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So to see family - Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom

TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday

London and beyond.......adventures north of the equator.......

England, Wales prisoners lose access to 18-rated games

Joystiq (Free subscription) | yesterday

Filed under: Culture The Prison Service in England and Wales will not allow prisoners to play 18-rated games after September 30. The BBC reports that well-behaved residents and those at risk of suicide will still be allowed to play games -- we hope the suicide folks aren't playing Persona . The government apparently spent £10k ($19,763 USD) last year on consoles and games for inmates. Effective immediately,...

Hello North Wales Weekly News Readers!

The Gospel According To Rhys (Free subscription) | yesterday

Last week in the North Wales Weekly News - our local rag - there was an article on blogging. The article looked at a couple of copper blogs (which seem to be popular in the North Wales Area), a couple of political bloggers, and Thoughts of Oscar. Anyway, I was inspired - as a six year [...]

The Right Rev George Noakes: Former Bishop of St Davids and Archbishop of Wales

The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday

As we stood on a hill in Galilee in the early 1980s, George Noakes, then the Bishop of St Davids and later to become the Archbishop of Wales, turned to me and said in Welsh, with an enormous smile, "This is just like Cardiganshire." Somehow the scene had brought together the two deepest elements in his spirituality: a love for the Jesus of the gospels and a rootedness in the rural community in which...

Gavin staying is great for Wales – Martyn

icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday

MARTYN WILLIAMS has dubbed Gavin Henson as the best inside-centre in world rugby and expressed his delight that the glamour star of our game has chosen to remain in Welsh rugby.

Wales is a £9bn drain on the UK economy

icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday

WALES is a net drain on the economy, with it receiving more than £9bn in expenditure than the Government raises in taxation.

Wales News: Birds deserting Wales, says shocking wildlife report

icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday

WALES’ wild bird population has plummeted by almost 50% since the Sixties, an alarming report reveals today.

Wales Kills Teens By Being Shit

mediaGoblin (Free subscription) | yesterday

Wales Kills Teens By Being Shit - More suicides may force GOVERNMENT to rethink the ‘Welsh Problem’ Welsh teens fight back Over the last 10 years GOVERNMENT has come under increasing pressure to close WALES and relocate its residents to somewhere ‘nicer’. These calls got louder last night as I got my mate to stand on a [...]

FTF on geocache in Wales

A Simple Life of Luxury (Free subscription) | yesterday

I noticed a new geocache hidden by Tortoiseshell appear about 5 miles from here yesterday morning. I was due to virtually drive past it later in the day so I left home a little earlier than needed and went out on an FTF (First to Find) mission. It was a gorgeous day, the best so far [...]

South East England subsidises Wales

Politics Wales (Free subscription) | yesterday

A shows that the wider South East (Greater London, the South East and the Eastern Region) made a positive net contribution, of £37.7 billion to the UK public finances in 2006-07.For Wales it shows that whilst the Government spends £28.4 billion, tax revenues of only £19.3 billion were raised in 2006-07 - a net drain of minus £9.1 billion.Of course, these are the headline figures and I am waiting for...

Wales News: Nanny accused of baby death walks free

icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday

A nanny from Anglesey accused of killing the baby son of two police officers walked free from court today after a judge directed a jury to find her not guilty.

Wales News: Father dies in swim tragedy

icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday

A father drowned after getting into difficulties during a holiday swim in the sea with his son.

Wales News: Father dies in holiday swim tragedy

icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday

A father drowned after getting into difficulties during a holiday swim in the sea with his son.

Jimmy Wales's former Fox fling wins the Knol land rush [Rachel Marsden]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.You guys are slow! Conservative pundit Rachel Marsden has already penned roving Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales's first biography on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wales to host the first carbon netural FIA World Rally Championship

AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Filed under: Carbon Offset , Green Daily , UK In this day and age of increased environmental awareness, not even motorsports are granted exclusion from the eco-friendly expectations which all companies and organizations are held to. Of course, it's not just the racing itself that causes carbon emissions, as the fans attending the event need to travel in order to get there. In fact, as you can see...

Cricket Premier League to start in 2010, Cricket Premier League launched, Cricket Premier League,Cricket Premier League News

rockport | 07/17/2008

Check out latest Cricket news A new English Premier League (EPL) cricket competition involving all 18 counties, two overseas teams and international players will start in 2010, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Wednesday.

• New EPL to involve all counties - The Telegraph India
• Twenty20 set to dominate summer - The Guardian
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ECB EPL model rejected, EPL model rejected, England Cricket Board News, England Cricket Board EPL Rejected

rockport | 07/16/2008

England and Wales Cricket Board's ambitious proposal of having an Indian Premier League-style Twenty20 tourney has been shot down by apprehensive counties in an executive board meeting here.

Sri Lanka will replace Zimbabwe in England, Sri Lanka To Replace Zimbabwe For England In 2009, Zimbabwe as England opponents

rockport | 07/09/2008

Get Latest Cricket News Sri Lanka will play in England next year to fill in the place of Zimbabwe after the England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) decided to severe cricketing ties with the African nation.