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EUROPEAN farm ministers met on Monday (April 11) to adopt a regulation that will promote the consumption of milk products, fruit and vegetables in schools. Disappointingly,...
TESCO HAS announced that it will invest £6m over two years to help support British agriculture. The retailer has created the new Tesco Cheese Group (TCG),...
THE FUW’s Manifesto for the Welsh Assembly elections could not be clearer. The contribution of agriculture to the economy of our rural areas and Wales as...
THE SHADOW Secretaries of State for Defra and Health, Kerry McCarthy MP and Heidi Alexander MP, have written an open letter to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt...
WITH SIGNIFICANT numbers of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and agri-environment payments still outstanding, NFU Cymru warns the Welsh Government that patience is wearing extremely thin amongst...
THE LEADERS of four of the UK’s farm unions, have agreed to press for more rapid progress to secure an involvement by the European Investment Bank...
IN THE RUN-UP to the 2016 Welsh Assembly elections, branches of the Farmers’ Union of Wales have organised hustings throughout the month of April, to provide...
A NEW REPORT from the inter-university Food Research Collaboration (FRC) shows the weak state of British fruit and vegetable production and urges policy-makers to give more...
THE CLA has called for the creation of a Cabinetlevel Ministerial post in Welsh Government to champion the needs of communities in the Welsh countryside, and...
FIGURES released this week by Defra show that more than 28,000 cattle were slaughtered in England last year after testing positive for bTB. They also show...
THE CHANCELLOR’S Budget has been received with mixed reaction by farmers and the food industry. Delivered on Wednesday, (Mar 16), George Osborne’s financial plans have been...
TWO WELSH political heavyweights went head to head at the Farmers’ Union of Wales EU debate, putting the spotlight firmly on the upcoming referendum. The debate,...
HAVERFORDWEST will celebrate the opening of Wales’ largest Specsavers store on Monday 16 December 2024, following a transformative £1.2 million...
THE FAMILY of Emily Thornton-Sandy, a 30-year-old woman from Pontarddulais who tragically lost her life following a collision, have paid...
A 14-YEAR-OLD girl who died following a harrowing cyberbullying campaign was “let down at every possible opportunity” by her school,...
NHS staff in Wales may have put their health at risk during the Covid-19 pandemic by treating patients without adequate...
THE FIRST significant snowfall of the year has fallen across Wales, with snow covering parts of north-east Wales overnight. The...
MEGAN EVANS, 14, was found dead at her Milford Haven home on February 7, 2017, after what her family described...
MILFORD Haven Port Authority is in the frame to take over the running of Carmarthenshire’s only harbour. The Trust Port...
THE Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno, Conwy, on Saturday (Nov 16) became the backdrop for a large and impassioned protest...
AT 10:32am on Friday, November 15, Angle RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat was launched following a Pan Pan call from an 18ft...
FIRST Minister Eluned Morgan is set to announce an additional £22 million to tackle NHS waiting lists, bringing the total...
