Archives for 2011

Consumer Focus Wales has drawn up a list of the schools in Wales which have been awarded a score of two or less as part of the new food hygiene rating scheme. And it is urging parents of children at these schools, colleges, nurseries and playgroups to …

Experts in Wales said yesterday the new strain of the virus is unlikely to have an impact on the health of humans in Britain. And the Welsh Government reassured the public that the country had “strong contingency plans” in place to prevent and tackle …

A LEADING Welsh restaurant is slowly climbing up a prestigious list of the UK’s best. The Crown at Whitebrook was described as “world class” by the Good Food Guide, which ranked it as the 28th best restaurant in the UK. …

In Wales, during the same period, the number of cattle slaughtered because of bTB has fallen by 36%, and by 45% in Dyfed. The Welsh Assembly Government had proposed a cull, before being forced to drop the plan. And this, without a single badger being …

Phillip Bevan of Ty Mawr Organic Vegetables in Abergavenny said that harvest season was at least a fortnight early. He said: “The weathermen say it’s the fourth cool and wet July in a row, but it’s not hurt our sales. “The vegetables have grown more …

THE Welsh Government’s regeneration strategy splits responsibility for revitalising areas between seven different ministers and is in need of a radical overhaul, according to a senior planning official. …

Petty rules such as not being able to bring baby food into the arena don’t make for a good atmosphere and aren’t the way to make your festival sustainable. Kids’ areas where every activity is chargeable smacks of rip-off, whereas others, …

… Cwrt Malle Farm near Carmarthen want them pulled down. The county council is to consider a retrospective planning bid for the dairy which houses 1800 cows. Farmers Howell and Susan Richards defend their development on BBC One Wales’ programme Welsh …