Tue, 02 May 2017 Heno

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-Hello and welcome to Tuesday

-night's Heno live from Llanelli.

-We hope you've had

-a fantastic weekend...

-..and that the first day back

-in work hasn't been too painful!

-Tonight's stories take us to

-every corner of the country.

-We visit two schools that

-have put Wales on the map.

-Year 10 pupils at Ysgol Brynrefail,

-Llanrug are jetting off to Malaysia.

-They're competing in

-Pupils at Ysgol Bro Morgannwg

-in Barry have also made history.

-It's the first Welsh school to win a

-prestigious public speaking contest.

-We venture to the National Library

-in Aberystwyth with Rhodri Davies.

-He reads the personal diaries of

-the naturalist, Ronald Lockley.

-You only have a few days left to

-enter our photography competition.

-You can win a television or iPad and

-we've been inundated with entries.

-We welcome the author and poet,

-Llyr Gwyn Lewis to the studio.

-He's just returned from Barcelona.

-Welcome to the programme.

-Thank you.

-I was in Barcelona for the

-Kosmopolis literary festival.

-We can't wait to hear more about

-the trip to Barcelona.

-We start the programme with the

-pupils of Ysgol Brynrefail, Llanrug.

-Elin visited the school

-to meet with six young girls...

-..who have reached the

-Formula 1 in Schools competition.

-Let's find out more.

-Imagine sitting in a classroom with

-others brainstorming a special idea.

-That idea wins a national award and

-enters a global contest in Malaysia.

-This amazing story has come true

-for six girls at Ysgol Brynrefail.

-The competition involved designing a

-Formula 1 model car measuring 25cm.

-It has to race on a 20-metre track.

-This engineering competition

-entailed hard work and guidelines.

-They have to address experts,

-produce a body of work...

-..and create a team identity,

-so it involves a lot of work.

-First, we appointed roles so that

-everyone knew what they were doing.

-We drew many sketches to find out

-what works and what is the fastest.

-How did you race the car?

-We raced it on a 20-metre track with

-a gas canister against another team.

-We pressed a button to record

-the best reaction time.

-In an hour, it can cover

-88 kilometres or 55 miles.

-The portfolio and raising funds

-is just as relevant as the speed.

-It's entailed a lot of work for us.

-We're girls

-and are not meant to be engineers...

-..but it's important to do this

-and go against the stereotype.

-The most challenging aspect was the

-presentation in front of the judges.

-The presentation was tough,

-but so was competition as a whole.

-We were judged by professionals

-who specialize in these fields.

-We had to know everything to show

-our understanding of engineering.

-We turned to local businesses

-to sponsor us so we could buy paint.

-We needed money for paint, uniforms,

-displays and to cover travel costs.

-It's been amazing and I don't think

-any of us expected to get this far.

-I can't believe a small Welsh team

-has made it into the world finals.

-They head to Malaysia in October

-for the Formula 1 in Schools Final.

-Falcon Forst has mountain of work

-to do but they're ready for it.

-How did you come up with the name

-of Falcon Force?

-We did some research

-into the speed of animals...

-..and the falcon

-is one of the fastest fliers.

-We incorporated the wing-shape

-of the falcon into the car...

-..and thought of a slick and easy

-title and we came up with force.

-There's a lot of work ahead of you

-before travelling to Malaysia.

-Yes, there's a great deal of work.

-Hopefully, a sponsor is watching

-to get us to Malaysia.

-There's girl power at Brynrefail

-and I wish you all the best, girls.

-Thank you!

-Good luck to the girls.

-My studio guest is about to launch

-a new book of short stories.

-He's also a faithful member

-of Bragdy'r Beirdd...

-..and has just represented Wales

-at a literary festival in Barcelona.

-Only ten authors and poets

-have been chosen for the festival...

-..and those names included

-Llyr Gwyn Lewis.

-Welcome to the programme, Llyr.

-Thank you.

-Tell us more about the festival

-in Barcelona.

-I was amazed to have been chosen

-to represent Wales...

-..at the Kosmopolis

-literary festival.

-The Ten Voices project

-is part of Literary Europe Live.

-It's based in Aberystwyth.

-It's great to have this in Wales.

-The Ten New Voices were announced

-at the 2017 London Book Fair.

-The Ten Voices met at the

-Kosmopolis literary festival...

-..that was held in Barcelona

-in March.

-The Kosmopolis literary festival...

-..featured many literary greats

-from all over Europe.

-The Kosmopolis literary festival

-was a great opportunity...

-..for authors to take

-to the international stage.

-You write through the

-medium of Welsh.

-Yes, that's right.

-I had to teach people

-how to pronounce my name...

-..and they were able to do it too!

-I was quite nervous

-about going there.

-A lot of the other authors

-had a strong following.

-But we were all in the same boat.

-What type of festival was it?

-What was it like?

-It was similar

-to the Hay Festival...

-..and a bit like

-the National Eisteddfod.

-It was held in the heart

-of Barcelona.

-They had poets and authors

-from all over the world.

-We read our work

-in our own language.

-They were also performed in Catalan

-and Spanish.

-You're going to Poland in September

-too.

-We'll chat again later.

-The Sherman Theatre stages the new

-production by the National Theatre.

-The drama responds to Brexit and is

-based on testimonials by the public.

-This is England!

-This is England!

-

-It's not like it's my country.

-This is not your country.

-This is my country

-and if I had to, I'd fight for it.

-The National Theatre responded

-to the massive event of Brexit.

-They sent people all over the

-country to discuss the decision.

-Caledonian.

-Caledonian.

-

-South-West.

-Wales.

-Wales.

-

-Northern Ireland.

-It's a theatrical work that contains

-the words of real-life people.

-They hail from all over the UK from

-Wales, the North?East and Scotland.

-They all convene to discuss

-the country's position.

-Listen to the voices we have

-gathered and see what we can learn.

-It enables us to look at ourselves

-as a community, and as a country.

-We thrashed you

-at the rugby last week.

-You're able come here to listen

-and consider your personal choice.

-My name is Britannia.

-Last Friday,

-our guest was Gethin Thomas...

-..from the Carmarthenshire

-Royal Welsh fund-raising committee.

-He hoped to break a Guinness

-World Record over the weekend...

-..by gathering the biggest group

-of welly throwers at Llanarthne!

-Here's what happened.

-# And we'll get

-# In their place

-# Blue skies

-# And white to keep

-# The song of the nightingale

-# And the song of the cuckoo

-# And a song for us today #

-It looked like a lot of fun

-with a crowd of 600 on the day.

-The committee is waiting to hear if

-they have broken the world record.

-Hopefully, we'll share their good

-news with you over the coming days.

-Next week's Ffermio has the story

-on the attempt to break the record.

-After the break, we congratulate

-Ysgol Bro Morgannwg in Barry...

-..for their recent success

-in a public speaking competition.

-The school beat 449 other teams

-and is the first Welsh team to win.

-Rhodri Davies takes a look at the

-life and work of Ronald Lockley...

-..by delving into his personal

-diaries at the National Library.

-Thanks for getting in touch

-with your events.

-Let's take a look at them

-in our Calendar.

-Where should people go

-on Wednesday 3 May, Megan?

-Come to the Morlan Centre

-in Aberystwyth...

-..that has a Chairing ceremony

-to mark our fifth anniversary.

-It's at 4.30pm for Aberystwyth's

-students and residents to compete.

-Come and enjoy the competitions

-as there's something for everyone.

-It's at the Morlan Centre in

-Aberystwyth at 4.30pm on Wednesday.

-St Afan's Church in Llanafan

-at Trawsgoed near Aberystwyth...

-..celebrates 150 years on Saturday 6

-May at 2.00pm in the Llanafan Hall.

-It's free entry and all are welcome.

-On Friday 12 May...

-..I'm at Galeri, Caernarfon to

-launch the Caernarfon Food Festival.

-There's a bake off between the chefs

-Aled Williams and Hywel Griffith...

-..and their apprentices,

-Lisa Jen and Nici Beech.

-You can buy tickets for 10

-at Galeri, Caernarfon.

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-Welcome back.

-The pupils of Ysgol Bro Morgannwg

-in Barry were recently triumphant...

-..at the English Speaking Union

-public speaking competition.

-This highly acclaimed annual contest

-had over 500 teams.

-No Welsh team has previously won

-the competition until this year.

-I was the speaker

-in the competition.

-I gave a five-minute speech

-about the change in technology.

-An examiner

-quizzed me for four minutes.

-Members of the audience also asked

-more questions for two minutes.

-It was quite tough.

-Tia and myself presented

-and questioned another speaker.

-We hadn't heard their speech

-beforehand.

-It's an amazing feat.

-Last month,

-we became Welsh champions...

-..then headed to Cambridge to battle

-against private and public schools.

-We won the contest and the entire

-school is proud of the achievement.

-We weren't under much pressure...

-..so we got to enjoy the experience

-of being in Cambridge.

-This is a great achievement

-for the pupils and for the school.

-Qualifying for the competition

-proves that Welsh schools...

-..can compete in English

-public speaking competitions.

-It shows the balance between Welsh

-and English lessons in schools.

-The pupils from the English

-private schools were terrified...

-..to get up and speak in front of an

-audience of 200 to 300 people.

-It was like a county

-Eisteddfod for us.

-It was nerve-wrecking,

-but we were fine.

-I think all three of them face

-a very bright and successful future.

-Congratulations to the pupils.

-We should all know about

-the nature expert Ronald Lockley...

-..whether we are interested

-in nature or not.

-Lockley was responsible for

-the first ever bird observatory.

-He also contributed to an Oscar

-winning film and world-famous book.

-This pioneer's personal diaries

-are now at the National Library.

-Ronald Mathias Lockley...

-..was an author, ornithologist

-and naturalist.

-You could say he was the first

-Welshman to win an Oscar...

-..and that he brought many children

-to tears and gave them nightmares.

-His radical approach left its mark

-on West Wales and nature.

-Ronald Lockley was born in 1903

-in Whitchurch near Cardiff.

-He displayed an interest in nature

-from a very young age.

-Ronald and his sister would spend

-time on the Glamorganshire Canal...

-..studying the plants,

-mammals and animals.

-This led to something revolutionary.

-He took out a lease

-on the island of Stokholm.

-We know about these islands

-off the Pembrokeshire coast...

-..including Skomer, Skokholm and

-Grassholm and he went there in 1927.

-Our cameras joined him when he

-visited the island 60 years later.

-The images are unique...

-..and so are his diaries that were

-given to the National Library.

-These are the personal diaries

-of Ronald Lockley.

-He had the lease of Skokholm and

-ran the island as a nature reserve.

-This is his diary from that period.

-It starts from when he rented

-the island in 1927...

-..covers his period during World

-War II and his return to the island.

-This is the diary of 1927,

-when he rented the island...

-..up until he received the call up

-to the Second World War.

-Whilst on the island,

-Ronald founded a bird observatory...

-..and carried out an important study

-on the Manx shearwater bird.

-He also exposed something

-very unusual.

-To my amazement, just outside the

-house, was a colony of them.

-The simplest thing was to drag them

-out of the hole, mark the hole...

-..and put rings on the ones

-that I got out.

-The young birds, when they left the

-nest, and some of the old ones...

-..went right across the Equator...

-..and ended up feeding along the

-coast of the Argentine in Brazil.

-It's an incredible journey

-and they did it very fast.

-I could have one ringed here and in

-six weeks it was in the Argentine.

-Lockley also wrote the film, The

-Private Life of the Gannets in 1934.

-Seen from the air,

-Grassholm reveals itself...

-..as an isolated 20 acres of rock,

-surrounded by sea.

-with the Academy in Hollywood...

-..and won an Oscar.

-Many think Ray Milland from Neath

-was the first Welsh Oscar winner...

-..but that title

-goes to Ronald Lockley.

-The birds in their nests are great

-and garlanded above the slopes.

-There's a paragraph here for anyone

-who is interested in the film.

-"A good day shooting in boiling

-weather. Cooler at eleven.

-"Huxley is a delightful companion.

-"Enthusiastic going in to ecstasies

-over the doings of the gannets.

-"We argue gently, but generally

-manage to agree on the main points."

-He wrote over 50 books, including

-The Private Life of the Rabbit.

-It inspired Richard Adams

-to write Watership Down.

-Lockley lost one major battle

-that affected him and Wales.

-He tried to stop

-the councils and government...

-..from building the large oil

-refineries on the River Cleddau.

-Ronald was so frustrated

-that he emigrated to New Zealand.

-Following his death

-at the age of 96 in 2000...

-..his ashes were scattered

-on the sea around the island...

-..that was his home for decades and

-will always be his spiritual home.

-More people should know about Ronald

-and his work.

-Wales have produced some

-of the best naturalists.

-Ronald Lockley was the

-most influential of them all.

-That's a wonderful story.

-You can contact the library

-to view these priceless diaries.

-Our spring photography competition

-closes at midday on Friday.

-The judges will make their decision

-live on Friday's Heno at 7.00pm.

-Thanks to those who have entered

-and let's take a look a few entries.

-Thanks for all your entries.

-You've got until midday on Friday

-to compete for a television or iPad.

-The author and poet, Llyr Gwyn Lewis

-has been my studio guest.

-Llyr recently represented Wales

-at a literary festival in Barcelona.

-Following your appearance

-in Barcelona...

-..you've got the opportunity

-to go to Poland in September.

-Yes, that's right.

-I'm going to Poland in September.

-It's part of the project that's

-funded by the European Union.

-You're is about publish

-a new book of short stories.

-The new book of short stories

-is called Fabula.

-Fabula will be published by Y Lolfa.

-The stories are from

-across the world.

-Thank you, Llyr.

-It's Wednesday tomorrow so that only

-means one thing - Fancy A Fortune?

-Last week, Nesta Evans

-from Ffestiniog won delighted.

-You've won 500.

-You've won 500.

-

-Goodness me, that's lovely.

-That's fantastic!

-That's fantastic!

-

-Thank you.

-# Fancy A Fortune? #

-Nesta Evans was obviously ecstatic.

-One of you could be a winner

-tomorrow night too.

-Until tomorrow, it's goodnight

-from Llyr and myself.

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