News from Wales – Page 2

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    Helfa Gelf/Art Trail begins across north Wales

    2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

    North Wales’ largest open studio event, Helfa Gelf/Art Trail, begins this weekend and runs throughout September.Helfa Gelf is now in its sixth year. It’s a brilliant initiative that gives the public the opportunity to have a sneaky peek into the normally private studios in which artists right across north Wales ...

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    Wind farm exhibition opens in Porthcawl

    2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Plans for a huge offshore wind farm in the Bristol Channel are to go on show to people across south and west Wales.The Atlantic Array project would be about 10 miles (16km) off the south Wales coast and nearly nine miles (14km) off north Devon.Developers RWE npower renewables say up ...

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    Pembrokeshire Coast National Park marks 60 years

    2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is kicking off a year of celebrations to mark its 60th anniversary.

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    Honorary doctorate for Bryn Terfel

    2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Bangor University has awarded international opera star Bryn Terfel an honorary doctorate for his contribution to music.

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    Guided tours of rural habitats for wheelchair users

    2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Wheelchair users will be able to visit some of Wales’s most striking locations on a series of tours thanks to a scheme by Gwynedd.

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    Conwy plans tourism discount for locals

    2013-10-01T00:00:00Z

    A card giving people in Conwy county a discount on local tourist attractions could help save jobs, say council officers.

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    Battle lines drawn over castle grounds

    2013-10-01T00:00:00Z

    A row over the future of the grounds of an 11th Century castle is due to be settled at a public hearing.

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    Osprey breeding success with artificial nests

    2013-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Gwynedd-based volunteer group Friends of the Ospreys say 2013 has been a good year for the Welsh ospreys, with the breeding pair producing two healthy female chicks. There were a lot more ospreys in the local nests, including blue 24 from the rutland osprey project, so next year may see ...