Machynlleth

The five-year-old had been missing for 36 hours.

She'd vanished while playing outside her home in the rural Welsh town of Machynlleth.

There must be someone out there who knows where she is and can help the police find her.

We are desperate for any news.

Mark Bridger had undeniably become one of the world's most evil killers.

It was a crime that shocked the nation and left a family heartbroken.

In October 2012, five-year-old April Jones was abducted whilst playing outside her home on the Brynny Gog estate in the small town of Machynlleth in Mid Wales.

As news of April's disappearance spread through the media, police and volunteers scoured the town and countryside, kick-starting what was to become the biggest search for a missing person in the history of British policing.

The five-year-old had been missing for 36 hours.

She'd vanished while playing outside her home in the rural Welsh town of Machynlleth.

Unless there's someone out there who knows where she is and can help the police find her.

Where we are desperate for any news.

Mark Bridger had undeniably become one of the world's most evil killers.

It was a crime that shocked the nation and left a family heartbroken.

In October 2012, five-year-old April Jones was abducted whilst playing outside her home on the Brynny Gog estate in the small town of Machynlleth in Mid Wales.

As news of April's disappearance spread through the media, police and volunteers scoured the town and countryside, kick-starting what was to become the biggest search for a missing person in the history of British policing.

I find it's more apparent to me if I stay with them without the kids.

And that tends to happen when it's Machynlleth and Aberystwyth Comedy Festivals.

And then I notice it.

Because then you're getting in late from like...

While he was fighting on the battlefield, Glyndŵr was also engaging in political theater.

In 1404, he called a parliament at Machynlleth, a move that was unprecedented for an insurgent.

Here, he invited representatives from all Welsh cantrefs, along with envoys from France and Scotland.

It was a symbolic statement: if England could claim the throne, so could Wales.

One of the most iconic leaders of those rebellions was Owain Glyndŵr from Wales, and then there was Henry Percy, a powerful northern earl who made his own stand against the king.

The first wave, Glyndŵr's Revolt, began in 1400 when he was declared Prince of Wales by his supporters at a meeting in Machynlleth.

His forces even briefly captured most of Wales and set up their own parliament there.

This wasn’t just a regional skirmish; it threatened the very fabric of English rule across the island.