third episode of season three of the Her Spirit podcast BBC Breakfast Louise Minchin and BBC Triathlon presenter Annie Emmerson talk to ice swimmer Cath Pendleton. Cath Pendleton is an NHS worker from Merthyr Tydfil. She's also known as The Merthyr Mermaid and is the subject of a BBC Wales documentary. Cath works for the NHS' smoking cessation team - and managed to fit in her impressive training into her day-to-day life.Cath took up wild swimming after discovering the calming and therapeutic effects of the cold water. She found her ‘reset button’ whilst swimming in the cold waters of the local lakes and reservoirs around the area.Cath's impressive feat is becoming the first person to swim a mile in the Antarctic Polar Circle – the coldest place on earth. She prepared for the challenge by training in her shed - and when we say training, we mean, lying in a chest freezer.Cath’s previous achievements include swimming the English Channel in 2018, which began with her spontaneously googling “how do you swim the Channel” one night. Following that, she was then incredibly selected to represent Great Britain at the World Ice Swimming Championships in Russia, where she came third in her age group.Cath is planning to complete the seven swim Ice Sevens challenge in 2022.These podcasts have been made possible through the support of Medichecks www.medichecks.com and Sport England www.sportengland.org. Medichecks offers an easy and affordable way to check your health from the comfort of your own home with their simple and personal at-home blood tests. From hormones and nutrition, to cholesterol and diabetes, there is something for everyone. For more information on Her Spirit and "Your Best Year Yet" go to http://herspirit.co.uk and come and join us for Feet First February https://herspirit.co.uk/programmes/feet-first-february/

This week on Listen2This we speak to Dan Hewitt from indie rockers The Rivers. We discuss annoying cover songs, awkward aunties dancing to ABBA and is Pete Doherty always late for his own gigs?https://www.facebook.com/Listen2ThisPodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/podcastlisten2this/https://twitter.com/Listen2This_Spotify Playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/4FITfvqU9Ac2sYciLQ5zgU?si=7lZ-b6xHSb-3aZo_-xKCrQ

This is an audio recording of an IfG Live Event. Michael Gove has called for Government decision-makers to be spread across the country, from Mansfield to Middlesbrough to Merthyr Tydfil. He won't be the first to have tried to move policy makers out of London. So why have past efforts not worked as hoped? What can the Government do differently this time? And will shifting Civil Servants around the country really change decision making? Or is more radical devolution of power required? Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government, chairs a panel including:Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater ManchesterPhilip Rycroft, former Permanent Secretary in the Department for Exiting the EULesley-Ann Nash, former Senior Civil Servant at the Cabinet OfficePaul Swinney, Director of Policy and Research at the Centre for CitiesWe would like to thank Oracle for kindly sponsoring this event.#IfGcivilservice See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michael Gove has called for government decision makers to be spread across the country: from Mansfield to Middlesbrough to Merthyr Tydfil. He won’t be the first to have tried to move policy makers out of London. So why have past efforts not worked as hoped? What can the government do differently this time? And will shifting civil servants around the country really change decision making? Or is more radical devolution of power required? Panellists: Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester Philip Rycroft, former Permanent Secretary in the Department for Exiting the EU Lesley-Ann Nash, former Senior Civil Servant at the Cabinet Office Paul Swinney, Director of Policy and Research at the Centre for Cities Chaired by Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.

In June, 1831, the mining town of Merthyr Tydfil and the region around it in Wales was in a state of revolt.  The bosses had announced cuts in wages that were already impossibly low, and the people had had enough.

Jonny Owen is an award-winning producer, writer and actor who has appeared in TV shows Shameless, Murphy's Law and My Family. The Merthyr Tydfil born filmmaker is best known for productions Don't Take Me Home (2017), I Believe in Miracles (2015), Svengali (2013). Then in 2018 to his surprise he was appointed as a director at Nottingham FC.    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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66 of the Worlds best Expository Preachers teaching through every verse of the Bible line by line - YouTube - http://bit.ly/2PxVWrJ About Esther “Esther” serves as the title without variation through the ages. This book and the book of Ruth are the only OT books named after women. Like Song of Solomon, Obadiah, and Nahum, the NT does not quote or allude to Esther. “Hadassah” (2:7), meaning “myrtle,” was the Hebrew name of Esther, which came either from the Persian word “star” or possibly from the name of the Babylonian love goddess, Ishtar. As the orphaned daughter of her father Abihail, Esther grew up in Persia with her older cousin, Mordecai, who raised her as if she were his own daughter (2:7, 15). Esther occurred during the Persian period of world history, ca. 539 B.C. (Dan. 5:30, 31) to ca. 331 B.C. (Dan. 8:1–27). Ahasuerus ruled from ca. 486 to 465 B.C.; Esther covers the 483–473 B.C. portion of his reign. The name Ahasuerus represents the Heb. transliteration of the Persian name “Khshayarsha,” while “Xerxes” represents his Greek name. The events of Esther occurred during the wider time span between the first return of the Jews after the 70 year captivity in Babylon (Dan. 9:1–19) under Zerubbabel ca. 538 B.C. (Ezra 1–6) and the second return led by Ezra ca. 458 B.C. (Ezra 7–10). Nehemiah’s journey (the third return) from Susa to Jerusalem (Neh. 1–2) occurred later (ca. 445 B.C.). Esther and Exodus both chronicle how vigorously foreign powers tried to eliminate the Jewish race and how God sovereignly preserved His people in accordance with His covenant promise to Abraham ca. 2100–2075 B.C. (Gen. 12:1–3; 17:1–8). As a result of God’s prevailing, Esther 9, 10 records the beginning of Purim—a new annual festival in the 12th month (Feb.- Mar.) to celebrate the nation’s survival. Purim became one of two festivals given outside of the Mosaic legislation to still be celebrated in Israel (Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, is the other, cf. John 10:22). About your Teacher - Geoff Thomas Rev. Geoffrey Thomas has been the minister of Alfred Place Baptist Church in Aberystwyth, Wales, since 1965. Born in 1938 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, he became a Christian as a teenager in his home church, the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Hengoed, in 1954. After grammar school, he read Biblical Studies, Greek and Philosophy at Cardiff University (BA, 1959). He found fellowship in the Inter-varsity Fellowship group, and was influenced by the ministry of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and reading books such as J. I. Packer’s Fundamentalism and the Word of God, Whitefield’s Journals, Lloyd-Jones’ Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, and J. C. Ryle’s Holiness. At this time he also began to take The Banner of Truth magazine, which he has since served as Associate Editor. He preached for the first time in 1959 and ‘thenceforward Sunday after Sunday’. In 1961 he travelled to the United States to study for three years at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, under men such as Edward J. Young, Ned Stonehouse, John Murray, Cornelius Van Til, Meredith Kline, Norman Shepherd, Jay Adams and Edmund Clowney. Returning to Wales after graduation (M.Div, 1964), he married Iola, ‘the girl back home’. Assured during the last months of his course at seminary of the call to preach, he began his first and only pastorate at Alfred Place the following year. Geoff has systematically preached the Bible to his congregation ever since, and has published the compete text of almost a thousand sermons on the church’s website. He has served as the chairman of the Grace Churches of England and Wales, and of the Association of Evangelical Churches of Wales, and is currently Editor of the Trust’s website articles. He is the author of scores of articles and several books, including The Holy Spirit, Daniel: Servant of God Under Four Kings, Philip and the Revival in Samaria and Ernest Reisinger: A Biography, as well as the booklet Reading the Bible, some of which have been published by the Trust. He is a frequent speaker at conferences throughout the world, and is a Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2011 Westminster Seminary awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree. Geoff’s wife Iola passed away in October 2016, passing, as Geoff wrote, ‘from the state of grace to the state of glory’. Geoff has two daughters who are married to deacons and a third who is a pastor’s wife. He has eight grandsons and one granddaughter. 1000s more resources available at https://exposittheword.com/ Audio used with permission from Geoff Thomas    

66 of the Worlds best Expository Preachers teaching through every verse of the Bible line by line - YouTube - http://bit.ly/2PxVWrJ About Esther “Esther” serves as the title without variation through the ages. This book and the book of Ruth are the only OT books named after women. Like Song of Solomon, Obadiah, and Nahum, the NT does not quote or allude to Esther. “Hadassah” (2:7), meaning “myrtle,” was the Hebrew name of Esther, which came either from the Persian word “star” or possibly from the name of the Babylonian love goddess, Ishtar. As the orphaned daughter of her father Abihail, Esther grew up in Persia with her older cousin, Mordecai, who raised her as if she were his own daughter (2:7, 15). Esther occurred during the Persian period of world history, ca. 539 B.C. (Dan. 5:30, 31) to ca. 331 B.C. (Dan. 8:1–27). Ahasuerus ruled from ca. 486 to 465 B.C.; Esther covers the 483–473 B.C. portion of his reign. The name Ahasuerus represents the Heb. transliteration of the Persian name “Khshayarsha,” while “Xerxes” represents his Greek name. The events of Esther occurred during the wider time span between the first return of the Jews after the 70 year captivity in Babylon (Dan. 9:1–19) under Zerubbabel ca. 538 B.C. (Ezra 1–6) and the second return led by Ezra ca. 458 B.C. (Ezra 7–10). Nehemiah’s journey (the third return) from Susa to Jerusalem (Neh. 1–2) occurred later (ca. 445 B.C.). Esther and Exodus both chronicle how vigorously foreign powers tried to eliminate the Jewish race and how God sovereignly preserved His people in accordance with His covenant promise to Abraham ca. 2100–2075 B.C. (Gen. 12:1–3; 17:1–8). As a result of God’s prevailing, Esther 9, 10 records the beginning of Purim—a new annual festival in the 12th month (Feb.- Mar.) to celebrate the nation’s survival. Purim became one of two festivals given outside of the Mosaic legislation to still be celebrated in Israel (Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, is the other, cf. John 10:22). About your Teacher - Geoff Thomas Rev. Geoffrey Thomas has been the minister of Alfred Place Baptist Church in Aberystwyth, Wales, since 1965. Born in 1938 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, he became a Christian as a teenager in his home church, the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Hengoed, in 1954. After grammar school, he read Biblical Studies, Greek and Philosophy at Cardiff University (BA, 1959). He found fellowship in the Inter-varsity Fellowship group, and was influenced by the ministry of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and reading books such as J. I. Packer’s Fundamentalism and the Word of God, Whitefield’s Journals, Lloyd-Jones’ Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, and J. C. Ryle’s Holiness. At this time he also began to take The Banner of Truth magazine, which he has since served as Associate Editor. He preached for the first time in 1959 and ‘thenceforward Sunday after Sunday’. In 1961 he travelled to the United States to study for three years at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, under men such as Edward J. Young, Ned Stonehouse, John Murray, Cornelius Van Til, Meredith Kline, Norman Shepherd, Jay Adams and Edmund Clowney. Returning to Wales after graduation (M.Div, 1964), he married Iola, ‘the girl back home’. Assured during the last months of his course at seminary of the call to preach, he began his first and only pastorate at Alfred Place the following year. Geoff has systematically preached the Bible to his congregation ever since, and has published the compete text of almost a thousand sermons on the church’s website. He has served as the chairman of the Grace Churches of England and Wales, and of the Association of Evangelical Churches of Wales, and is currently Editor of the Trust’s website articles. He is the author of scores of articles and several books, including The Holy Spirit, Daniel: Servant of God Under Four Kings, Philip and the Revival in Samaria and Ernest Reisinger: A Biography, as well as the booklet Reading the Bible, some of which have been published by the Trust. He is a frequent speaker at conferences throughout the world, and is a Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2011 Westminster Seminary awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree. Geoff’s wife Iola passed away in October 2016, passing, as Geoff wrote, ‘from the state of grace to the state of glory’. Geoff has two daughters who are married to deacons and a third who is a pastor’s wife. He has eight grandsons and one granddaughter. 1000s more resources available at https://exposittheword.com/ Audio used with permission from Geoff Thomas

66 of the Worlds best Expository Preachers teaching through every verse of the Bible line by line - YouTube - http://bit.ly/2PxVWrJ About Esther “Esther” serves as the title without variation through the ages. This book and the book of Ruth are the only OT books named after women. Like Song of Solomon, Obadiah, and Nahum, the NT does not quote or allude to Esther. “Hadassah” (2:7), meaning “myrtle,” was the Hebrew name of Esther, which came either from the Persian word “star” or possibly from the name of the Babylonian love goddess, Ishtar. As the orphaned daughter of her father Abihail, Esther grew up in Persia with her older cousin, Mordecai, who raised her as if she were his own daughter (2:7, 15). Esther occurred during the Persian period of world history, ca. 539 B.C. (Dan. 5:30, 31) to ca. 331 B.C. (Dan. 8:1–27). Ahasuerus ruled from ca. 486 to 465 B.C.; Esther covers the 483–473 B.C. portion of his reign. The name Ahasuerus represents the Heb. transliteration of the Persian name “Khshayarsha,” while “Xerxes” represents his Greek name. The events of Esther occurred during the wider time span between the first return of the Jews after the 70 year captivity in Babylon (Dan. 9:1–19) under Zerubbabel ca. 538 B.C. (Ezra 1–6) and the second return led by Ezra ca. 458 B.C. (Ezra 7–10). Nehemiah’s journey (the third return) from Susa to Jerusalem (Neh. 1–2) occurred later (ca. 445 B.C.). Esther and Exodus both chronicle how vigorously foreign powers tried to eliminate the Jewish race and how God sovereignly preserved His people in accordance with His covenant promise to Abraham ca. 2100–2075 B.C. (Gen. 12:1–3; 17:1–8). As a result of God’s prevailing, Esther 9, 10 records the beginning of Purim—a new annual festival in the 12th month (Feb.- Mar.) to celebrate the nation’s survival. Purim became one of two festivals given outside of the Mosaic legislation to still be celebrated in Israel (Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, is the other, cf. John 10:22). About your Teacher - Geoff Thomas Rev. Geoffrey Thomas has been the minister of Alfred Place Baptist Church in Aberystwyth, Wales, since 1965. Born in 1938 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, he became a Christian as a teenager in his home church, the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Hengoed, in 1954. After grammar school, he read Biblical Studies, Greek and Philosophy at Cardiff University (BA, 1959). He found fellowship in the Inter-varsity Fellowship group, and was influenced by the ministry of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and reading books such as J. I. Packer’s Fundamentalism and the Word of God, Whitefield’s Journals, Lloyd-Jones’ Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, and J. C. Ryle’s Holiness. At this time he also began to take The Banner of Truth magazine, which he has since served as Associate Editor. He preached for the first time in 1959 and ‘thenceforward Sunday after Sunday’. In 1961 he travelled to the United States to study for three years at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, under men such as Edward J. Young, Ned Stonehouse, John Murray, Cornelius Van Til, Meredith Kline, Norman Shepherd, Jay Adams and Edmund Clowney. Returning to Wales after graduation (M.Div, 1964), he married Iola, ‘the girl back home’. Assured during the last months of his course at seminary of the call to preach, he began his first and only pastorate at Alfred Place the following year. Geoff has systematically preached the Bible to his congregation ever since, and has published the compete text of almost a thousand sermons on the church’s website. He has served as the chairman of the Grace Churches of England and Wales, and of the Association of Evangelical Churches of Wales, and is currently Editor of the Trust’s website articles. He is the author of scores of articles and several books, including The Holy Spirit, Daniel: Servant of God Under Four Kings, Philip and the Revival in Samaria and Ernest Reisinger: A Biography, as well as the booklet Reading the Bible, some of which have been published by the Trust. He is a frequent speaker at conferences throughout the world, and is a Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2011 Westminster Seminary awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree. Geoff’s wife Iola passed away in October 2016, passing, as Geoff wrote, ‘from the state of grace to the state of glory’. Geoff has two daughters who are married to deacons and a third who is a pastor’s wife. He has eight grandsons and one granddaughter. 1000s more resources available at https://exposittheword.com/ Audio used with permission from Geoff Thomas

66 of the Worlds best Expository Preachers teaching through every verse of the Bible line by line - YouTube - http://bit.ly/2PxVWrJ About Esther “Esther” serves as the title without variation through the ages. This book and the book of Ruth are the only OT books named after women. Like Song of Solomon, Obadiah, and Nahum, the NT does not quote or allude to Esther. “Hadassah” (2:7), meaning “myrtle,” was the Hebrew name of Esther, which came either from the Persian word “star” or possibly from the name of the Babylonian love goddess, Ishtar. As the orphaned daughter of her father Abihail, Esther grew up in Persia with her older cousin, Mordecai, who raised her as if she were his own daughter (2:7, 15). Esther occurred during the Persian period of world history, ca. 539 B.C. (Dan. 5:30, 31) to ca. 331 B.C. (Dan. 8:1–27). Ahasuerus ruled from ca. 486 to 465 B.C.; Esther covers the 483–473 B.C. portion of his reign. The name Ahasuerus represents the Heb. transliteration of the Persian name “Khshayarsha,” while “Xerxes” represents his Greek name. The events of Esther occurred during the wider time span between the first return of the Jews after the 70 year captivity in Babylon (Dan. 9:1–19) under Zerubbabel ca. 538 B.C. (Ezra 1–6) and the second return led by Ezra ca. 458 B.C. (Ezra 7–10). Nehemiah’s journey (the third return) from Susa to Jerusalem (Neh. 1–2) occurred later (ca. 445 B.C.). Esther and Exodus both chronicle how vigorously foreign powers tried to eliminate the Jewish race and how God sovereignly preserved His people in accordance with His covenant promise to Abraham ca. 2100–2075 B.C. (Gen. 12:1–3; 17:1–8). As a result of God’s prevailing, Esther 9, 10 records the beginning of Purim—a new annual festival in the 12th month (Feb.- Mar.) to celebrate the nation’s survival. Purim became one of two festivals given outside of the Mosaic legislation to still be celebrated in Israel (Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, is the other, cf. John 10:22). About your Teacher - Geoff Thomas Rev. Geoffrey Thomas has been the minister of Alfred Place Baptist Church in Aberystwyth, Wales, since 1965. Born in 1938 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, he became a Christian as a teenager in his home church, the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Hengoed, in 1954. After grammar school, he read Biblical Studies, Greek and Philosophy at Cardiff University (BA, 1959). He found fellowship in the Inter-varsity Fellowship group, and was influenced by the ministry of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and reading books such as J. I. Packer’s Fundamentalism and the Word of God, Whitefield’s Journals, Lloyd-Jones’ Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, and J. C. Ryle’s Holiness. At this time he also began to take The Banner of Truth magazine, which he has since served as Associate Editor. He preached for the first time in 1959 and ‘thenceforward Sunday after Sunday’. In 1961 he travelled to the United States to study for three years at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, under men such as Edward J. Young, Ned Stonehouse, John Murray, Cornelius Van Til, Meredith Kline, Norman Shepherd, Jay Adams and Edmund Clowney. Returning to Wales after graduation (M.Div, 1964), he married Iola, ‘the girl back home’. Assured during the last months of his course at seminary of the call to preach, he began his first and only pastorate at Alfred Place the following year. Geoff has systematically preached the Bible to his congregation ever since, and has published the compete text of almost a thousand sermons on the church’s website. He has served as the chairman of the Grace Churches of England and Wales, and of the Association of Evangelical Churches of Wales, and is currently Editor of the Trust’s website articles. He is the author of scores of articles and several books, including The Holy Spirit, Daniel: Servant of God Under Four Kings, Philip and the Revival in Samaria and Ernest Reisinger: A Biography, as well as the booklet Reading the Bible, some of which have been published by the Trust. He is a frequent speaker at conferences throughout the world, and is a Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2011 Westminster Seminary awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree. Geoff’s wife Iola passed away in October 2016, passing, as Geoff wrote, ‘from the state of grace to the state of glory’. Geoff has two daughters who are married to deacons and a third who is a pastor’s wife. He has eight grandsons and one granddaughter. 1000s more resources available at https://exposittheword.com/ Audio used with permission from Geoff Thomas

66 of the Worlds best Expository Preachers teaching through every verse of the Bible line by line - YouTube - http://bit.ly/2PxVWrJ About Esther “Esther” serves as the title without variation through the ages. This book and the book of Ruth are the only OT books named after women. Like Song of Solomon, Obadiah, and Nahum, the NT does not quote or allude to Esther. “Hadassah” (2:7), meaning “myrtle,” was the Hebrew name of Esther, which came either from the Persian word “star” or possibly from the name of the Babylonian love goddess, Ishtar. As the orphaned daughter of her father Abihail, Esther grew up in Persia with her older cousin, Mordecai, who raised her as if she were his own daughter (2:7, 15). Esther occurred during the Persian period of world history, ca. 539 B.C. (Dan. 5:30, 31) to ca. 331 B.C. (Dan. 8:1–27). Ahasuerus ruled from ca. 486 to 465 B.C.; Esther covers the 483–473 B.C. portion of his reign. The name Ahasuerus represents the Heb. transliteration of the Persian name “Khshayarsha,” while “Xerxes” represents his Greek name. The events of Esther occurred during the wider time span between the first return of the Jews after the 70 year captivity in Babylon (Dan. 9:1–19) under Zerubbabel ca. 538 B.C. (Ezra 1–6) and the second return led by Ezra ca. 458 B.C. (Ezra 7–10). Nehemiah’s journey (the third return) from Susa to Jerusalem (Neh. 1–2) occurred later (ca. 445 B.C.). Esther and Exodus both chronicle how vigorously foreign powers tried to eliminate the Jewish race and how God sovereignly preserved His people in accordance with His covenant promise to Abraham ca. 2100–2075 B.C. (Gen. 12:1–3; 17:1–8). As a result of God’s prevailing, Esther 9, 10 records the beginning of Purim—a new annual festival in the 12th month (Feb.- Mar.) to celebrate the nation’s survival. Purim became one of two festivals given outside of the Mosaic legislation to still be celebrated in Israel (Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, is the other, cf. John 10:22). About your Teacher - Geoff Thomas Rev. Geoffrey Thomas has been the minister of Alfred Place Baptist Church in Aberystwyth, Wales, since 1965. Born in 1938 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, he became a Christian as a teenager in his home church, the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Hengoed, in 1954. After grammar school, he read Biblical Studies, Greek and Philosophy at Cardiff University (BA, 1959). He found fellowship in the Inter-varsity Fellowship group, and was influenced by the ministry of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and reading books such as J. I. Packer’s Fundamentalism and the Word of God, Whitefield’s Journals, Lloyd-Jones’ Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, and J. C. Ryle’s Holiness. At this time he also began to take The Banner of Truth magazine, which he has since served as Associate Editor. He preached for the first time in 1959 and ‘thenceforward Sunday after Sunday’. In 1961 he travelled to the United States to study for three years at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, under men such as Edward J. Young, Ned Stonehouse, John Murray, Cornelius Van Til, Meredith Kline, Norman Shepherd, Jay Adams and Edmund Clowney. Returning to Wales after graduation (M.Div, 1964), he married Iola, ‘the girl back home’. Assured during the last months of his course at seminary of the call to preach, he began his first and only pastorate at Alfred Place the following year. Geoff has systematically preached the Bible to his congregation ever since, and has published the compete text of almost a thousand sermons on the church’s website. He has served as the chairman of the Grace Churches of England and Wales, and of the Association of Evangelical Churches of Wales, and is currently Editor of the Trust’s website articles. He is the author of scores of articles and several books, including The Holy Spirit, Daniel: Servant of God Under Four Kings, Philip and the Revival in Samaria and Ernest Reisinger: A Biography, as well as the booklet Reading the Bible, some of which have been published by the Trust. He is a frequent speaker at conferences throughout the world, and is a Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2011 Westminster Seminary awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree. Geoff’s wife Iola passed away in October 2016, passing, as Geoff wrote, ‘from the state of grace to the state of glory’. Geoff has two daughters who are married to deacons and a third who is a pastor’s wife. He has eight grandsons and one granddaughter. 1000s more resources available at https://exposittheword.com/ Audio used with permission from Geoff Thomas

Merthyr Town Football Club, Merthyr Tydfil, UK. Recorded in August 2019.

Elin Havard yn cyfweld Hannah Thomas Elin Havard o Frycheiniog sydd yn cyfweld Hannah Thomas o Ferthyr Tydfil. Mae Hannah yn ffrind i’r mudiad sydd wedi beirniadu amryw o gystadlaethau ar hyd y blynyddoedd ac sydd yn gweithio fel cyflwynwraig teledu ar y rhaglen ‘Coast & Country’. Wrth sgwrsio meant yn cyffwrdd ar ba mor arbennig mae Hannah yn meddwl yw’r mudiad wrth ddatblygu ieuenctid cefn gwlad Cymru. Yn ogystal â thrafod sut mae’r sgiliau mae aelodau yn meithrin wrth fod yn aelodau yn eu paratoi ar gyfer eu dyfodol. Diolch i Elin Havard am gyfweld, a diolch yn fawr i Hannah Thomas am gyfrannu. Elin Havard interviewing Hannah Thomas Elin Havard from Brecknock interviews Hannah Thomas who is from Merthyr Tydfil. Hannah is a friend of the organisation who has judges numerous competitions over the years and works as a television presenter for 'Coast and County'. As they chat they touch on how important Hannah thinks the organisation is to the development of youth here in rural Wales and discuss how the skills you learn from being a member of young farmers prepare you for later life. A big thank you to both Elin Havard for interviewing and Hannah Thomas for participating in this episode.

When a young miner's son perished on the Brecon Beacons in the summer of 1900, it shocked an entire community. On 4 August 1900, the Saturday before a Bank Holiday, a miner from Maerdy, at the head of the Rhondda Fach, decided to take his five-year-old son with him to visit the child's grandparents who still farmed near Brecon. Father and son William and Tommy Jones arrived in the town by train at about six o'clock in the evening. From there they had to walk four miles to reach Cwm Llwch, the little farmhouse deep in the valley to the north of the Beacons owner by Williams parents.Brooke Morris missing: Two years and one day from the missing soldiers the Rivers in the Brecons are being searched in the hunt for 22-year-old rugby player who went missing this weekend 12th October 2019. Searchers are scouring a river for a young rugby player in Wales who has been missing for three days. Searchers are scouring a river for a young rugby player in Wales who has been missing for three days. Brooke Morris, 22, from Merthyr Tydfil, was last seen in the early hours of Saturday morning. Rescue parties have fanned out across a waterway in Treharris in Merthyr Tydfil's south as they search for the missing woman. Authorities say Ms Morris was last seen at around 2.40am on Saturday, October 12, reports Wales Online .If you would like to join our Worldwide community please contact us using debbiehatswell@gmail.com. All abilities welcome, no experience needed. Help us investigate these cases or chat with fellow members online.#BBR is a non profit Organisation, run by volunteers. Please click LIKE or SUBSCRIBE to show support. Feel free to SHARE.Copyright ©2005-2021 All Rights Reserved.

Dawn Bowden, Labour AM for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, talks of her roots in trade unionism, how our NHS is under constant attack and the divided politics of Brexit. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this Christmas episode Steve and Mark talk to actor, producer and writer Jonny Owen about his memories of season 1990/91, which includes - amongst other things - the glory days of Merthyr Tydfil, music and the terraces, fan culture, the Morris Worm, and the Strangeways riots.

On June 2nd, 1831, workers in the Welsh town of Merthyr Tydfil marched on the Castle Inn, where local bosses and magistrates were meeting with the High Sheriff of Glamorgan. Workers demanded a reduction in the price of bread and an increase in wages. When their demands were rejected, they attacked the inn, rioted, and took over the town, marching under a red flag. It took the 93rd (Highland) Regiment over a week to restore the status quo. The rebellion later came to be known as the Merthyr Rising.

With Atalanta perhaps on the verge of Champions League football and just their second major trophy ever, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look at the history of Bergamo’s finest in Serie A. It’s a story that involves a thriving academy, match-fixing and Merthyr Tydfil. Plus a healthy soundtrack of songs either dedicated to or performed by the playing staff. In the modern day, Massimo Cellino is back in Serie A with Brescia. Is Antonio Conte about to follow him into Serie A at Inter or Roma? RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Atalanta, the story of the season (01m 00s) • PART 1b: The background to Bergamo (04m 30s) • PART 2a: Atalanta in the Cup Winners Cup (12m 30s) • PART 3a: The notoriety of the 2010-11 season (14m 00s) • PART 3b: The players Atalanta produced (23m 00s) • PART 4: The Atalanta side of today (26m 20s) • PART 5: Serie A roundup – Cellino returns to Serie A, will Conte join him? (35m 30s) GET IN TOUCH: • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff. • send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow • for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

In which Nick regales The Dear Listener on the su bject of always - always - putting Uncomfortable Truths before Comforting Lies! And what as the price of beer in 1986?!   In this episode of what his mother calls the UK’s leading personal finance podcast, Nick also rambles on about:   Fascinating factoids featuring the fine figure 43; Sugar, and the damage it does; France - what’s the point?! The supercomputer Deep Thought, fish, and Chas ‘n’ Dave; A 100% genuine “Lincoln’s Listener Letter” from a Mrs Scarlett Johannsen, of Merthyr Tydfil.   LINKS: Gary Taubes’s “The Case Against Sugar”   ==========   Any comments or feedback gratefully received. Likewise with suggestions for future shows. Get in touch with Nick on Twitter or via good old email.   CLICK HERE TO LEAVE A FIVE STAR REVIEW ON iTUNES - OR ELSE.   @HatTipNick   info@v2vfp.co.uk   www.v2vfp.co.uk  

Förhoppningsfulla walesare och oroliga svenskar samtalar med vår Londonkorrespondent Claes Aronsson om Storbritanniens utträde ur EU nästa år. En majoritet av väljarna i Wales röstade ja till Brexit. Åsa Malmsten, svensk musikproducent, boende i Wales, och Elisabeth Roth, svensk honorärkonsul i Cardiff är båda kritiska till Brexit. Men ekonomiprofessor James Foreman-Peck, vid universitetet i Cardiff, är positiv, och pubägaren Wayne Morgan i Merthyr Tydfil, vill lämna EU så fort som möjligt. Hör dem i veckans avsnitt av Radiokorrespondenterna.

Is it time cyclists take responsibility for their use of the roads? How did a man from Merthyr Tydfil end up in Magaluf after heading to the pub for one? And Mike tells Katie that something fishy's going on in the world of eye drops. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this podcast, recorded at the ASCL Cymru annual conference, General Secretary Geoff Barton talks to: • ASCL Field Officer Barbra Lund on the distinctiveness of the Welsh education system • Headteacher Maureen Harris on her school in Merthyr Tydfil and her legacy as ASCL Cymru President 2016-17 • Headteacher Eithne Hughes on her work in developing a culture of teacher research • CUREE Chief Executive Philippa Cordingley on the excitement of the Wales vision and how school leaders can make teacher research happen • Conference interpreter Rhys George on the Welsh language • Independent Thinking’s Ian Gilbert on global trends in education • and Ross McGill (aka @TeacherToolkit) on how we can reduce teachers’ workload

Ffoton Wales talks with film-maker and photographer Robert Haines. Known for his unique documentary portraits of the people in and around his home village of Heolgerrig near Merthyr Tydfil back in the early 1970's and again more recently in 2014 , we discuss his route into film and stills photography and his past and current work.

The haunting Aberfan photographs by American photojournalist I.C. Rapoport  (known as Chuck) were captured over a six week period when he came to Wales on 29th October 1966 to record a photo essay idea he had pitched to the prestigious LIFE Magazine in New York titled, "A Town without Children". Ffoton present this exclusive video of Chuck's digital exhibition launch at Redhouse in Merthyr Tydfil on the evening of 12th September 2016.

This last weekend saw the official launch of Jon Pountney's God Forgive Me exhibition at the rather splendid Redhouse Cymru in Merthyr Tydfil and we went along to have a look.

The late, great Philip Madoc is the core of our Kasterborous podKast (with a "K") this week, as we discuss his appearances in The Krotons, The War Games, The Brain of Morbius and The Power of Kroll. Probably best known as the War Lord or Mehendri Solon, Madoc also appeared in the second Dalek movie, Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD in 1966. Sadly Madoc, born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales passed away at the weekend following a short illness, aged 77. Born in 1934 he had a career stretching over 50 years and was one of the most compelling British character actors of his generation. There is barely a famous TV show from the 1960s and 1970s that he didn't appear in. You can find out more thanks to BBC News; our typed obituary will appear later on but in the meantime you can find more information about his long and varied career below. BBC News Philip Madoc obituary (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17255287) BBC News Philip Madoc obituary (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-17255155) Philip Madoc obituary in The Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9123834/Actor-Philip-Madoc-dies-aged-77.html) Philip Madoc obituary on Wales Online (http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/03/05/former-doctor-who-actor-philip-madoc-dies-after-short-illness-91466-30464315/)

Ballet exams, Church swaps, The Pope's visit, lack of coverage on BBC EWTN, SQPN at Atlanta at the Catholic New Media Day and Eucharistic Congress,the breakdown of my microphone, Some cool feedback from Al Iguana about the martyrdom of Tyfdfil which gave Merthyr Tydfil its name. Homour and St Cadoc Part One. Lineage, Baptism by St Treddin of Trevethin monastery, brother of Samson of Dol and of St Tegfedd.Education at Caerwent under Tatheus or Tathwyn. Alll the St Cadoc Churches in Gwent and Monmouthshire.Miracles and the Missal of St Gildas. First pilgrimages to Rome and Jerusalem and St Brychan teaches him Latin at Brecon. He founds another monastic settlemant at Llangadog. Penychen and his encounter with the warrior Illtyd and his conversion by Cadoc. Finally Cadoc in Scotland! His miracles as he travels on pilgrimage to St Andrews and remains ther for seven years!