Beach huts for Barry Island as ambitious plans for seaside redevelopment are unveiled - Wales Online

Beach huts for Barry Island as ambitious plans for seaside redevelopment are unveiled - Wales Online: "The plans will see mean millions of pounds invested in Barry Island to turn it into a “Welsh Riviera”"

Good idea, do the same for all Welsh beaches.

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NFU warns on fall in UK farming self-sufficiency - Wales Online

NFU warns on fall in UK farming self-sufficiency - Wales Online: "NFU president Peter Kendall said farmers in Wales and England are calling for support from politicians, the public and food industry to back British farming and help them produce more."

I don't receive public subsidy and I still manage to provide what amounts to a public service. Unlike many farmers I know I don't enjoy fancy holidays, live in big houses or have the latest tractor.

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Anti-fracking campaigners hit out at Welsh Government - Wales Online

Anti-fracking campaigners hit out at Welsh Government - Wales Online: "The Welsh Government has been accused of “hanging on the coat-tails of the most pro-fracking Government in Europe” as David Cameron called on the entire UK to back the search for shale gas.

Friends of the Earth Cymru accused ministers in Cardiff of failing to protect Welsh communities and called on them to chart a different path."

I wish these minority self-interest groups would find something useful to do with their evidently plentiful supply of time.

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Prescriptions in Wales rise by 50% to more than 74 million in last decade - Wales Online

Prescriptions in Wales rise by 50% to more than 74 million in last decade - Wales Online: "he number of prescription items issued per head in Wales is the highest in the UK, with the total dispensed rising by more than 50% in the last decade, new figures have shown."

Diawledig!

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