Last updated: 10 november, 2010 - 14:33 GMT

UK government cuts funding for Welsh-language TV channel S4C

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The UK government plans to transfer funding of S4C to the BBC in 2014

People in Wales have been protesting against a cut in government funding of their Welsh-language TV station, S4C.

It is to lose a quarter of its budget, because the British government is trying to save money.

However, Welsh speakers fear that a lifeline to the language is being cut.

Europe Today's Tim Jenkins reports from the Welsh capital, Cardiff.

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First broadcast 9 November 2010

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