BBC News - Port Talbot ragworm firm Dragon Feeds in liquidation: "A controversial ragworm farm which has received more than £1m of public money has gone into liquidation.
Dragon Feeds, which has its headquarters in Port Talbot, was set up to develop a sustainable alternative to fishmeal for the commercial sector.
There were plans to create 70 jobs has build 270 ponds on Laugharne marshes in Carmerthenshire, but it is thought less than 10 people were employed.
Liquidators HR Harris and Partners confirmed the firm was in liquidation.
The Welsh Government said the Dragon Feeds received a £1.03m grant from the Welsh European Funding Office, and it would try and recover the money.
Ragworm is used to make fish food for the commercial sector and is a source of protein.
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This is obviously a very sad day for all those who have lost jobs at the Dragon Feeds ragworm farm”
Simon Hart MP
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire MP Simon Hart MP said: 'This is obviously a very sad day for all those who have lost jobs at the Dragon Feeds ragworm farm, but I have been investigating the funding of this project for more than a year and I think some urgent answers are now needed."
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COASTEERING SESSIONS NOW ON BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT | MorfaBay Adventure
COASTEERING SESSIONS NOW ON BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT | MorfaBay Adventure: "Coasteering sessions now available for the summer period.
Why not get out there and try this exhilarating activity while taking in some spectacular views of the Pembrokeshire Coastline. One certainly not to be missed.
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Why not get out there and try this exhilarating activity while taking in some spectacular views of the Pembrokeshire Coastline. One certainly not to be missed.
Call Jono on 01994 452 090 to book your place."
RNLI Summer Series, Pendine Sands - Pendine Sands Beach, Pendine | Saturday, 27 Aug
RNLI Summer Series, Pendine Sands - Pendine Sands Beach, Pendine | Saturday, 27 Aug: "RNLI Summer Series, Pendine Sands: Come and join in the RNLI Summer Series on Pendine Sands and help save a life at sea.
The RNLI have a 10k and 5k fun run taking place on the beach on Pendine Sands and all the money raised from the event will go to the local RNLI lifeguards.
For more information or the register, please contact Hannah on 0121 780 6960 or visit the website.
RNLI Summer Series, Pendine Sands at Pendine Sands Beach in Pendine, Carmarthenshire on Saturday, 27 August 2011.
For more information about RNLI Summer Series, Pendine Sands, please contact 0121 780 6960, or see event details on the left.
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Welsh beach becomes world’s largest set for a stop-motion film | Metro.co.uk
Welsh beach becomes world’s largest set for a stop-motion film | Metro.co.uk
Look very carefully and you’ll realise that everything is not as it seems.
What at first looks like a child’s sand sculpture is actually a gigantic film set for a stop-motion animation feature.
What at first looks like a child’s sand sculpture is actually a gigantic film set for a stop-motion animation feature.
The beach is real – but so is the fisherman and the boat, filmed over a 1,000sq m (11,000sq ft) stretch of shore at Pendine Sands in South Wales – making it the world’s biggest set of its kind.
The short film was made by animators and student volunteers over just one week, using three Nokia N8 smartphones attached to a cherry picker 36m (118ft) in the air.
‘Gulp’, from Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman Animations, is released today and tells the story of a lone fisherman who becomes fishfood himself before ... well, that would spoil the ending.
Co-director Will Studd said: ‘The film was a huge test of planning and coordination with mother nature. We were incredibly lucky with conditions and tide times – sometimes we got our final frame for the day just as the waves crashed in around our set.’
Prop designers built a life-size fishing boat, used by a ‘fisherman’ – pixelation artist William Todd. The fish, seagulls and sea were created with rakes.
Last year the team set the record for the world’s tiniest stop-motion character – a 9mm star called Dot.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/871193-welsh-beach-becomes-world-s-largest-set-for-a-stop-motion-film#ixzz1TuX15YZx
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