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Published 3 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing A Hollywood-inspired sign welcoming visitors to a campsite will be taken down after a row over planning permission. Farmer Mark Rutherford said the "Camp Llandudno" display had brought a smile to the faces of everyone passing. However, he did not gain permission to advertise his pop-up campsite in such a way and would reluctantly remove it. Conwy council said it was "disappointed" permission was not sought. Farm owner Mr Rutherford explained he gained the required permission under the 28-day rule - which allowed him to temporarily change the use of the land - to create a pop-up campsite . Mystery of disappearing Eisteddfod sign letters McDonald's wins English-only sign row However, he did not realise he would need to gain a different form of permission to promote it. "The problem is that … [Read more...] about Llandudno campsite’s Hollywood style-sign to be taken down

Published 7 January 2019 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing After years at the heart of government, Mark Drakeford today starts in the top job. BBC Wales' political correspondent Daniel Davies has spoken to friends, colleagues and opponents of the Welsh Labour leader about his politics, personality and the sort of first minister he will be. Mark Drakeford's political awakening came early. Nationalist fervour swept his home town of Carmarthen when Gwynfor Evans was elected as Plaid Cymru's first MP in 1966. At grammar school, Mr Drakeford remembers groups of pupils marching around chanting political slogans. English-only road signs lay piled on the ground, torn down the night before. The political climate fired the imagination of the young Drakeford, a clarinet-playing cricket fan. Trashing road signs was, he thought, a "fantastic thing to be doing", he told me. … [Read more...] about Mark Drakeford: From Latin degree to Wales’ leader

By John Newton Published 29 December 2016 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing It is 30 years since McDonald's opened its first UK drive-thru - 1986 being a year of firsts for a brand that now has 1,200 restaurants across Britain. The figures show consumers really are "lovin' it", yet the concept is also ubiquitous - a familiar, disposable and repeatable experience. So how was it for customers when McDonald's was still new? Was what is now commonplace ever thought a thrill? It is 1975. UK cinemas are showing an advert for a brand whose name, at this point, is principally linked in the national consciousness to a nursery rhyme farmer. To the viewer, "golden arches" means nothing. They don't know chips by another name smell as sweetly. A Big Mac is just an oversized anorak. The ad comes a year after McDonald's opens its first UK restaurant in Woolwich, London. Few Brits, … [Read more...] about The McDonald’s drive-thru at 30: A journey back to an exotic experience