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North Wales Chronicle
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- North Wales Chronicle
Welsh BAFTA winner takes on 'exciting' new role at Caernarfon TV company
The director, who has previously taken home a hat-trick of BAFTA Cymru gongs, is in charge of the new drama hub at the Cwmni Da TV production company in North Wales. Cwmni Da made the appointment of Martin Thomas as part of an expansion plan to safeguard and create jobs at the employee-owned company. Mr Thomas said: "There is huge potential to develop something really exciting. "If giants like Netflix, Amazon and HBO are coming to North Wales to film, surely we can also use these locations to make high-quality drama for S4C and other broadcasters." The move marks a reset at the company after the departure of managing director Llion Iwan, who left to become chief content officer at S4C. It has also seen chartered accountant Anna Roberts join the finance team. Meanwhile, Sioned Wiliam, former comedy controller at ITV, has returned to the board as a non-executive director after serving as interim chief executive at S4C. Mr Thomas, a familiar face at Cwmni Da, has worked as a freelance director and producer for a decade. He has been a key contributor to the S4C children's show, Deian a Loli, which has won several awards including three BAFTA Cymru awards. He said: "The offer to head up the new drama hub at Cwmni Da came as a huge but very pleasant surprise." Mr Thomas added: "It's brilliant that Cwmni Da are showing so much positivity by investing in drama and scripted content, whether they're short films, films, drama series, standalone dramas – the possibilities are endless." READ MORE: Gwynedd farmer films fatal livestock attack to highlight 'worrying' issue Anna Roberts, who has joined Cwmni Da after a stint with a banking software company, expressed her enthusiasm for the new role. She said: "The offer to come to work for Cwmni Da came at exactly the right time – I couldn't have wished for anything better. "It's a really exciting time to be joining the company." Bethan Griffiths, the company's interim managing director, said: "We were already producing and developing drama and Martin was a part of that and we wanted to ensure that drama and scripted content continue to be produced in North Wales and a focus at Cwmni Da. "All of this is building foundations for the next chapter in the history of Cwmni Da, safeguarding existing jobs, creating new ones, and boosting the local economy. "It's a really exciting time and we want to make sure we are best placed to make the most of every opportunity that comes our way."
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Elections Canada worker removed from poll duty for allegedly trying to influence voters in English and Urdu
Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Is the election process in Canada free and fair? This question is being raised after allegations that some Elections Canada workers were involved in influencing Canada took immediate action following the complaints and pulled out a worker assigned to the Greater Toronto Area . The worker, whose identity has not been disclosed, has been sent to an administrative position following allegations of trying to sway votes for a particular allegations levelled against the poll worker by Liberal Party candidate Mubarak Ahmed stated that the offending person was trying to get votes for Conservative Party candidate Anna Roberts at Teston Village Public School in the King-Vaughan riding or federal electoral district in Village Public School is an advance polling location where those eligible to cast their vote can do so. Mubarak Ahmed wrote a letter to Elections Canada on Saturday (April 19) accusing the said worker of trying to influence workers in English as well as Urdu. According to Ahmed's letter, the motive behind trying to influence Urdu-speaking or knowing voters was to target "a specific linguistic and cultural community within our riding".Elections Canada spokesperson told CityNews that the accused worker has been removed from poll-related work. 'We always take allegations of partisanship seriously. When allegations are raised, we look into them. The worker in question will not be present at any EC office or polling place. The integrity of the electoral process, and the perception of its integrity, are our priority,' the spokesperson told the Canadian media incident has been referred to the Commissioner of Canada Elections for further action.
