''Newyddion S4C'' (''S4C News'') is a
Welsh-language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has al ...
news programme consisting of Welsh, UK, and international news, produced daily by
BBC Cymru Wales
BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Wales.
It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English Regions, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Scotland. Established in 1964, BBC Cymru Wales is ...
and broadcast on
S4C.
Overview
The main evening programme (branded ) is broadcast each weekday evening at 7:30pm with shorter editions airing throughout the day and at varying times on Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Five-minute updates are broadcast at midday, mid-afternoon (2pm, 3pm) and evenings (8:55pm)
Dewi Llwyd
Dewi Llwyd (born 1954) is a Welsh journalist and television presenter who is best known for his work for S4C. He presented the Welsh-language news programme ''Newyddion'' until the end of 2012, and Pawb a'i Farn until the end of 2019. Llwyd cur ...
, who presented the programme for almost 30 years, was dropped from the presentation team in 2013.
S4C weather forecasts are now broadcast in the news programme after BBC Cymru Wales moved into its new
headquarters
Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the to ...
in
Central Square,
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
.
Awards
won the 2012 BAFTA Cymru Award for News Coverage for a special programme broadcast from New York to mark the tenth anniversary of the
11 September 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commerc ...
.
At the 2013 BAFTA Awards ceremony was mistakenly awarded the News Coverage award. The award was later correctly presented to
ITV Cymru Wales
ITV Cymru Wales, previously known as Harlech Television and HTV Wales, is the ITV franchise for Wales. The new separate licence began on 1 January 2014, replacing the long-serving dual franchise region serving Wales and the West of England.
Li ...
.
At the 2015 BAFTA Awards ''9'' was awarded the News Coverage Award for a special programme on the
Paris Attacks.
They also won the News Coverage Award at the 2016 BAFTA awards for a programme about the refugee crisis.
Ratings
Viewing figures for range from 180,000 to 250,000 according to S4C's weekly ratings report.
On-air team
Anchor
*Bethan Rhys Roberts
*Rhodri Llywelyn
Daytime
* Sara Esyllt
* Ifan Gwyn Davies
* Lois Angharad
* Aled Huw
* Cennydd Davies
Additional presenters
*Aled Huw
*Rhodri Llwyd
*Janet Ebenezer
*Gwenllian Glyn
*Telor Iwan
*Nia Cerys
District correspondents
North Wales
*Sion Tecwyn – North West
*Dafydd Gwynn – North West
*Dafydd Evans – North East
*Elen Wyn – North East
South Wales
*Owain Evans – Cardiff
*Ellis Roberts – Cardiff/Business
Mid and West Wales
*Craig Duggan – Mid Wales
*Mari Grug – Mid Wales
*Aled Scourfield – West Wales
*Rhys Williams - Swansea
Specialist correspondents
*Owain Clarke – Health
*Gwyn Loader – Chief Correspondent
*James Williams – Brexit
*Steffan Messenger – Environment
*Huw Thomas – Arts and Media
*Bethan Lewis – Education
*Vaughan Roderick – Welsh Affairs Editor
*Elliw Gwawr - Westminster
References
External links
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{{Media in Cardiff
1982 British television series debuts
1980s Welsh television series
1990s Welsh television series
2000s Welsh television series
2010s Welsh television series
2020s Welsh television series
BBC Cymru Wales television shows
BBC Regional News shows
S4C original programming
Television shows set in Cardiff
Television shows set in Wales
Welsh television news shows