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THE contribution of the Welsh-based supply chain into supermarket giant Tesco will be highlighted today. An event showing the range of food and drink supplied to the supermarket chain from producers in Wales will be held at …

The public’s taste for tender Welsh lamb, at knock down prices, is among the factors fueling the rise in illicit sales. Officers with the Welsh Food Fraud Co-ordination Unit say they are looking at more cases of illegal meat sales than ever before. …

Byron Davies, Conservative Assembly Shadow Minister for Transport, agreed, saying: “Welsh Conservatives proposed a freeze on the Severn tolls for the next four years, which would have saved Welsh motorists £3.4m in 2012 alone. …

The Wildlife Trusts Wales are consulting on the benefits of reintroducing this extinct species and will need the approval of the Welsh government and the Countryside Council for Wales. Sharon Girardi, project manager at Blaeneinion Farm, …

Carwyn Jones’ party is currently in negotiations with Plaid and the Lib Dems to get a deal on its £14bn Budget, which is due to be laid before the Assembly on November 29. With 30 of the 60 seats in the Assembly, Labour needs at least one opposition AM …

Since June 1986 when the present restrictions were imposed, farmers have had to call in officials to check their sheep for caesium, the main radioactive element, every time they want to move them off the hills for market. The blast happened on 26 April …

The National Trust has raised £1m to buy a farm encompassing a lake considered one of the most beautiful and emblematic in Wales. There were concerns that Llyn Dinas in Snowdonia and its shoreline could be turned into a water sports centre if it were …

Ann Jones, Labour’s Welsh Assembly Member for the Vale of Clwyd, added: “This project is very much in line with Welsh Assembly Government thinking about how communities need to take care of our planet. “I believe this is a first and I hope they can …

Wales has some of the best sites in the world for exploiting the tidal stream resource. For this reason, leading developers are planning large-scale tidal energy farms around the coast of Wales. Much of my research is concerned with understanding how …

A Welsh assembly environment committee member wants more scrutiny, with groups receiving nearly £20m in three years. Plaid Cymru AM Llyr Huws Gruffydd said: “When these sums are added up, they are incredible amounts.” The Welsh government said all …