Newyddion S4C (S4C News) is aWelsh-language news programme broadcast onS4C and produced byBBC Cymru Wales, covering national and international news stories from a Welsh perspective.

Newyddion
Newyddion S4C title card
Also known as	Newyddion Saith (1982–1988) Newyddion 9 (2013–2020)
Presented by	Bethan Rhys Roberts Rhodri Llywelyn (Main anchors)
Country of origin	United Kingdom (Wales)
Original language	Welsh
Production
Production locations	New Broadcasting House,Cardiff,Wales
Running time	30 minutes (main bulletin)
Production company	BBC Cymru Wales
Original release
Network	BBC One Wales (1971–1982) S4C (1982–present)
Release	2 August 1971 (1971-08-02) – present
Related
BBC Wales Today Ffeil ITV News Wales at Six

Welsh-language television news on the BBC first aired on 6pm on 16 March 1956. Under the nameTele-Newyddion, this fifteen-minute bulletin was broadcast as an opt-out on theWenvoe,Sutton Coldfield andHolme Moss transmitters, in the style of anewsreel, presenting news items from the past weeks at the time of broadcast.^[1]

Before S4C started broadcasting in November 1982, the BBC's main Welsh-language TV news programme wasHeddiw (Today), which ran from 1961 to 1982. Initially shown in a lunchtime slot on certain transmitters around the UK, in later years,Heddiw moved to an early-evening slot in Wales followingNationwide, which incorporated the sister English-language programmeWales Today.

Both the BBC andHTV Wales bid for the provision of a news service, but in 1981, HTV's decision to withdraw, following disagreements withITN over the use of its material, saw the BBC win the contract by default.^[2]

Heddiw ended in July 1982 and was replaced by short five-minute bulletins while preparations were made for the launch ofNewyddion Saith, S4C's first regularly scheduled programme, which went on air at 7pm on 1 November 1982. A short news summary was also aired later in the evening, along with 15-minute bulletins at weekends.

In 2020, S4C launched a digital version of theNewyddion service, employing its own journalists and producing original stories, that would be repackaged for the television bulletin.^[2]

The main evening programme (brandedNewyddion) is broadcast each weekday evening at 7:30pm with shorter editions airing throughout the day and at varying times on Saturday and Sunday evenings.

Five-minute updates are broadcast at midday, mid-afternoon (2pm, 3pm), and evenings (8:55pm).

Dewi Llwyd, who presented the programme for almost 30 years, was dropped from the presentation team in 2013.^[3]

S4C weather forecasts are now broadcast in the news programme after BBC Cymru Wales moved into its newheadquarters inCentral Square,Cardiff.^{[citation needed]}

Spin-offs ofNewyddion have been created for younger audiences. These includeNewyddion Ni for school-age children andNe-wff-ion for preschoolers.

Newyddion Ni is a successor to S4C's previous newscast for school-age children known asFfeil.^[4] It mainly covers general topics and sport. The currentNewyddion Ni presenter is Siôn Tomos Williams.^[5]

Ne-wff-ion covers general topics in a perspective that preschoolers can easily understand. There are no human presenters; instead, 2dog puppets act as the presenters.

Newyddion won the 2012 BAFTA Cymru Award for News Coverage for a special programme broadcast from New York to mark the tenth anniversary of the11 September 2001 attacks.^[6]

At the 2013 BAFTACymru Awards ceremonyNewyddion was mistakenly awarded the News Coverage award. The award was later correctly presented toITV Cymru Wales.^[7]

At the 2015 BAFTACymru AwardsNewyddion9 was awarded the News Coverage Award for a special programme on theParis Attacks.

They also won the News Coverage Award at the 2016 BAFTACymru awards for a programme about the refugee crisis.

Viewing figures forNewyddion ranged at one time from 180,000 to 250,000 according to S4C's weekly ratings report.^[8]

• Newyddion S4C
• BBC Cymru Fyw atBBC Online