The Abel & Cole Cookbook: Easy, Seasonal, Organic provides mouth-watering excuses for eating glorious food exactly when it comes into its best. These are inspiring yet unfussy recipes that let simple ingredients speak for themselves (but don’t try to stop him speaking on their behalf). Brilliantly written and entertaining, even the most timid cook can approach these recipes with gusto. Who wouldn’t want to cook Keith’s way?
Recycling boss admits dumping waste on the Gwent Levels
A recycling firm owner who illegally dumped waste in a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) has been given a three-month suspended sentence.
David John Neal, 52, of Rumney, Cardiff, was fined £10,000 and his two firms face fines and costs of £202,000 after pleading guilty to the breaches at Ty-To Maen Farm on the Gwent Levels.
Wales wildlife given £1.5m protection amid climate change
Wildlife projects in Wales are to receive £1.5m to help protect habitats and species.
The Welsh government’s Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies said the money would be used to strengthen the environment against climate change.
Natural Resources Wales and the Wales Biodiversity Partnership will run the programme.
The Resilient Ecosystems Fund follows the State of Nature report, which highlighted the risk to UK wildlife.
Llangorse Lake warning after drainage ditch polluted
People are being warned to keep off a popular lake after a farm vehicle overturned, spilling 400 litres of a chemical into a nearby drainage ditch.
Tests are being carried out on the water at Llangorse Lake near Brecon after the incident involving diluted herbicide.
Public Health Wales said people should stay off the lake as a precaution until the test results were known.
Llangorse Lake is a popular location for water sports and with anglers.
EU to ban pesticides in bee scare
Neonicotinoid chemicals in pesticides are believed to harm bees and the European Commission says they should be restricted to crops not attractive to bees and other pollinators.
New Quay South Beach shut after 15,000-litre slurry spill
A beach has been closed after a tank on a farm in Ceredigion burst, leaking 15,000 litres of slurry.
The slurry found its way into a small stream leading to the sea at South Beach in New Quay which has been cordoned off.
Welsh anglers urged to help remove Himalayan balsam
Fishermen on the River Towy in west Wales are being urged to join the battle against an invasive plant growing along riverbanks.
Experts say the Himalayan Balsam plant swamps native species.
RSPB warn that garden birds are declining in Wales
Some of Wales’s most threatened birds are continuing to decline, according to the charity RSPB.
More than 30,000 people across Wales helped gather sightings of bird species for the charity in January.
The results show some of the most threatened “red-list” birds are continuing to drop in numbers.
Starlings had hit an all time low in 2012 – and that position worsened in 2013, with numbers dropping by 15%.
Otters are blamed for toad deaths
An investigation into the deaths of hundreds of toads along the Millennium Coastal Park in Carmarthenshire has been traced to a family of otters.
Environment Agency officials were called in after body parts of toads were found around ponds in the park which runs from Llanelli to Burry Port.
Wildlife experts have ruled out poisoning, the weather and water temperature, instead blaming otters.
Environmental work by Pontbren Farmers’ Group praised
Hill farmers who planted 120,000 trees and shrubs, restored neglected woods and more than 10 miles (16km) of hedges have been thanked for their work.
Pontbren Farmers’ Group, made up of 10 neighbouring farms near Llanfair Caereinion, Powys, have been working together since 2001.
One of the group’s aims has been to improve shelter for livestock.
Environment Minister John Griffiths launched a report celebrating the farmers’ achievements on Wednesday.
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