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  • A woman was told to stop speaking ‘foreign muck’ but was actually speaking Welsh… in Wales

    A mum said was shocked when she was told to stop speaking “foreign muck” to her one-year-old daughter but was actually speaking Welsh… in Wales.

    Elin Jones, who lives in Lampeter , was speaking to daughter Elena while out shopping on Saturday, explaining to her about the food that was on the shelves.

    To her shock, a customer at the local store in Ceredigion confronted her, and mother-of-three Elin tweeted:


    Speaking to WalesOnline, Elin explained how she corrected the woman.

    “I think I was pretty calm about the situation to be honest.

    “I said to her ‘I think you are misunderstood – I am speaking Welsh to my children’.

    “But she turned on her heels and walked away. She didn’t even try and justify what she had said.

    “Wales and the UK is a multicultural country and I love that about it in general and we should be far more accepting.”

    Elin, 32, works in a local pub and added: “Most people usually recognise that it’s Welsh, particularly when I’m in Wales.

    “But maybe because I don’t sound Welsh when I am speaking it I have had comments from people saying ‘go back to your own country’, which is very funny because I am from Aberystwyth.”

    Elin, a Plaid Cymru town councillor, and whose husband does not speak Welsh, is bringing up her children in a bilingual household.

    She added: “Our home is bilingual and the children learn it in school too. I’m a first-generation Welsh speaker as my grandparents are from the London area.

    “I have always been in Welsh education and they are always really proud that I speak Welsh. I wanted to follow that through in my children too.”

    Since her post on Saturday, Elin’s comment has had almost 2,000 retweets and over 3,500 likes.

    “It’s gone a bit ridiculous to be honest. I put it on Twitter last night and I checked my account this morning and was a bit shocked!

    “It’s in a good way though, we should be promoting tolerance towards all.”

  • Teen Mother Burnt Her Baby With Lighter!

    A teenage mother has been in court accused of burning her 11-month-olds sons wrists with a lighter!

    The 19-year-old women, who can not be named for legal reasons, has a history of self harm and has had the child removed from her care.

    The mother, was convicted of cruelty to a child aged under 16 following the trial and issued a 12-month sentence of youth custody suspended for 18 months with a rehabilitation requirement and 200 hours of unpaid work.

    Judge Niclas Parry, told the defendant:
    “This was a shocking case.  For no apparent reason you applied an extremely hot, circular object to the inside of both of your little boy’s wrists.  He was 11 months old, utterly helpless and utterly dependent upon you.”

    The defendant, from Cardiff, denied these accusations and claimed someone else must have sneaked in to the child’s room and caused the injuries – something a judge branded implausible.

    Judge Parry, however did not believe her innocence stating:

    “It is clear from the evidence that the pain would have been nothing short of excruciating,” he said, adding it was “frankly impossible that they had been caused by anyone other than you. “He would have been screaming,” Judge Parry said.  “You should have pleaded guilty. You had a trial and to this day you continue to deny your responsibility.”

    Thank goodness the court heard the little boy has made a full recovery from his injuries.