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Welsh language local weekly to become a supplement

The last Welsh language local weekly newspaper is to cease publication in its current form. Yr Herald will be published for the last time as a stand alone publication on February 25 – but will continue to appear as a

Welsh advocate Williams is mourned

Wales is mourning a writer and broadcaster hailed as the Welsh language’s chief journalist of the 20th century. John Williams, (90), who lived near Caernarfon, was a broadcaster with Radio Cymru until last month. He began his career in journalism

News in brief

The Exeter Express & Echo is campaigning for phone firms to crack down on Internet dialling scams which leave computer users with huge phone bills after their modems are redirected to premium rate and international numbers by a rogue virus.Telephone

Death of former Welsh editor

Former Welsh editor Alun Lloyd has died after a lengthy illness. He was 76. Born in Tan-y-Fron, Y Foel in the Banaw Valley in the old Montgomeryshire, he worked as a teacher and lecturer, but his main pleasure was writing.

Inaccuracy and intrusion

Resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC in January and February 2003. The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff, editors