2015 Urdd Welsh youth festival visitor numbers increase
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Over 15,000 competed in categories including singing, dancing, drawing and cooking
More than 88,600 visitors attended an annual Welsh youth festival in Caerphilly county, up 2,300 compared with last year in Gwynedd.
Over 15,000 competed in categories including singing and dancing at the Urdd at Llancaiach Fawr in Nelson.
The Urdd began in 1922 to help young people learn and socialise in the Welsh language. It has become one of Europe's biggest youth festivals.
Next year's week-long event will be held in Flintshire.
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