#GlobalStDavids

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This St David's Day, help us celebrate Wales's positive impact across the world and the people that make it possible.

Published 26 February 2018

From:

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

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On 1 March, we will celebrate St David’s Day by bringing to life the brilliant and far-reaching work done internationally by Welsh people and anyone connected to Wales, through content shared on Twitter and Facebook and using #GlobalStDavids.

Staff in the UK Government’s international embassies together with our armed forces and humanitarian workers will be part of this global celebration and we’d love you to join in.

Get involved

Tell the world about someone inspirational working abroad this St David’s Day or if you are Welsh or have a connection to Wales and you are overseas tell us what you are doing.

If you are an employer, tweet a thank you message to your staff abroad.

Here are some examples to get you started.

• Thank you to [someone you want to celebrate] who is spending #StDavidsDay [how they are spending St David’s Day] #GlobalStDavids @UKGovWales
• This #StDavidsDay we’re celebrating Wales’s impact across the world & all our staff who are part of it. #GlobalStDavids @UKGovWales
• This #StDavidsDay I’m in [place/country], where I’m [what you do and who you work for]. #GlobalStDavids @UKGovWales
• To all our Welsh staff, thank you for the brilliant work you do across the world. #GlobalStDavids @UKGovWales

Electric shock collars for dogs will be banned in Scotland

Electric shock collars for dogs will be banned in Scotland after thousands backed a campaign to stop the ‘barbaric’ devices. 

The Scottish Government said causing pain to animals by ‘inappropriate training methods is clearly unacceptable’.

The collars are still allowed in England (Picture: Shutterstock)

A petition calling for a ban on the collars was signed by more than 19,000 people. The collars were first banned in Wales in 2010, but they are still allowed in England despite calls for a blanket UK ban. Scottish Tory Maurice Golden started the campaign by saying ‘expert advice is clear that electrocuting dogs doesn’t help train them’. The collars are still allowed in England (Picture: Shutterstock) Announcing the ban, Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said: ‘I want there to be no doubt that painful or unpleasant training for dogs will not be tolerated.

‘I am particularly keen to support the work of Scottish enforcement agencies with effective and practical measures so that anyone found causing pain to dogs through the use of collars or other devices can be prosecuted as they deserve.‘ The government said guidance would be finalised in the coming months, with the ban eventually introduced under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2006. Caroline Kisko, secretary of the Kennel Club, previously said the devices were ‘barbaric’.

She said: ‘In this day and age it is absurd that people are able to give their dog an electric shock in a misguided bid to train them – it is a cruel and lazy method.’ Director of animal welfare charity OneKind, Harry Huyton said: ‘Electric shock collars are cruel, unnecessary and ineffective. ‘I’m delighted that the Scottish Government has today taken a stand against cruelty and taken decisive action against their use.’

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/25/electric-shock-dog-collars-banned-scotland-7259580/?ito=social?ito=cbshare

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Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/25/electric-shock-dog-collars-banned-scotland-7259580/?ito=social?ito=cbshare

Belinda’s birthday on table 117

Belinda looked at me and she said, ‘Are you alright?

FACEBOOK / BELINDA MULCAHY

Belinda Mulcah and her partner Jo Sheperd were celebrating Belinda’s birthday in a restaurant in North Wales when they got a nasty surprise.

The couple were staying at the Hafan y Mor holiday park in Pwllheli, North Wales, and were enjoying a celebratory meal.

But then they received the receipt and it allegedly stated, in big capitals, “lesbians”.

Belinda looked at me and she said, ‘Are you alright?’ I showed her and she was speechless.

We hadn’t done anything overt. We hadn’t been kissing at the bar or holding hands. We could have been friends. We could have been relations. We could have been a whole host of things. So the fact he decided to identify us as lesbians was a bit horrifying. We were shocked at how stupid this man had been.

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Heated Cool Running's carnival float

Police investigate 'racist' Cool Runnings carnival float

 CREDIT: CASCADE NEWS

Four carnival revellers who "blacked up" to look like a Jamaican bobsleigh team are being investigated by police for racism.

The four men covered themselves in black bodypaint and Lycra bodysuits to dress up as characters from hit comedy Cool Runnings.

Dinah Mulholland

Dinah Mulholland - who stood for Labour at this year's General Election - said their fancy dress choice was "unacceptable".

She said: "Utterly horrified to see this from Aberaeron Carnival today. How could this have been considered acceptable, or even legal, by the Carnival organisers?

"But there is no doubt that offence has been caused and that there is a danger that, unchallenged, such behaviour makes casual racism seem OK."


The discussions have now been dampened down as reported by Heart Radio.

Revellers who "blacked up" to look like the Jamaican bobsled team at a carnival in Ceredigion have apologised to the squad.

The team said they believed "no malice" was intended by the group who wore black bodypaint and Lycra suits to dress up as characters from Cool Runnings.

The men - who used a bobsleigh made of wood - sparked a police probe after the complaints their outfits in the street parade were racist.

They later issued an apology to the Jamaican national team in for potentially causing offence with their blacking up at Aberaeron Carnival, West Wales.

But the Jamaican team say they have accepted an apology - saying they believed "no malice" was intended.

Over two thousand young people from England and Wales will take part in a national concert

Over two thousand young people from England and Wales will take part in a national concert to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.

Minister for Faith Lord Bourne confirmed the ‘Lest We Forget’ concert, backed by £90,000 government funding will take place in November 2018 as part of the government’s centenary programme of ceremonial events, cultural activity and education.