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The Big Story

The latest international headlines about Wales featuring stories from business, education, culture, and festivals.

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Meet the original off-grid festival

Come for the music, the good vibes, or the weighty discussions on how to change the world.

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  • Ideas
  • The Big Story
  • South Wales
A person wearing a yellow helmet handles wood with a saw.

Getting their hands dirty - the women behind the hard graft

From chainsaws to chickens: the challenges facing the women caring for our land.

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  • The Big Story
Inside a wooden garden shelter with 'Tafarn y Plu' written on a sign.

Local communities breathing life back into their pubs

Rhys Iorwerth discovers the growing trend of communities regaining and breathing life back into local hubs.

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  • The Big Story
  • Heritage
A beautiful and colourful sunset viewed over an expanse of beach and coastline

Thinking of moving to Wales?

Discover the many reasons why you should make Wales your home.

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  • Overview
  • The Big Story
  • Information
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Wales – a footballing nation

A sense of unity and success on the international stage has helped Wales embrace football like never before.

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  • Meet
  • The Big Story
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Wrexham AFC’s rise to stardom

Wrexham goes Hollywood: the story of Wrexham AFC’s rise to stardom - and back into League One

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  • The Big Story
  • North Wales
Colourfully dressed people amongst large Hay Festival letters.

The Hay Festival – celebrating culture across the world

Find out how the Hay Festival began and has since inspired cultural events across the world.

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  • The Big Story
  • Mid Wales
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Patagonia: a small slice of Wales in South America

The incredible tale of why 150 people set up a remote Welsh settlement in South America.

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  • Overview
  • History
  • Heritage
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Exploring the country on two wheels

Blessed with a challenging natural landscape, Wales boasts top-class trails and bike parks galore.

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  • Overview
  • The Big Story
Derek  Walker standing in a field

Wales: doing today what the world will do tomorrow

Derek's job is to help us all leave behind a better Wales, and world, for generations to come.

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  • Ideas
  • The Big Story
Professor Julie Williams at Cardiff University's Hadyn Ellis building

Professor Julie Williams CBE - developing science for the future

Cardiff University is leading progress in dementia research. Find out how Wales is committed to helping future generations through science.

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  • The Big Story
  • South Wales
  • Education
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Why rugby unites our nation

Journalist Carolyn Hitt explores how Welsh rugby is linked to Welsh identity and values.

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  • The Big Story

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