Caernarfon is a royal town,community and port in Gwynedd,Wales. It has a population of 9,852. It lies along the A487 road,on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait,opposite the island of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is 8.6 miles (13.8 km) to the north-east,while Snowdonia (Eryri) fringes Caernarfon to the east and south-east.
S4C is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. Launched on 1 November 1982,it was the first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience. S4C's headquarters are based in Carmarthen,at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David's creative and digital centre,Yr Egin. It also has regional offices in Caernarfon and Cardiff. As of 2024,S4C had an average of 118 employees. S4C is the fourth-oldest terrestrial television channel in Wales after BBC One,ITV and BBC Two.
The Cymru Premier,known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons,is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 2002,the league was known as the League of Wales (LoW),but changed its name as part of a sponsorship deal to the Welsh Premier League. The league was rebranded as the Cymru Premier for the 2019–20 season.
Alun Edward Michael is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative retired politician. He served as Secretary of State for Wales from 1998 to 1999 and then as the first First Secretary of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 1999 to 2000. He went on to serve as South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2024.
Dafydd Wynne Wigley,Baron Wigley,is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from 1981 to 1984 and again from 1991 to 2000. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Caernarfon from 1974 to 2001 and as the Member of the Welsh Assembly for Caernarfon from 1999 to 2003. In 2010,Wigley was granted life peerage,taking his seat in the House of Lords in 2011.
Ceredigion was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Created in 1536,the franchise expanded in the late 19th century and on the enfranchisement of women. Its boundaries remained virtually unchanged until 1983. From 1536 until 1885 the area had two seats:a county constituency (Cardiganshire) comprising the rural areas,the other the borough constituency known as the Cardigan District of Boroughs comprising a few separate towns;in 1885 the latter was abolished,its towns and electors incorporated into the former,reduced to one MP. The towns which comprised the Boroughs varied slightly over this long period,but primarily consisted of Cardigan,Aberystwyth,Lampeter and Adpar,the latter now a suburb of Newcastle Emlyn across the Teifi,in Carmarthenshire.
Hugh Emlyn Hooson,Baron Hooson,was a Welsh Liberal and then Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Montgomeryshire from 1962 until 1979.
Wedi 7 is a nightly Welsh language television magazine programme,formerly broadcast by S4C. Produced by Tinopolis,it was the half-hour sister programme to a full-hour Wedi 3.
There are four types of elections in Wales:elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom,elections to the devolved Senedd,local elections to community councils and the 22 principal areas,and the police and crime commissioner elections. In addition there are by-elections for each aforementioned election. Elections are held on Election Day,which is conventionally a Thursday. Three of these four types of elections are held after fixed periods;the exception is UK general elections,the timing of which is at the discretion of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Senedd elections may be postponed to avoid elections to the UK parliament and Senedd coinciding with each other.
Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen is a bilingual comprehensive secondary school for pupils aged 11–18. The school is situated in Caernarfon,Gwynedd,Wales. The school was established in 1894,the first to be built under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act 1889,which was heavily influenced by the educator Sir Hugh Owen,after whom the school was named.
The 2012 police and crime commissioner elections were polls held in most police areas in England and Wales on Thursday 15 November. The direct election of police and crime commissioners (PCCs) was originally scheduled for May 2012 but was postponed in order to secure the passage of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 through the House of Lords. The government considers the elected commissioners to have a stronger mandate than the "unelected and invisible police authorities that they replace". The elections took place alongside by-elections for the House of Commons in Cardiff South and Penarth,Corby and Manchester Central,and a mayoral election in Bristol.
Dame Elan Closs Stephens is a Welsh academic who has been a non-executive director of the BBC Board since 2017,and Chair of the BBC between 27 June 2023 and 4 March 2024. She is Electoral Commissioner for Wales and Pro-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University. She chairs the UNESCO International Prize for the Creative Economy panel.
A police and crime commissioner is an elected official in England and Wales responsible for generally overseeing police services. A police,fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) is an elected official in England responsible for generally overseeing both police and fire services. Commissioners replaced now-abolished police authorities. The first were elected on 15 November 2012.
Owain Arfon Jones is a Welsh police officer who was the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales Police from 2016 to 2021. He is a former member of Plaid Cymru.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.
Heno is a Welsh television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on S4C weeknights at 7:00 pm,it features topical stories and studio guests. Various reporters also assist with subject-specific presenting,both in the studio and on location or through filmed segments. Its afternoon sister programme is called Prynhawn da.
The Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner for the Gwent Police area,comprising Newport,Caerphilly,Blaenau Gwent,Torfaen and Monmouthshire. The current commissioner is Jane Mudd,who represents the Labour Party. The post was first elected in November 2012 and replaced the Gwent Police Authority as part of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
Sophie Howe was the first Future Generations Commissioner for Wales from 2016 to January 2023. She had previously been a local councillor and worked as a special political advisor and deputy police and crime commissioner to Alun Michael.
Andy Dunbobbin is a British politician serving as Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales since 2021. A member of the Labour Party,he was a member of Flintshire County Council from 2013 to 2022.
