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Lle I Enaid Gael Llonydd

UGAIN mlynedd yn ol, fe benderfynodd Offeiriad Uniongred sefydlu eglwys ym Mlaenau Ffestiniog. Bydd rhaglen arbennig awr o hyd ar S4C nos Fawrth yn edrych ar ffrwyth gweledigaeth yr Offeiriad Uniongred, y Tad Deiniol, a sefydlodd yr Eglwys ym mhentref "Fel cymuned roed den ni'n teimlo ei bod hi'n bwysig i gael adeilad oedd yn amlwg yn eglwys, fel bod pobl yn gwybod fod yna groeso iddyn nhw, " eglura'r Tad Deiniol.

The Essentials: 10 Questions ; Alan Bates, Hypnotist, From Little Stanney

Philosophy of Life: My glass is always half full never half empty. It is important to be positive in life. If one adopts this attitude they will live a happier life and generally promote happiness to others. Idea of happiness: To behealthy, financially secure and to be able to watch my children grow.

The Essentials: Spotted

The Essentials: Quote - Paul Newman

The Essentials: Try It Today

p BILL Clinton proposed to Hilary here, Posh met Becks and Jude fell in love with Sienna, and now experts have uncovered the passionate formula behind the north west's numerous amorous successes. Spectacular surroundings, choice of entertainment, and type of food and drink play as much importance in the success of making that perfect romantic formula as the attraction between two people.

The Essentials: Quote - Barbra Streisand

The Essentials: French Are Friskiest Between the Sheets

IT IS the country of romance so it should come as no surprise to hear that the French are friskiest between the sheets. Amorous couples just across the Channel top the lovers league having sex on average 137 times a year. The least lusty world nation is Japan where couples are only getting it on around 49 times annually.

The Essentials: Spotted

The Essentials: National Chip Week

YOU might think the question "what are chips made of?" is something of a no-brainer but perhaps not. A recent survey conducted by the British Potato Council revealed that one in three women did not know that oven chips were made from potatoes!

The Essentials: Quote - Kirsten Dunst

The Essentials: Quote - Kim Cattrall

The Essentials: Hot - Not

THE awards season is here - first the Golden Globes, now the Oscars and the BAFTAs, then the Brits are on the way. That means lots of tears, tantrums and of course designer dresses. p MARRIAGE. Everybody's doing it you know - Cameron and Justin, Sienna and Jude (below), Liz and Arun. Wonder how long those pre-nups will take to thrash out. ROSE champagne. Forget Bolly, with Valentine's Day approaching those in the know will be thinking pink.

The Essentials: Patriotism

The Essentials: Big Garden Birdwatch

FROM the "cockney sparrer" to the robin red breast the UK will be brushing up on its bird recognition skills this weekend as the RSPB goes for a record-breaking half a million participants in its annual Big Garden Birdwatch. A survey by the RSPB today showed that of those questioned, people in the North-West were the most "bird friendly" with 42% recognising the house sparrow as the most common bird.

The Practical Joker Who's Serious About His Work and Friends ; George Clooney Tells a Swooning Eileen Condon About Love at First Sight, Making Ocean's Twelve and Bringing Out the Gay Vote with Brad Pitt

HERE'S good news and bad. The good - the eternally handsome George Clooney returns to the big screen in the new movie Ocean's Twelve. The bad news - offscreen, everyone's favourite bachelor is no longer single. Gorgeous George is back in the arms of his British girlfriend, model and TV presenter Lisa Snowden, after a two-year break and, sadly for his millions of female fans, the pair seem more loved up than ever.

At the Bar. . .

BACK in the grim days of the 1980s, stepping off the train at Lime Street could sometimes break your heart. Delapidation was everywhere and the knockers of this city would take their trains and prejudices home, resolving in their smug little way to spread the germ spores that Liverpool was irrevocably dead in the water.

Travel: Late Breaks

UK/IRELAND SEA BRITAIN: Heritage Touring (01300 321 485) offers in depth view of HMS Victory and Admiral Nelson, based on two nights' dinner, B&B at Macdonald's Wessex Hotel, in Winchester, from May 15, incl private tour of HMS Victory, RN Museum Gallery, and wine reception. Package at pounds 349 incl tour guide. LONDON BY EAST COAST EXPRESS: Superbreak (01904 644 455) offers two nights' room only at Travelodge London Farringdon for pounds 63, incl rail travel from any GNER station. Valid any...

Travel: Deal of the Week

EUROLINES offers pounds 69 return tickets - if booked up to 30 days in advance - for skiers to the Alps this winter, and complete holiday packages on the slopes from pounds 370 for seven nights through Action Outdoors (08458 900 362). Eurolines, a scheduled service provider rather than a tour operator, also carries around 600, 000 passengers a year to 500 destinations across Europe, mostly via Victoria Coach Station.

Travel: Ossum Land of Natural Beauty ; Perrott Phillips Enjoys the West Coast of America

'OSSUM" was the first American word we learned. It's their way of exclaiming"Awesome!", the stock reaction when faced with any impressive sight, from a piled-high breakfast buffet to the dazzling lights of Las Vegas. Even we were ossum. "You folks from Yerup?", gasped a waitress in a roadside diner a million miles from nowhere. "That's ossum!"

Travel: . . . On Country Matters

IT DOESN'T look like a good winter for the original Liver Birds - after changes to the licensing system for controlling them, the ace anglers could be forgiven for keeping a low profile. Of course, any reduction in the cormorant population will be music to the ears of human fishermen, but it doesn't mean that any fewer cormorants will be raiding their fisheries in the future. Cormorants from all over Europe winter in Britain, and up to 4, 000 were killed under licence from 1983 to 1992, accor...