Plans for a power-generating tidal farm off the north Wales coast have been submitted. The £70m project for the underwater turbines, off the north west coast of Anglesey, was first announced three years ago. Marine Current Turbines (MCT) and RWE npower …
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WAG is listening on Glastir scheme, say Welsh landowners
There would also be a new approach to the organic scheme, with continued support offered to organic farmers. But she added that CLA Wales had been disappointed by some measures, such as the exclusion of boundaries. She hoped the promise that WAG would …
New charity to take control of English and Welsh canals and waterways
The transfer is a key part of the government’s promised abolition of quangos, which has also seen the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) abolish a large proportion of its arms-length bodies. Local people are to have a greater …
Welsh university students reveal groundbreaking scientific discovery
When recordings of male leafhopper vibrational signals were played, spiders began homing in on the signal and searching for food. The spiders were also seen to have a preference for male leafhoppers over females, probably due to louder, more complex …
Welsh Assembly Public Accounts Committee Wants Investigation Into Welsh Auditor’s £750,000 Severance Package
All Party Welsh Assembly Public Accounts Committee Wants Investigation Into …eGov monitorThe all party Public Accounts Committee of the Welsh Assembly have called for a criminal investigation into the severance packages authorised by the disgraced fo…
UKIP promises to get rid of Welsh Assembly Members
The UK Independence Party launches its manifesto for the Welsh assembly election calling for the body to be scrapped. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has launched its campaign for May’s assembly election with a promise to get rid of AMs and make MPs …
Farmers to be rewarded for small scale green schemes
Environment Agency Wales and Farming Connect, the Welsh Assembly Government’s support service for farmers, have joined forces again for the second year running for the ‘Simple Solutions Award’. An award that recognises and rewards farmers who make …
WOW on the Waterfront event faces the chop
He said: “We’re likely to lose one of the three flagship events in the Bay – the Harbour Festival, Food Festival and WOW on the Waterfront. WOW on the Waterfront is most likely to be the one which goes.” Coun Howells blamed a reduction in the Cardiff …
Campaigners urge Plaid Cymru to uphold election pledge on incinerators
The South Wales WithoutŠIncinerationŠNetwork (WIN) is pressing AMs, councillors and activists not to abandon their 2010 pledge to oppose the Prosiect Gwyrdd programme, which has won support from the Welsh Assembly Government. …
Welsh samphire wins over top chefs
The show is produced by Welsh independent TV production company Boomerang+ and is the Cardiff-based independent firm’s first food and drink programme for Channel 4. Mr Ace was one of a selection of Welsh food producers who were invited to prepare a ..
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