What could prove to be a historic and very damaging decision for Wales was taken today. The unelected Pembrokeshire Coast National Park gave unprecedented approval for a giant hotel inside the Park, ignoring strong opposition from residents of St Davids. Premier Inn celebrates.

My piece today for the Institute of Welsh Affairs (IWA) on how the Welsh Government will soon decide whether to sacrifice a unique stretch of wetlands, including nesting cranes, for the controversial M4 expansion - Click on Wales iwa.wales/click/2018/10/…

Today the Welsh government delighted environmentalists and enraged the Brexit party and big business. I have been following this for some time for the FT: Wales scraps M4 bypass over environmental concerns ft.com/content/86d323… via Financial Times

30 years ago I was in Beijing for Reuters. Now the agency's main client, Refinitiv, pulls related stories at the behest of China's censors. No surprise really, I suppose. Refinitiv bows to China censors on Tiananmen Square anniversary ft.com/content/bf1f22… via Financial Times

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My first piece from new home for the FT. Serenity in #StDavids shaken by Premier Inn plan ft.com/content/3b1129… via Financial Times

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My latest: Motorway bypass threatens Welsh conservation success story ft.com/content/763fbc… via Financial Times

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My father Pete, his dementia and our last year together ft.com/content/58b91f… via Financial Times

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A Community On The Edge youtu.be/9KQqHJ7WmoE via YouTube By St Davids resident, author-photographer Jacki Sime on how people in Britain's smallest city are fighting an application by Whitbread to build a large Premier Inn here inside the Pembrokeshire Coast national park

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