A total of 28 trial pits had been dug and brick, tile, glass, plastic, paper, wood, metal, organic material, plaster, masonry and soil had been found there. It was alleged that methane gas was being created. It was the prosecution case that most, …
Archives for March 2011
Welsh Assembly Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones approves Badger cull plan
Plans for a cull of badgers in parts of mid and west Wales to help tackle TB in cattle have been approved by assembly members.
Residents speak out against Llys Dymper wind farm
We must all play our part in this for the sake of future generations and the Welsh countryside is being asked to produce clean, safe energy where industrial Wales has previously delivered our energy at great cost to human life, health and habitat…
Rhydymwyn recycling application given go-ahead by Welsh Assembly planning …
PERMISSION has been granted by a Welsh Assembly planning inspector for a controversial recycling centre between Rhydymwyn and Hendre, near Mold. Applicant John Williams was refused planning permission by Flintshire County Council last October to build …
Producing food within environmentally sustainable limits
“Just half a century ago, when the Common Agricultural Policy was introduced, the challenge given to Welsh farmers was to produce food. Now during the latest round of reforms to the Policy we should be looking towards our farmers to produce ‘green’ …
Food safety standards of Welsh food premises reported by watchdog
A significant number of kitchens in Welsh hospitals, schools and nursing homes scored poorly in food hygiene ratings, according to a watchdog. Consumer Focus Wales reported that 60 food premises serving vulnerable people are not meeting food safety …
Wales’ food hygiene rating concern
More than 60 schools, nursing homes and hospitals in Wales have sub-standard food hygiene, says a watchdog.
60 premises in Wales given substandard food hygiene rating
It called on the Welsh Assembly to use new powers to require food businesses to display hygiene ratings on premises. The findings came in the second progress report after the 2005 outbreak of E.coli 0157 in South Wales, when 157 people, mostly children …
Beavers set for return to Wales
Wales Wild Land Foundation, formed in 2009, is developing the project at a 75 acre site at Blaeneinion Farm, near Furnace in Ceredigion. The two beavers, a male and female, will be transported from their current homes in Devon and Gloucestershire. …
£9m extra investment for Welsh businesses
Broomhill Farm, at Angle, in Pembrokeshire benefited from the PMG scheme last year with the funding contributing to the purchase of a brand new high specification temperature controlled potato storage facility. It allows the farm to command a premium …