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What the world can learn from Wales, the first place where sustainability is the organising principle of government, as well as what Wales is learning from the world about sustainability.
The Caban Coch dam, in Wales’ Elan Valley, is just one of the estimated 1.2 million river barriers in Europe.
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New research published in the journal Nature reveals that more than 1.2 million flow barriers exist on European rivers and that approximately 10% are obsolete.
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Students must not be assessed on course material that they haven’t had the opportunity to learn.
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Success in tackling the coronavirus pandemic may rely on how well authorities maintain public trust.
Sunset at Holyhead, Wales.
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While the English Channel and Irish land border have received most of the Brexit attention, the Irish Sea ports are a major concern.
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The benefits of a bilingual education are huge.
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We heard the views of 211 primary school staff in Wales on the return to school.
Llwynypia, South Wales, a colliery village built up around a coal mine.
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The miners might be fondly remembered, but
literature helps us bear in mind the environmental damage the industry caused.
Welsh mountain sheep face an uncertain future.
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Recent summers have offered a taste of things to come for Welsh farmers.
New research from Wales shows the level of concern at what might happen to creative industries after Brexit.
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A survey of creative businesses in Wales reveals concern over labour force, red tape and access to European markets and funding sources.
Holiday birthdays are lonely.
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December 25 is the least popular day to give birth in the US, Australia and New Zealand, and second only to Boxing Day on Dec. 26 in England, Wales and Ireland.
Welsh weavers, here in traditional costume that would not have been known to some of the poorest weavers to benefit from slave-driven demand for cloth.
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How even sleepy, rural Mid Wales was once an industrial heartland feeding the slave trade.
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Wales is one small country with big carbon targets but that still needs the policies to deliver them.
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NICE guidelines suggest that boys who come to come to A&E because of self-harm should be admitted to hospital. Often, this isn’t happening.
What … no bluebirds?
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London is a tourist magnet, but the rest of the UK desperately needs investment and promotion. Brexit is not helping.
The NHS is one of Wales’s biggest employers, and biggest spenders too.
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NHS Wales takes the biggest share of public spending and supports 11% of the total employed and self-employed.
Demonstrators in Scotland make their feelings toward Boris Johnson known.
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The £300m extra funding apparently bypasses the official block funding mechanism that has been in operation since devolution.
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The independence movement is growing in Wales but it’s not clear whether it would be able to go it alone.
Under the new curriculum, Welsh will be used in every single lesson, not just language lessons.
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Wales’s schools mostly teach in English at present but its new curriculum will make Welsh language part of every lesson in all schools.
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New research has found several physical and mental health indicators that often appear before an eating disorder diagnosis.