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Enable it in your browser or download Flash Player here. Sorry, you need Flash to play this. Leanne Wood: People back parties who are seen to be battling for them in their communities Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has rejected a call to re-position the party in the political centre ground. Instead, Jonathan Edwards said the party should aim for the centre ground vacated by Labour and the Tories. But speaking from Plaid's spring conference Ms Wood told BBC Wales: "The centre in Wales is Welsh Labour and that place is filled, you could argue". Oblivion if Plaid lurches left, warns MP Plaid pledges independence referendum Plaid urged to 'pull in same direction' Interviewed for a BBC television programme covering the event in Llangollen, she said: "I think the question of politics in Wales is different to politics in England for example. "And really people in communities do they really think about politics in those terms? Enable it in your browser or download Flash Player here. Sorry, you need Flash to play this. Later, closing the conference, the party's AM Adam Price said Plaid would aim to offer an independence referendum and create a national air carrier and energy grid if it was in government in Wales for two terms.

Sorry, you need Flash to play this. As the lead singer in a punk band, there's something a bit different about Joe Talbot. It's not the word "pops" tattooed on his neck (a tribute to his dad, who hates neck tattoos). The juxtaposition between Joe's work and his artistic life is one of the things explored in my new documentary, The Art of Now: Band Politics for BBC Radio 4. From spirituals and the blues through to Bob Dylan, Public Enemy and grime; music and political protest have always been inseparable - but I wanted to investigate what I consider to be one of the most exciting waves of political songwriting we've seen in years. To explore what was so distinctive about the artists I'm playing on BBC 6 Music, I spent time at gigs and rehearsals with Nadine Shah, Life and Cabbage, asking what motivated them - and trying to find out what made their political song writing so utterly contemporary. Sorry, you need Flash to play this. Warning: Third party content may contain adverts Report Back with Joe Talbot, the lead singer of Idles tells me that caring for his mother, who suffered a stroke when he was 16, didn't just set him on the course of a future job in care - it fuelled his songwriting. I'm not going to pretend that I'm OK with where the NHS is, or where the government is, so why lie? BBC Music homepage BBC Music News LIVE