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A nursery forced to destroy 50,000 ash trees after dieback fungal disease was found is considering taking legal action against the government for failing to block imports sooner.

Simon Ellis of Crowders in Lincolnshire says the disease was found in 15 trees in June but officials issued an order preventing the firm from taking action.

A cattle farmer from Flintshire is beginning a 46-week jail sentence for flouting TB regulations.

Mark Payne, 45, from Brynford, near Holywell, admitting moving animals illegally without pre-movement testing.

The judge at Mold Crown Court said Payne had ignored trading standards officials’ instructions and had a history of doing so.

Animal health officials said it should be a warning to farmers to obey rules to stop the disease spreading.

The Welsh Government has been accused of “misleading” the Welsh public on the extent of air pollution in Wales after figures appeared to contradict its claim the situation was improving.

Environmental campaigners said that while the Welsh Government claimed air quality in Wales was “continuing to improve”, the actual levels of several potentially harmful pollutants were rising.

Plans for a controversial “super dairy” with 1,000 cows at a farm have been rejected by Powys councillors.

The vote is the latest twist in the debate about the dairy near Welshpool, which councillors had backed last year.

A protest was held outside the meeting against how livestock will be kept inside for 250 days of the year.

Shooting groups rejected this saying that few people now used lead gunshot but there was a “historical legacy” of lead shot in the environment.

The public spending watchdog has stepped up an investigation into the sale of publicly-owned land worth more than £20m.

Sixteen parcels of land dotted around Wales were bought by a company based in Guernsey.

The auditor general for Wales, Huw Vaughan Thomas, said an initial probe raised a number of questions that warrant further in-depth investigation.

MEMBERS of a community growing scheme reaped the fruits of their labour when they harvested produce from their shared gardens.

Despite not having the best growing conditions, members of FlintShare successfully grew tomatoes, cabbages, cucumbers, potatoes, winter squash, apples, chilli peppers, bell peppers and more in their community gardens across the county.

Derrick Morgan, chairman of the council’s public protection committee, said residents should be able to enjoy their home life “without the intrusion of nuisance noise”.

Swimmers on the Pembrokeshire coast have been warned to keep a lookout for the potentially lethal Portuguese man-of-war.

The jellyfish-like creature has been spotted off west Wales, as well as in Cornwall and on the Irish coast.

Stings from the creatures can cause severe pain, and in very rare cases, death.

Marine experts say sightings of the man-of-war have been increasing in recent years.

Dr Peter Richardson of the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said it was believed that the current increase in numbers suggested a “stranding event”.

As a result, food waste is a key priority in Wales’ waste strategy Towards Zero Waste and every council in Wales runs a kerbside food waste collection service, which covers nine out of ten households. The food waste collected is then composted or …