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“If we stopped wasting all this food, we could prevent enough carbon dioxide emissions each year that would equate to taking one in five cars off Welsh roads,” a spokesman for the Assembly funded body said. The spokesman added: “The amount of food we …

“The Abergavenny Food Festival attracts thousands of visitors to its hotels and restaurants. “When we moved, here the county used to have its own licensing laws and a part of me would like to see a return to that; we could make Monmouthshire a state on …

A rural action group claims plans for a 19-acre electricity substation are “a shameful and depressing epilogue for mid Wales’ landscapes”.

The statement from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Wales (CIEH) comes after the organisation carried out a survey which showed that large numbers of pupils buy their food from takeaways. In England, schools in Oldham are currently …

An MP who originally put in a successful expenses claim for dog food, but later returned the money, has had the same amount returned to her. Welsh secretary Cheryl Gillan had claimed £4.47 for some dog food, but after the expenses scandal emerged last …

Somerset butter from Scotland, Welsh lamb from New Zealand and West Country fish fillets filleting in China, are just some of the false `local food’ claims misleading consumers who believe they are buying local produce, a Local Government Regulation …

We celebrate Stead Jones’ classic tale – a haunting journey from the edge of childhood into a threatening adult world – now published in the Library of Wales series. Join the wonderful illustrator of this hairy story and perhaps pick up some crafty …

The authors discuss how the wild, rural landscape of Radnorshire inspires their work and that of others before them, from Gerald of Wales to Vaughan and Traherne, Francis Kilvert, Eric Gill, David Jones and Bruce Chatwin. …

… and there will be opportunity to visit the farm shop. Take a walk around Wales from Celtic times to the present day and see Welsh history come alive at Wales’ most popular heritage attraction and one of Europe’s leading open-air museums. …