Highlights for 2011 include Cardiff International Food and Drink Festival, A Fantasy and Fairytale picnic at Cardiff Castle supported by Brace’s Bread, Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend and Cardiff Harbour Festival. Kicking off the festivities is Touring …
Archives for June 2011
1500 protest as Powys council urges wind farm review
Around 1500 anti-wind farm protesters lobbied ahead of the council meeting at Welshpool livestock market. The council unanimously supported a motion urging the Welsh Government to request a moratorium on all wind farm applications. …
£157000 repair bill for Senedd
The home of the Welsh Assembly cost £67 million and was officially opened by the Queen on St David’s Day 2006. Over the past five years, figures from the Assembly Commission show £29000 has been spent on electrical repairs, £25000 on fixing doors and …
Welsh NBA members anticipate eventual go-ahead for badger culling
NBA’s Welsh members anticipate eventual go-ahead for badger culling sometime this autumn – and wants the Welsh Assembly Government to be ready for a determined campaign against all sources of TB infection. The National Beef Association would like the …
Happy horse whisperer who tamed Wales’ wildest mountain ponies
But with two Carneddau ponies now happily living on his Crymych farm, it is fair to say he has managed to tame the wildest horses in Wales. Lynne Thomas-Morgan, from production company Telesgop, spent moths shadowing the Welsh horse whisperer. …
Welsh Farmers to put EU Commissioner in hot seat
Welsh farmers are being given a unique opportunity to interview the most influential man in EU agriculture, Commissioner Dacian Cioloș. Over the next five weeks, members of NFU Cymru have the chance to submit questions on any area of farm policy. …
Family members working for 17 AMs
Family members were employed by 17 members of the Welsh assembly before the election in May, it has emerged. Information on the assembly’s website shows AMs from all four main parties employed their relatives. AMs are allowed to hire relations, …
Welsh call for more devolved powers on major energy infrastructure
Wales could become a harder place to build large scale wind farms if the Welsh Assembly gets it way. First minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, will speak to the British-Irish Council today (July 20) on the subject of devolving major energy infrastructure …
First Minister tells Westminster to "respect its position" over wind farm glut
The Welsh Government yesterday called on Westminster to “respect its position” on wind farms in a bid to avoid their proliferation in the Welsh countryside. First Minister Carwyn Jones said the Welsh Government’s Tan 8 …
Cardiff International Food and Drink Festival returns
FOODIES will be served up another culinary treat as the Cardiff International Food and Drink Festival returns to the waterfront in Cardiff Bay. Taste buds are set to tingle by more than 100 food producers from Wales, …