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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 ...
television
news News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to events. N ...
programme for children and young people, produced 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 b ...
for S4C.


Overview

Originally broadcast three times a week for 15 minutes (except during school summer holidays), was later broadcast live for four and a half minutes every weekday afternoon throughout the year at 4:50pm, from the BBC's Broadcasting House in
Llandaff Llandaff (; cy, Llandaf ; from 'church' and ''River Taff, Taf'') is a district, Community (Wales), community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It was incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of ...
,
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 ...
. The programme was transmitted from Studio C2, the second largest studio in Broadcasting House. Following a relaunch in Spring 2012, broadcast as part of S4C's strand on Mondays to Fridays from a smaller presentation studio at 5:00pm during term-time. It moved to New Broadcasting House, Cardiff in September 2020 into a VR green-screen studio and broadcasts on Mondays to Fridays at 5:55pm. The programme has often been compared to its English-language counterpart,
CBBC CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...
's '' Newsround''. differs in that it is produced directly by the
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 b ...
news and current affairs department, whereas ''Newsround'' is produced by
CBBC CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...
with facilities provided by
BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...
. The programme also has an expanded brief to cover Welsh regional news and features, alongside national and international news. The reporters and presenters on also regularly contribute to news coverage on BBC Radio Cymru and the nightly () programme on S4C.


Presenters and reporters

*Mared Ifan *Ifan Gwyn Davies *Aimee Thomas


Past presenters

*Alex Humphreys (Presenter/reporter) *Mari Grug (Presenter/reporter) *Guto Owen (Presenter/reporter) *Teleri Glyn Jones (Presenter/reporter) *Hanna Hopwood (Presenter/reporter) *Huw Foulkes (Presenter/reporter) *
Owain Wyn Evans Owain Wyn Evans (born 9 March 1984) is a Welsh broadcaster and drummer. He is a radio DJ and TV presenter, and previously a weather presenter on '' North West Tonight'' and ''BBC Breakfast''. Evans is also a regular item presenter for the tele ...
(Presenter/reporter) *Catrin Heledd (Presenter/reporter) *Jason Phelps (Presenter/reporter) *Iwan Griffiths (Presenter/reporter) *Steffan Messenger (Presenter/reporter) *Karen Peacock (North Wales Correspondent) *Mererid Wigley (Presenter/reporter) *Ben Thomas (Presenter/reporter) *Nest Roberts (North Wales Correspondent) *Gruff Rowlands (Presenter/reporter) *Rachel Evans (Presenter/reporter) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ffeil S4C original programming BBC children's television shows BBC television news shows 1995 British television series debuts British television news shows Children's news shows