8 January – Four members of Rhyl Cycling Club are killed in a road accident near
Abergele.
February – At its spring conference,
Plaid Cymru announces several changes to its public image. It is announced that "Plaid" will be used as the party's name, although "Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales" remains the official title. The party's colours are changed to yellow from the traditional green and red, and the party logo is changed from the 'triban' used since 1933 to a yellow
Welsh poppy(
Meconopsis cambrica).
Ieuan Wyn Jones is designated party leader.[1]
13 February –
Gwenno Teifi Ffransis, granddaughter of
Gwynfor Evans, becomes the first
Welsh language protester to be sent to jail since 1995. She is sentenced to five days imprisonment for refusing to pay damages imposed by a court for damaging
Radio Carmarthenshire's Narberth studio in protest over its lack of Welsh broadcasts.[2]
16 February –
Julien Macdonald and some of his models are pelted with flour bombs by animal rights campaigners disapproving of the use of fur in his fashion designs.[3]
26 September – For the first time in a Welsh court, the mother of a murder victim is allowed to make a statement following the conviction of her daughter's killer.
12 October –
The Automatic apologise publicly for trashing the
GMTV set, excusing themselves on the grounds that they were still drunk from the previous night and had had only a few minutes' notice that they were due to perform on the show.
November – It becomes known that the Prince of Wales is in process of acquiring
Llwynywermod, a farmhouse in
Carmarthenshire, for his personal use as a holiday residence. It is the first house he has ever bought in Wales.
3 November –
Jones Jones Jones, an event held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, succeeds in breaking the world record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname in one place.
10 March –
Ian Woosnam is appointed "ambassador" for Welsh golf in the run up to the 2010 Ryder Cup, to be held at the
Celtic Manor Resort near Newport.
16 March – Swimmer
David Davies wins a bronze medal on the first day's competition in the 2006 Commonwealth Games at Melbourne, Australia.
20 March – Sprinter
Christian Malcolm pulls a hamstring in the 100m heats and is forced to withdraw from the Games.
26 March – Team Wales completes the Commonwealth Games having met and surpassed its target of 18 medals. The team won 3 gold, 5 silver and 11 bronze medals in all.
10 October – It is announced that a bust of the former Wales, Leeds and Juventus football star
John Charles is to be put on display at Swansea Liberty Stadium.
11 October –
Cardiff Athletics Stadium wins the Club Future Partnership of the Year 2006 Cup from
UK Athletics for its continued partnership with other organisations throughout the city and its support of events and athletes.
8 January – Four members of Rhyl Cycling Club are killed in a road accident near
Abergele.
February – At its spring conference,
Plaid Cymru announces several changes to its public image. It is announced that "Plaid" will be used as the party's name, although "Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales" remains the official title. The party's colours are changed to yellow from the traditional green and red, and the party logo is changed from the 'triban' used since 1933 to a yellow
Welsh poppy(
Meconopsis cambrica).
Ieuan Wyn Jones is designated party leader.[1]
13 February –
Gwenno Teifi Ffransis, granddaughter of
Gwynfor Evans, becomes the first
Welsh language protester to be sent to jail since 1995. She is sentenced to five days imprisonment for refusing to pay damages imposed by a court for damaging
Radio Carmarthenshire's Narberth studio in protest over its lack of Welsh broadcasts.[2]
16 February –
Julien Macdonald and some of his models are pelted with flour bombs by animal rights campaigners disapproving of the use of fur in his fashion designs.[3]
26 September – For the first time in a Welsh court, the mother of a murder victim is allowed to make a statement following the conviction of her daughter's killer.
12 October –
The Automatic apologise publicly for trashing the
GMTV set, excusing themselves on the grounds that they were still drunk from the previous night and had had only a few minutes' notice that they were due to perform on the show.
November – It becomes known that the Prince of Wales is in process of acquiring
Llwynywermod, a farmhouse in
Carmarthenshire, for his personal use as a holiday residence. It is the first house he has ever bought in Wales.
3 November –
Jones Jones Jones, an event held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, succeeds in breaking the world record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname in one place.
10 March –
Ian Woosnam is appointed "ambassador" for Welsh golf in the run up to the 2010 Ryder Cup, to be held at the
Celtic Manor Resort near Newport.
16 March – Swimmer
David Davies wins a bronze medal on the first day's competition in the 2006 Commonwealth Games at Melbourne, Australia.
20 March – Sprinter
Christian Malcolm pulls a hamstring in the 100m heats and is forced to withdraw from the Games.
26 March – Team Wales completes the Commonwealth Games having met and surpassed its target of 18 medals. The team won 3 gold, 5 silver and 11 bronze medals in all.
10 October – It is announced that a bust of the former Wales, Leeds and Juventus football star
John Charles is to be put on display at Swansea Liberty Stadium.
11 October –
Cardiff Athletics Stadium wins the Club Future Partnership of the Year 2006 Cup from
UK Athletics for its continued partnership with other organisations throughout the city and its support of events and athletes.