Vet School, Wildflowers and the Summer Solstice
Exploring plans for a Wales veterinary college as they take a step closer, fears around the sowing of 'off-the-shelf' packs of wildflower seeds and Bryn Celli Ddu burial chamber.
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Vet College - plans to bring a dedicated vet school to Walesthis week when Aberystwyth University and the Royal Veterinary College pledged to develop a joint training programme. Rachael Garside visits Coleg Sir Gar in Llandeilo where the RVC runs a stepping stone towards forming such a college
EU Referendum - Thursday and so our final look at the issues in the countryside. One sector that's been keenly debating whether the EU is good for business is the fishing industry. Some 600 people are employed on fishing boats here in Wales. Many of them specialise in shellfish, with the vast majority sold to Europe
The Copper Jack - a river cruiser operated by a charity and offering trips up the River Tawe to see the river's history and wildlife has just celebrated it's second birthday. To mark the anniversary,launched a special heritage trail brochure to remind people of the remarkable industrial past of the lower Swansea valley.
Wildflowers - The conservation charity, have issued a plea to landowners and farmers across the UK to think twice before sowing "off the shelf" packs of wildflower seeds. The concern is that it's not good for the long term health of our open countryside and could run the risk of turning it into a generic identikit.
Vestments and Flowers - A team of top class floral designers and florists come together to create floral designs at the
Summer Solstice - at dawn on the longest day of the year a beam of sun will penetrate deep into a neolithic burial chamber on Anglesey. Bryn Celli Du is one of the most evocative archaeological sites in Britain and archaeologists are currently undertaking a project involving the community and with new excavations to further our understanding of it. And CADW are holding a
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