A ROW is brewing up between the Welsh Assembly and anglers on one side and a group of fishing boats from Wales and North Devon on the other over historic access rights, also known as “grandfather” rights. The assembly is proposing to end these …
Welsh farmers fury over vaccination plans
‘TOTALLY disillusioned, betrayed and let down’ is how the former chairman of Holstein UK, Tom Phillips feels following the Welsh assembly’s decision to scrap …
Welsh Beer and Cider Festival draws ale lovers to Cardiff
Beer lovers from all over Wales and Britain have been flocking to Cardiff for the annual Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival. Up to 6500 enthusiasts are expected to visit the capital’s Motorpoint Arena to sample up to 200 …
Welsh Assembly building costs fury
THE Welsh Government has been criticised for announcing a multi-million pound spending programme on its Cardiff Bay HQ. The Assembly Commission will be handed £35.75m to spend on improvements to Assembly buildings and their broadcasting facilities, …
£31000 golden handshake is reasonable – Llanelli AM
The cash, which is from the public purse, is part of £845179 handed out to politicians who failed to be re-elected to the Welsh Assembly or stood down last year. The payments are known as resettlement grants, and are given to assembly members upon …
Councillor in court on animal cruelty charges
A COMMUNITY councillor from Cilcennin who stood in the Welsh Assembly elections campaigning on animal welfare issues has appeared in court alongside his wife charged with six counts of causing unnecessary suffering to dogs, cats and a horse in their …
New taxes could damage Welsh businesses
New taxes could damage Welsh businesses. Mr Lermon said that the ICAEW recognised the benefits that devolution has brought in terms of greater transparency of the policy making process which could be are tailored to Welsh circumstances. But, he…
How to waste £6 billion: a story of ‘Wales in Europe’
£1.2 billion in 2000-6 was matched, under EU rules, by an equal amount from the Welsh Assembly and UK government. ‘Objective 1’ carried on under a new name from 2006 onwards,with the EU’s ‘Convergence’ programme producing £1bn of European Regional …
Wales’ flagging High Streets ‘need national strategy’
The report from the assembly’s cross-party enterprise and business committee wants co-ordination of policy, planning as well as financial considerations to promote town centres. The Welsh government’s independent panel on business rates should consider …
Food hygiene rating plan for Wales to put ‘scores on the doors’
In August, Conservative assembly leader Andrew RT Davies said E. coli outbreaks were too frequent. He was speaking after a kebab house in Cardiff was closed temporarily when a number of people fell ill in an outbreak of E. coli O157. …
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