Kim Nicholas

@BBCSteveR @BBCRadio3 @C4Ciaran Beautiful, gentle and full of hiraeth ❤️🤍💚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🌼 🎶🎵

For St David’s Day, Ciaran Jenkins of Channel 4 News and I play the Welsh song Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through The Night). @C4Ciaran #StDavidsDay

Today, a Welsh woman made history. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Adele Nicoll from Welshpool became the first EVER British woman to compete in the monobob at the Winter Olympics. Llongyfarchiafau, Adele 👏

Sweden is committing more than €100 million to a sweeping classroom overhaul: replacing tablets and screens with traditional printed textbooks to help reverse falling student performance and sharpen focus. After more than a decade of embracing digital-first education, Swedish authorities are now pivoting back to paper-based learning. Official data and recent studies cited by the Ministry of Education show that prolonged screen use in class has been linked to shorter attention spans, weaker reading comprehension, and reduced critical-thinking abilities. Research consistently finds that reading on illuminated screens requires greater mental effort and invites more distractions compared to the calm, linear experience of physical books—factors believed to have contributed to declining academic outcomes in recent years. Under the new plan, every student will receive printed textbooks for all core subjects, restoring books as the central learning tool. Digital devices and online resources will remain available as supportive tools, but they will no longer dominate daily instruction. This bold €100+ million investment signals Sweden’s leadership in rethinking the role of technology in education. It underscores a broader, growing recognition worldwide: while screens provide speed and access, the hands-on, distraction-free engagement of physical books supports deeper concentration, stronger memory retention, and more effective long-term learning. By choosing paper over pixels, Sweden is charting a path toward a more balanced, evidence-informed classroom future—one that puts proven pedagogical principles ahead of unchecked digital trends.

My grandpa showed me this trick and it changed everything ❤️

This is absolutely HUGE!!! Wales’ Issy Boffey, mam’s from Bridgend, has just become the SECOND fastest person ever from the UK to run the 800m indoors. 8th globally. She clocked 1:57 out at the Boston University Terrier Classic.

Mesmerising!

How your dog says “I LOVE YOU” 💕

Here’s why you should never buy pre-washed salad mixes the next time you go grocery shopping.

The felt stop motion art of Andrea Love

This is going to stick with me forever

@KarenClydach @BBCScrumV @JonFoxDavies @BBCSounds That’s a shame as the Ospreys were the one region who embraced the merge between Swansea and Neath. This announcement seems confused to say the least - I think they have got cold feet with the two regions (east and west) and succumbed to pressure.

@DarbyNicholas @BBCScrumV @JonFoxDavies @BBCSounds WRU said central equals Cardiff. Although bizarrely other clubs could compete for the central licence!

On the latest Scrum V Podcast, @JonFoxDavies speaks of the potential impact of the WRU's "bombshell" ahead of the autumn campaign 💬 Listen on @BBCSounds 📻 #BBCRugby

@BBCScrumV Could this be a rough demarcation of the East, Central and Eest regions?

The WRU will announce plans to cut to three pro teams by 2028... 🏉 What do you make of this decision? 🤔 #BBCRugby #WRU #WelshRugby

@renewablesmiffy @reformparty_uk A great thread, and worth a follow!

So today, not for the first time, @reformparty_uk have been moaning about our electricity imports from Europe suggesting that it risks our energy security and is the fault of Renewables So let’s add some facts and a huge dose of reality to this populist nonsense 🧵

Incredible interactions between humans & animals.🧵 1. Lions reunite with woman who rescued them!! ❤️

@Awesomevideos07 @VertigoWarrior

💪🦁 #Lions2025

Had this lovely visitor all week. I think it’s a hummingbird moth? #GardenersWorld @GWandShows

Actually @NOWSport

When is the Western Force v Lions going to be uploaded so we can watch it @NOW?