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9 - Vintage and Antique Fair, Clarence Hall, Crickhowell NP8 1BN. 10am. £1 entry, under 16s free. Supporting Wales Air Ambulance. Tel: 07977 846509.

9 - Gwent Bach Society Choral Concert Bruckner Mass no 2 and Durufle Requiem, conductor Roger Langford with Wind Band and Organ 8pm at Our Lady and St Michael’s Catholic Church Abergavenny Tickets £15 from Abergavenny Music / 01873 890259 /at door.

12 – St Michael's Church Hall 7pm, a short film about Fracking, talks by experts, followed by discussion. Tea, coffee and biscuits available, Free Entry, donations welcome. Sponsored by Abergavenny & Crickhowell Friends of the Earth.

14 – Social Group for people wanting to make new friends and lead a more active life, come meet us at the Coffee Pot,

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17 - Concert by Abergavenny Symphony Orchestra, Dvorak Cello Concerto (soloist: Rosie Biss) Symphony No8, at OLSM Church, 8.00pm - 07982975459.

21 – Abergavenny Local History Society, Amanda Huntley will talk about Life in Rural South Wales on film. Borough Theatre, 7.30pm. Non-members welcome.

21-23 Suitcase Theatre Company presents, 'The Government Inspector' by Nikolai Gogol, at the Melville Theatre, 7.30pm, Tickets: £8, under 18s £5, Tel: 01873 853167 email: melvillecentre @outlook.com.

23 - Pandy & Monnowside Ploughing Society Fun Bingo, Pandy Hall. 7.30pm for 8pm. All Welcome. 01873 890591.

28 - Abergavenny Farmers Market, Market Hall, Abergavenny. Fresh local produce.

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going to dampen our spirits and we’re sure they won’t quash yours either!

So be sure to take a look at our ‘Out PRING is finally here and the and About’ feature, jam packed with clocks have gone forward fantastic things do do and wonderful signalling an end to those places to visit, whatever the weather.

Our staple features are also evergruelling, freezing cold winter nights.

While my grandmother may warn present, be you looking for a car or enme not to 'cast a clout until May is out,’ tering your golden years.

With that said, all that’s left to do is here at the Gazette and Diary we are wish you our best for the month. much more optimistic.

Enjoy yourselves. We’ll see you soon.

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Just as we shake up our wardrobe at this time of year, following the same approach indoors can brighten our homes for spring.

It's not difficult to shake off the winter blues and add instant cheer.

Kae collection, Popping Yellow chair, £485, The French Bedroom Company; yellow floor lamp, £139, Rigby and Mac; faux daffodils in a paper bag, £4.49 each, Dobbies

VASE VISION "Clusters of accessories, such as vases, add instant colour and interest to a space and can be an effective way to revamp a tired sideboard, bookshelf or dining table, as the eye will instantly be drawn to the new colour and pattern," says Eiry Rock, assistant buyer accessories at Habitat.

"Currently we're seeing a big trend for more unusually-shaped vases, especially hand-crafted shapes, which work without flowers as a stand-alone decorative object."

SPRING SNIPS: Tirado Orange Glass Bottom Vase, from £25; Leri Multi-Coloured Ceramic Bottle Vase, in blue and yellow or pink and white, £40; Peppae Multi-coloured Ceramic Vase, £40, and Layo Yellow Textured Ceramic Bottle Vasy, £45, all from Habitat (habitat.co.uk).

ALL WHITE Maximise the light in a room by painting everything white, which will make a space feel fresh and airy.

"White's often the backbone of a new decorating scheme and although whites can be equal in impact, they're definitely not all the same. Choosing the right shade for your home depends on a few factors, including light quality, the colour of major items in the room and the style of the interior," says Marianne Shillingford, Dulux creative director.

"If you have great natural light or well-layered artificial light, cooler whites and offwhite shades, such as Moon Shimmer and Rock Salt, work well. For spaces which tend to be dark, or have a colder north-facing light, warmer shades like Jasmine White or Timeless, are better.

"For a safe-as-houses shade, consider White Cotton, which suits period or contemporary settings, and bear in mind large items in a room will reflect their colour onto the wall. A blue carpet, for example, will make a white wall look very cold, so you'd be well advised to opt for a warm white."

SPRING SNIPS: Wake up walls with Dulux Ultra White emulsion, RRP £24.98 for 2.5L, and revive paintwork with Pure Brilliant White Gloss, RRP £16.99 for 2.5L (dulux.co.uk).

BLOOMING EASY Filling a house with flowers may seem like an indulgence reserved for celebrities, but displaying faux blooms and plants can be an affordable way to celebrate the season of new life.

"We saw the 'age of faux' emerge strongly last year, with the demand for everlasting flowers and plants for indoors and out taking off," says Kay Hutcheson, head of buying at House of Bath.

"Potted daffodils are a traditional way to welcome spring, and if they're faux, they work in areas where lack of light or draughts make them unsuitable for real arrangements."

SPRING SNIPS: A sweet bouquet of faux Daffodils In A Pot, £14.95, couldn't fail to lift the spirits (houseofbath.co.uk). For a more informal look, Dobbies has Faux Daffodils In A Paper Bag, £4.49 each (in store only; dobbies.co.uk).

Melody Maison's Artificial Lavender Plants In White Wooden Planter, £16.95, is a prize pick too (melodymaison.co.uk).

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OU should be able to make the first outdoor sowings of carrots now, but try to warm the soil up first to aid germination.

Your soil needs to be free of stones or you'll get funnyshaped carrots, but alternatively you could grow some in deep pots of compost. For a continuous supply of baby carrots, sow a short row and keep sowing at

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HILLIES can be trained easily into neat bushy plants which will give you enough fruits to keep you going for some time and deserve a place on the patio.

Start them off indoors by sowing two seeds into a 9cm pot and placing it on a heated propagator or warm windowsill, where you can maintain a constant temperature of 20C. If both seeds germinate, remove the weaker one and gradually reduce the temperature to a minimum of 14C at night. When the plant fills its space, pot it on into a two-litre pot of multipurpose compost and in June, place it in its final resting place in a five-litre pot in a sheltered spot on the patio. When the plant is 20cm high, pinch out the growing tip to encourage bushiness.

Water frequently on hot days during the summer and feed with a tomato fertiliser when the fruits start to form. They're ready for picking when they are ripe but the skin is still smooth. Chillies will store well for a couple of weeks in the fridge or longer in

GARDEN thefts, particulary of large plants, stutuary, pots, mowers, ornaments, garden furniture and even slabs are on the increase. Best to consider the security of desirable items in your garden and check your household insurance policy covers theft from your garden and outbuildings.

regular intervals through the summer, drawing out a 1.5cm seed drill, spacing the drills 15cm apart. Water the area with a fine rose watering can to minimise seed disturbance and keep the soil moist until germination.

Once seedlings are large enough to handle, thin them out, leaving one seedling every 2-4cm. Further thin them a month later to a final spacing of 10cm. The first baby carrots should be ready for pulling in June.

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N the last 12 months, sales of cordless electric lawn mowers at Homebase have increased by more than 700 per cent compared with the previous year.

Bosch stopped manufacturing petrol mowers in 2010 to go eco-friendly and has long been extolling the virtues of Lithium-ion batteries which, it claims, perform as petrol equivalents but with low noise, low vibrations and savings on running costs.

Battery-operated mowers are generally lighter machines, don't pump out carbon monoxide and are much quieter than their petrol counterparts. You don't have to worry about a cable or pulling a cord to start them either, as they start at the touch of a button.

The Bosch Rotak 43 LI Ergoflex cordless lawnmower £469.99, can give an excellent cut for a good 40 minutes on one charge, although reviewers have found that the rear roller doesn't noticeably stripe the lawn. It has a charge time of 140 minutes.

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HEY say every cloud has a silver lining I reminded myself when the heavens opened as our group arrived to pick up bicycles for a ride through the jungle on our tour of Sri Lanka.

An unseasonal depression over The Bay of Bengal had cast a layer of cloud over this exotic tropical island just 21 miles from the tip of India.

by Nigel Heath But the downpour created a heady cocktail of scents and birdsong and encouraged brilliantly coloured King Fishers to skim along nearby riverbanks where woman in traditional sarees were washing their clothes.

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cover at a nearby house amid coconut trees where the farmer and his wife welcomed us with smiling faces and set out chairs for us.

Yes those clouds did have a silver lining because of this impromptu act of kindness and getting wet didn't really matter because it was so warm.

Thousands of coconut trees cover Sri Lanka providing a rich bounty every 40 days for around 75 years. People boil their rice in coconut milk which is why it is so creamy and produce mats from fibres teased out of the husks.

A call to prayer, or it might have been Buddhist chanting, drifted across a lake as we cycled by on our way to another farmhouse for lunch.

Here we feasted on locally caught and dried fish, pork curry, jackfruit, curried potatoes and a lentil dahl with rice. Food is never served piping hot as Sri Lankans prefer to eat with their fingers.

Earlier our coach had slowed to avoid an elephant make its way along the side of

the road. There are around 3000 of these majestic animals range freely in the national parks which cover a large part of the island.

We spotted a number of them on a jeep safari but our best view was of one feeding unconcernedly by the roadside on our way back to the safari station.

The weather cleared and for the past few days we had been making our way from the busy capital Colombo towards the ancient mountain Kingdom of Kandy.

En route we visited the fascinating Buddhist cave temples at Dambulla and climbed the spectacular Lion Rock which towers 600 ft above the surrounding plains and is set amid tranquil gardens with the ruins of a palace on top.

Established among tree covered hills at the heart of the island, Kandy was the last bastion against colonial influence but finally fell to the British in 1815.

We spend two days here in a comfortable hotel overlooking a lake and the town and were amused to find a notice

Gazette & Diary Magazine advising us not to leave our balcony doors open because of the monkeys who roam freely all over the island.

On the first day we watched a colourful Buddhist ceremony at the The Temple of the Tooth, a World Heritage site, and later a dance and drumming show with an exciting fire walking finale.

In the verdant Botanical Gardens we saw the Tamarind Tree planted

by Sri Lanka's first president to mark independence in February 1948.

We also visited a diamond factory where we learned that gems were the island's third most important export with textiles and tea in first and second places and tourism coming forth.

On our free day we wandered around markets packed with exotic fruits, vegetables, spices, locally made textiles and other wares and lunched in the Queen's Hotel, a magnificent reminder of the colo-

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nial period, once visited by the future king Edward the 7th.

The famous 1950's film Bridge over the River Kwai was made downstream from the riverside hotel gardens where we chilled out the following afternoon after leaving Kandy and winding our way up through tea plantations into higher country.

It was a Full Moon public holiday, when no alcohol is sold , and dozens of local

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Our excellent guide Roshan Fernando gave us talks covering most aspects of Sri Lankan life which helped us to form an overall picture of life on this beautiful island.

Our hotels were comfortable and our direct flight from London on a Sri Lankan Air Boeing A 330 Airbus included a quality onboard complimentary hot towels, meal and drinks service provided by helpful cabin staff in smart sarees.

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families were washing and splashing about in the waters close to the jungle fringed banks.

The following morning we walked through the forest before boarding our coach and completing a 6,200 ft climb to Nuwara Eliya, aptly known as Little England because it was a favourite hill station with the British.

Complete with race and golf courses and magnificent Victorian hotels, where tea is still served on the lawns by white gloved waiters, the town certainly lives up to its nickname.

We dined in colonial style at The Hill Club and were collected the following morning for a drive to the Horton Plains, a high plateau where we walked for three hours through rolling grassland and forest and visited the stunning World's End view point.

That afternoon we boarded a train at Sri Lanka's highest station and descended through cloud forest and tea plantations en route for the plains and palm fringed sandy beaches beyond.

Our memorable holiday was drawing to a close but not before we visited the Yala National Park and spotted crocodiles, water buffalo more elephants and exotic eagles and birds.

We went whale watching during a free beach day and I spotted a Blue Whale.

But as we made our final drive towards Colombo, dozens of little graves along this largely unspoilt coast were a sad reminder of the tusunami which devastated the area 11 years ago.

Little evidence remains of that catastrophe and the coastal region looks set for a tourism boom so if Sri Lanka tempts you then you might wish to go there sooner rather than later.

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s we near the end of this financial year I would like to review our performance of last year and to introduce a few changes we are making for the coming year.

We recently produced a report on the Planning Service performance for last year and I am proud to say that the findings show the sustained improvement in delivery which I have reported to you in past articles.

Although we received more applications than before, we still determined 88% of all the applications within the required timescales (the average for Wales is 72%) this put us as the second highest achieving Authority in Wales and one of only five Planning Authorities which have reached the 80% target set by Welsh Government. The percentage of applications we approved increased. Overall we are above the Wales average in the determination of all types of applications (major, minor, householder and other).

We are also happy to note that we achieved the lowest ratio of appeals to applications in Wales with the third highest percentage of appeals dismissed and we were one of 14 Planning Authorities in Wales to reach the 66% target of appeals dismissed.

The Welsh Audit Office presented their findings about the costs of our planning service during the February meeting of the National Park Authority meeting. Overall the presentation was extremely positive, recognising the improvements we have made. In his report the Auditor addresses the misunderstanding about the costs of our planning service – he said: “In 2014-15, the Authority’s combined costs for development management and planning policy were lower than the other national park authorities in Wales,” (both with and without the extra charges

each Authority incurs for legal work).

“The Combined Development Management and Planning Policy Costs 2014-15 are as follows: Snowdonia National Park Authority £540,076; Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority £555,000; Brecon Beacons National Park Authority £516,007.”

All public bodies in Wales are facing cuts, so far the Planning Service has responded through restructuring posts and prioritising the workload. We are keen to work with other Authorities – and we have been able to work with Monmouthshire County Council and Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council on buildings conservation advice. We and other two National Parks in Wales decided to share good practice and build greater joint capacity - and to this end have produced a list of short, medium and longterm actions to deliver.

There has been coverage in this paper on the Authorities overall response to the cuts for this financial year – however I wish to report that the Planning service will deliver £20,000 of the savings. In recent years there has been almost no take up of our Heritage Grants Scheme which offered match funding to restore listed buildings so we have decided to withdraw the scheme.

The other proposals are around the way we provide information to the public and include making savings by using email rather than by post or inviting applicants to send a stamped addressed envelope if they prefer to receive hard copies of large documents such as plans – as these changes are introduced we will let new applicants know when they are making applications. As usual if you have any questions about anything in this article or any other planning matter please contact me at the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority.

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They also contain the antioxidants selenium, which helps prevent free radical damage, which is part of the aging process, and lutein and zeaxanthin, which help protect the skin against UV damage that leads to brown spots and wrinkles.

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Celebrate Wiltshire Farm Foods’ 25th anniversary with our Birthday Menu Pack and a FREE gift W

ILTSHIRE Farm Foods, the UK’s leading provider of home-delivered frozen ready meals, has launched a new national advertising campaign starring TV personality, Fern Britton.

Brian and Sara Stringer own the Monmouth office of Wiltshire Farm Foods, and said: “It’s fantastic to have Fern Britton starring in our advertising. She joined us all at our conference last year, and we were delighted to meet her.

“Fern has a real passion for our business, and is genuinely interested in the meals themselves, and the outstanding service we provide.

“We’re also thrilled that Fern will be celebrating Wiltshire Farm Foods’ 25th anniversary year with us” We’re delighted to have spent 25 years in the kitchen, so you didn’t have to.

It’s been a privilege creating thousands of meals and bringing them to your home every day.

We’re looking forward to spending the next 25 years creating even more wonderful meals for you.

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To mark the 25th Anniversary of Wiltshire Farm Foods delivering delicious meals to our customers, we’ve put together our Birthday Menu Pack (Order code: BP25) containing some of our most popular dishes.

Featuring a range of favourites from succulent Chicken in Red Wine Casserole to delicious Roast Lamb in Mint Gravy you can enjoy our birthday in style.

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FREE Anniversary mug with every Birthday Menu Pack With 6 tasty main meals and 2 tempting sponge desserts, the Birthday Menu Pack is a great way to mark our 25th anniversary and enjoy a range of delicious dishes for just £29.95.

You’ll also receive one of our limited edition 25th Anniversary mugs worth £4.95 FREE with every Birthday Menu Pack ordered.

To place your order, or to order a copy of our full colour brochure, call Sara and Brian and their local team on 01600 892855 We look forward to celebrating our special birthday with you!

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Keeping your cool

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E often associate driving with stress, anger and even road rage, yet there are drivers out there who report that being behind the wheel actually makes them feel calmer.

There are many studies that show drivers become very territorial when they drive and this leads to aggression, but there is also evidence that some people find the cocoon of a car soothes their nerves.

Driving should not be seen as a way of de-stressing after a tough day in the office, but if you enjoy the act of driving, it can take away the strains of modern life.

Driving demands our full attention, so it's a way of forcing the brain to set aside other concerns while it deals with road-based situations that require intense decision-making processes.

Someone driving very well and with consideration is most likely someone who feels at one with being at the wheel. It can take a lot of experience to achieve this state of mind, but it's one that comes with practice.

Relaxed drivers tend to make fewer mistakes, are involved in far fewer collisions and are much less likely to speed.

With these kinds of upsides on offer to those drivers who see the car and driving as a calming experience, a stress-free existence is only a car commute away.

You are what you listen to!

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UEEN'S classic anthem Bohemian Rhapsody has topped the charts in a survey of British drivers' favourite driving music.

The research was compiled by Goodyear, revealing the legendary genre-busting track as a clear winner.

Guns 'n' Roses came in second with Sweet Child O' Mine and Led Zeppelin took third with antheir most popular other air guitar winner, song emerging as Stairway To Heaven.

Ring of Fire by But the most interestJohnny Cash. Honing stats were revealed das are to be found by car brand, where Seat playing RnB more owners were the most often than anything likely to be caught listening to Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry, else, but the single most popular song while Hyundai drivers generally prefer among their owners is David Bowie's Life on Mars.

Oasis and Live Forever.

Overall, rock was the most popular genre People in Skodas threw a curve ball with of music with 36 per cent of the vote, followed by pop on 26 per cent and RnB with just seve per cent.

Other songs on Goodyear's 'Top 10' include Let It Be by The Beatles, Every Breath You Take by The Police, and the 2004 classic Mr Brightside by The Killers.

The firm has even turned the results into an epic road trip Spotify playlist.

"Music has the ability to make us feel good even if you're stuck in grid-

lock traffic," says Kate Rock, PR Manager for Goodyear Tyres UK who compiled the research.

"The mix of genres in the top 10 reveals the differing tastes of the British public, but Queen still reigns on the roads when it comes to great driving tunes."

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WHEELS & DEALS

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N the history of mid-life updates, this is possibly the smallest you'll ever have seen. No cosmetic revisions here - not even new alloy wheel designs. The only mechanical difference is a new exhaust system with lower back pressure and a 5.8kg weight saving.

Performance-wise, you'll have noticed the name is now Cupra 290, and true to form it has 10bhp more than the old one. A tweak in the engine management software delivers the nominal extra go, which comes hand-in-hand with a wider peak torque band. The full 258lb/ft is now put down between 1,700rpm and 5,800rpm; 50 and 500rpm improvements at either end.

There's also Full Link phone-pairing software, so whatever your phone, it should hook up to the system with a degree of internet connectivity.

Looks and image Nothing changes with the appearance because Seat has hit on a winning formula. The Leon is its best-selling car, and it's the first real international sales barnstormer the company has had this decade. It ain't broke, so there's no point fixing it. The change is the boot badge upgrade, to Cupra 290.

Space and practicality From right now you can get the 290 in three-door (and, most lovely) SC, do-it-all five-door hatch and more practical ST estate shapes. The ST has a couple of hundred litres more boot space than the 380-litre tub shared by the other two. There's adequate rear legroom for passengers but it's not the airiest place for them to be. If there was a black mark it would be on the white seat trim, because it's the sort of thing that will get dirty all too easily.

Behind the wheel Seat hasn't taken the chance to enliven the cabin, so it stays one of the least imaginative in the hot hatch clique. The seats might be well-shaped and supportive, but a few Cupra logos and a flat-bottomed steering wheel aren't really enough any more.

But... hit the road and that's forgotten. The freerevving 2.0-litre engine masters everyday driving with barely 20% of its ability. Use a bit more right boot and fast turbo response gives you astonishing overtaking

Why change a winning formula? punch. Keep the throttle pinned on your friendly local private airfield and it'll get to the 155mph limiter with ease. It's a monster.

It also sounds better. That new exhaust gives it more of a growl both inside and outside the car, and, unless I was dreaming, it's a bit louder, too. Both good things.

It changes direction like a rogue firework, even under power, if you're skilled enough to handle it that way. The VAQ slip-limiting system is as good now as it always was - i.e. superb. Be aware, though, it's much firmer on the track-biased Michelin Pilot Cup 2 tyres, which you can add as options. The standard Continentals are much more forgiving.

Value for money With the Cupra 265 confined to the bin (almost no one bought one), the entry point is now the full-fat and beautiful SC. The highest-spec Focus ST is more than ÂŁ2,000 cheaper (before haggling), but it's not as

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accomplished a motor. On the other hand, a Civic Type R is more expensive and you get less equipment to show for it.

The Leon could be a bit better equipped, as evidenced by the now-huge options list, but everything you really want is on the car already. In terms of value, it splits the pack, but it depends what each buyer is actually looking or hoping for.

Who would buy one?

The flagship Cupra still isn't that common a sight in the UK, but owners are the type who exchange a nod and a wave. It's like a secret shared between two strangers: it's a hell of a car, and those who've bought one know exactly why. The Cupra 290, like the 280 before it, is part of modern hot hatch legend - if only within the scene itself.

This car summed up in a single word: Mighty

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On board technology

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NSURERS are focused on lowering premiums, specifically for cars that have on-board cameras or radar-based systems that can automatically prevent or mitigate some accidents.

New research by Autoglass suggests that 90 per cent of car insurance providers 'recognise' the crash-preventing potential of such systems, and a separate study by Thatcham Research found that, on average, vehicles so equipped had premiums around 10 per cent lower than equivalent vehicles without them.

Other key systems, according to insurers, include GPS trackers, so it can be proved where a driver was and how fast he or she was travelling, and localised driver alerts sent to the car over 3G or the internet to warn of accidents, speed cameras or bad weather.

The majority of companies want to take advantage of socalled 'big data' - collating a large number of data threads on any single individual - in order to reduce fraud.

At the same time, 43 per cent plan to use it to record data from cars at the point of an accident, to settle claims with less effort.

But half of insurers say their current IT infrastructure is simply inadequate for such a large amount of data, and replacing it could be prohibitively expensive.

Autoglass is investing in as-yet unavailable technology that should "give both driver and insurer the confidence that their ADAS [Advanced Driver Assistance System] is functioning as it should," after a windscreen replacement.

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EW data suggests the risk of an accident almost doubles when using a mobile phone at the wheel.

Wunelli, a provider of vehicle telematics for insurance companies, and insurance broker Drivology, gathered data on more than 4,000 drivers over a period of 18 months, including data on journeys made with hands-free and illegal handheld mobile phone use, with the results suggesting that driver performance is affected in both scenarios.

Hard braking events - G-force sufficient to propell a handbag on to the floor occur approximately once every 50 miles with an average driver, but Wunelli established that for drivers using a hand-held mobile, these events increase by 75 per cent, and 20 per cent for those using hands-free.

The data also revealed that men are almost twice as likely to use their phone il-

legally at the wheel, while drivers of either sex between the ages of 25 and 35 most frequently commit this offence.

A majority of illegal phonecalls are made on roads with a speed limit of 40mph or less, where accidents are 11 times more likely to occur compared to motorways.

The data also showed that drivers using a phone illegally tend to drop their speed by a third on average, suggesting a high level of distraction.

Paul Stacy, founding director of Wunelli, said: "Driving a car is the most dangerous activity most people will ever do.

"The fact we all started to use phones in our cars 10 years before the Government in the UK banned use while driving, means we need re-think our attitude to mobile phone use, and mute the mobile when we make a journey."

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PRECIOUS PETS

Best advice is to start the flea treatment now

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HE branch of medicine that follows the way a disease spreads or accidents occur within a population is termed epidemiology.

It tells us that in Powys your pet is more likely to get bitten on the toes by mites in September, it predicts that in West Wales they have an unusually high level of lungworm and the chance of your cat getting into a fight anywhere doubles in late spring.

Now I do not claim to be an ‘proper’ epidemiologist but working at Abbey Vets, I am going to give you some predictions for our local branches.

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As we finally leave this grim winter, the increase in temperature will lead to a four-fold increase in fleas in Abergavenny.

The springy parasite likes the warmer weather. They can hop aboard as our pets venture out such as when cats hunt and dogs greet their doggy chums in Castle Meadows as owners have an opportunity to stop and chat.

Our top tip is to start their flea treatment now and it will stop the trend.

This is no reflection whatsoever on their behaviour but dogs and cats in Brecon seem to like fighting and breaking each others teeth.

I have not had a chat with a local dentist to see if this phenomenon occurs in the local human population but in my capacity as a vet dentist I have seldom spent so much time repairing and removing broken sets of fangs and incisors than in Abbey Vets opposite ‘Homebase’ roundabout every Friday.

Tredegar cats and dogs have a particular liking for grooming and pedicures. My theory is long nails are an adaptation to gripping into sodden ground.

The constant rain means they never get a chance to wear them down on walks.

The grooming is obviously because they want to look their doggy best.

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Woodland Services, based on Hereford Road, Abergavenny, has been trading for over 50 years with the current owners entering their fourth year in the business and are ensuring the quality continues.

They specialise in providing quality, locally sourced and appropriately treated wood for both agricultural and domestic use, and pride themselves on their endeavour to bring their treatment process as up to date as possible with a lot of money invested into their programme for machinery and tools.

Tracey O’Leary from Woodland Services said, “Before we treat our timber in house in our fully upgraded, computerised treatment plant we ensure that the wood is dried to 28% or less moisture content. It is then pressure treated soil or fresh water contact using Koppers Celcure AC500 – giving it a 15

year life. This whole process is computer linked and closely monitored by our treatment suppliers Koppers who support the projected 15 year life of the product.

“Even though certain chemicals have been removed from the treatment solution by EU legislation in the past, this means that it is very important that the wood is dried to 28% or less moisture content then the penetration and the treatment will be as effective as it was prior to the change, and here at Woodland Services we ensure this procedure is adhered to.”

Tracey has spoken about her experience with peoples concerned about the treatment of wood, and wants to let the people of the local area know that at Woodland Services they can get properly treated wood from them for a great price. A high percentage of our business is repeat business which makes it even more important that we maintain the quality of our treatment process.

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They also put a lot of emphasis on locally sourcing their timber that they prepare and treat, to go back to the local community.

Tracey said, “When dealing with natural resources, it is important to stay as local as you can, and by using local businesses in our supply chain it benefits the whole community.”

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