内容摘要：But figures obtained by the BBC show that in south Wales, grassfires have increased by 1,200% from the same time period last year.

But figures obtained by the BBC show that in south Wales, grassfires have increased by 1,200% from the same time period last year.

Mally Armitage said he had not used the beach due to "the raw sewage that's been pumped into the ocean and the recent incident with the tanker", referring toJerry Ashton said: "You can't have inaccurate information otherwise there's no point having any information is there?

"It doesn't worry me too much but, if I was a surfer, and we do have surfers here, or one of the ladies that goes swimming in it, then I'd be extremely concerned."Yorkshire Water said the repair work would be completed by the end of June.A planning row over plans to build an industrial-scale chicken farm in a county will be the subject of a High Court judicial review from Wednesday.

Scientist Dr Alison Caffyn says Shropshire Council has failed to consider the impact that such large poultry sheds could have on the River Severn and the local environment.The council said it took technical advice from the Environment Agency and Natural England before planning permission was granted.

The review will be held over two days at the Cardiff Justice Centre but the judge is not expected to reach a decision until the autumn.

"There are now 60 to 70 chickens for every single person that lives in Shropshire and that's too many," Dr Caffyn said.In September 1999 the novelist Jeffrey Archer was selected by party members, beating Steve Norris.

But in a plot twist reminiscent of one of his books, Archer withdrew from the race a few months later after it was alleged he had committed perjury in a famous libel case.Lord Archer had secured the Conservative nomination with backing from former prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, who in 1992 had made him a peer.

Five years earlier, in 1987, Archer had won a libel case against The Daily Star which published a story that he had paid off a sex worker called Monica Coghlan.After his selection as a mayoral candidate, a former friend of Archer's told the News of the World that he had lied in the libel trial and asked him to provide a false alibi.