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Activists stage blockade over language crisis
Government offices targeted over decline
Language activists staged a six-hour blockade of Welsh government offices yesterday to demand First Minister Carwyn Jones act over the "crisis" in numbers of Welsh speakers.
Six members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society) swooped on the government's Llandudno offices at 6am, chaining themselves to the main gates.
Cymdeithas chairman Robin Farrar, who led the protest, said: "There's a real crisis facing the language, but the Welsh government is not acting seriously.
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