2011 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 2011 to Wales and its people.

2011
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:
2011 in
The United Kingdom
England
Ireland
Scotland

Incumbents

Events

1 April: Tŷ Newydd
17 August: Simon Richardson
  • 12 JulyPolice (Detention and Bail) Act 2011, affecting England and Wales, receives its Royal Assent.
  • 17 August – Paralympic cyclist Simon Richardson MBE is seriously injured in a road accident near Cowbridge, ten years after a similar accident that left him disabled.[18]
  • 30 August – Racecourse owner Dai Walters warns that Ffos Las, the UK's newest racecourse, could be forced to close if plans to reduce the number of race meetings are carried through.[19]
  • 2 September – Welsh Food Festival is held at Glansevern Hall, Welshpool.[20]
  • 15 SeptemberGleision Colliery mining accident: An explosion at Gleision drift mine near Cilybebyll results in an all-night rescue operation to free four trapped miners[21] but the following day their bodies are discovered by rescue workers.[22]
  • 1 October – Shops in Wales are obliged to charge for single-use paper and plastic carrier bags from today.[23]
  • 19 October – The manager of Gleision Colliery is arrested on suspicion of manslaughter; he is later released on police bail.[24]
  • 29 October – The revived Wrexham Lager brand is served in North Wales.[25]
  • 31 October – A landslide at Porthkerry leaves several static holiday caravans overhanging the edge of a cliff.[26]
  • 27 NovemberPrince William, Duke of Cambridge, is involved in the rescue of two Russian seamen by RAF helicopter, after the ore carrier Swanland sinks off the North Wales coast. Five more crew members are drowned.
  • 28 November – The judge in the trial of eight former South Wales Police officers accused of perverting the course of justice in the 1988 Lynette White murder case requests a review of evidence. It is discovered that some files are missing, and the case against the defendants collapses as a result.[27]
  • 30 November – About 170,000 workers in Wales begin a strike as part of UK-wide industrial action over pension changes.[28]
  • 17 December – A walker dies in an avalanche on Y Garn, in Snowdonia, despite rescue attempts by helicopter and emergency services.[29] A woman escapes with her life in the same incident.
  • 29 DecemberMonmouthpediA is launched in the Welsh media.[30]

Arts and literature

Awards

Welsh language

  • Meirion Evans – Cadw Drws
  • Jon Gower – Y Storiwr
  • Llwyd Owen – Un Ddinas, Dau Fyd

English language

Factual

  • Toby Hamden – The Welsh Guards and the Real Story Of Britain's War In Afghanistan

Fiction

Poetry

Awards

Valentina Naforniţă

Classical

Albums

Wynne Evans

Film

Broadcasting

  • Roath Lock television production facility in Cardiff completed and begins production.

Welsh-language television

English-language television

Sport

Athletics

Boxing

Rugby union

  • 2 February: Gavin Henson is released from his contract with Saracens and signs a 2 12-year contract with RC Toulonnais.
2011 Six Nations Championship:

Deaths

Tim Hetherington

See also

References

  1. Wales Online
  2. "Carwyn Jones makes offer as Liberal Democrat defects". BBC News Wales. 5 January 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  3. "Mudslide man in sticky spot". Wales Online.
  4. BBC Press Release 2 February
  5. BBC News North East Wales: Wrexham dragon tower plans approved after concerns
  6. BBC News
  7. Welsh Icons: "Academi and Tŷ Newydd join to create Literature Wales" Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Morning-after pill made free at pharmacies in Wales". BBC News. 2011-04-01. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  9. Express.co.uk – "PRINCE WILLIAM: HOLD ON TO ONE’S HAT, GRAN!"
  10. "Man bailed over Wales reservoir deaths". The Guardian. London. 21 April 2011.
  11. BBC News, Wales, 13 May 2011
  12. Evans, Martin (14 May 2011). "Catholics told to abstain from eating meat on Fridays". The Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  13. Withers, Matt (19 May 2011). "Two new AMs remain disqualified". Western Mail.
  14. "Investigation begins after four people killed in explosion at oil refinery in Pembroke", Wales Online, 2011-06-03, retrieved 2018-05-28
  15. BBC News – Archdruid's 2012 Olympic Flag Demand
  16. "Bail suspects 'could be released'". BBC News. BBC. 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  17. Morris, Steven (2011-07-09). "Welsh art collection goes on view in 'the home it deserves'". The Guardian. London. p. 16. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  18. London Evening Standard, 18 August 2011
  19. wales Online, 30 August 2011
  20. Wales Online, 30 August 2011
  21. Mirror, 16 Sept 2011
  22. Telegraph, 16 Sept 2011
  23. "Carrier bag charge for shoppers in Wales introduced". BBC News Wales. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  24. "Gleision Colliery manager who escaped disaster arrested", The Independent, 19 Oct 2011
  25. "Wrexham Lager returns to the pub", BBC News. Accessed 20 May 2014
  26. BBC News – "Lucky escape for Barry park caravan owners"
  27. BBC News – "Lynette White case: Police officers' trial collapses" (retrieved 1 December 2011)
  28. "Strike: Services hit across Wales as thousands strike". BBC News Wales. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  29. "Walker dies in Snowdonia avalanche", Grough, 17 Dec 2011
  30. Wales Online
  31. "Lucy Caldwell wins 2011 Dylan Thomas Prize" (PDF). The University of Wales. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  32. "Welsh Music Prize website". Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  33. "Prolific Cardiff historian Stewart Williams dies at 85". BBC News. 15 January 2011.
  34. Owen, Robert James (10 March 2011). "Tributes paid to Sully community stalwart". penarthtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  35. "BBC commentator Idwal Robling, 84, dies". BBC Sport. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  36. "Y Dirprwy-Archdderwydd Selwyn Iolen wedi marw" [The Deputy Archdruid Selwyn Iolen has died] (in Welsh). BBC News. 10 August 2011.
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