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Page last updated at 17:48 GMT, Thursday, 24 July 2008 18:48 UK
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On a visit to the Royal Welsh Show, Conservative leader David Cameron gives his support to a badger cull in Wales.

A farmer recovers at home after he is thrown clear as his tractor tumbles 300ft down a hillside.
Cheaper public transport should be more widely available in rural areas to try to ease poverty, a report says.


Business leaders join councillors and politicians in discussions on a lack of broadband provision in Powys.
The Post Office closes eight mid Wales branches, but says most people will be unaffected or find another nearby.

The body of a Ceredigion man who was reported missing from home by his friends is discovered in Gwynedd.
Visitors to the Royal Welsh Show are urged to use recommended routes and car parks to avoid congestion.

The National Farmers' Union celebrates 100 years of representing people in the agricultural industry.
A £23.5m investment links climate change scientists in Aberystwyth and Bangor.
The congregation of the church, where poet RS Thomas was once vicar, hold a poetry festival in tribute to him.
The mayor of Aberystwyth, who featured in Monty Python's Life of Brian, wants a 30-year ban on the film lifted.

 


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