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Bluetongue, When Nature Calls and Milling Flour

The rural news magazine explores if livestock farmers are ready for a bluetongue outbreak, why a lack of public conveniences causes problems and a community mill.

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Tue 8 Mar 2016 00:30

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Bluetongue - the highly infectious disease that affects sheep and cattle is on the rise again, currently circulating in France. According to the Animal and Plant Health Agency say there's an 80% chance by the end of the summer. Is the livestock industry ready? We talk to the Chief Veterinary officer for Wales.

Getting caught short - more than one in seven public toilets have closed over the past five years as councils try to save money - and there are fears the lack of conveniences could be putting some people off venturing out. We explore the - where the five remaining public facilities are under threat of closure.

Nature calls - the company in Llanidloes that has been manufacturing and supplying environmentally friendly solutions for when we get caught short in places from allotment sites, to parks and to churches all over the country.

And Talgarth Mill - run by community volunteers and using only water-powered machinery they're now , baking and selling bread in their cafΓ© and providing a focal point for locals and visitors to the village in the Brecon Beacons

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