内容摘要：Farmers have been setting controlled fires in the late winter and spring for generations, said Sian Jones, 64, from Crymych in Pembrokeshire.

Farmers have been setting controlled fires in the late winter and spring for generations, said Sian Jones, 64, from Crymych in Pembrokeshire.

The fragile British consumer might not quite be ready, after years of rolling inflationary crises, for tough decisions on tax and spending.Consumer confidence was hit,

, and some retailers spooked by disappointing sales after this talk of pain.The chancellor was sending a message that the tax rises, when they come, will not primarily hit hard-pressed working families.She embraced the “choice” she made to give above-inflation pay rises to millions of public sector workers, saying she was willing to have a fight over it with the Conservatives.

Public spending will grow in real terms, or as she put it clearly in her speech there will be “no return to austerity”.The chancellor gave more detail about how she will prioritise investment spending, especially in infrastructure.

The plans she has inherited are for a cut in the share of the economy devoted to public investment.

“Growth is the challenge... and investment is the solution,” she said."Operations like this require information from the public telling us of any suspicious activity they might have seen or heard about," he added.

West Midlands Police said anyone with concerns about shops selling illegal or counterfeit items can report it via 101.When two white vapour trails cross the sky near the front line in eastern Ukraine, it tends to mean one thing. Russian jets are about to attack.

But what happened near the city of Kostyantynivka was unprecedented.and a new object quickly accelerated towards the other vapour trail until they crossed and a bright orange flash lit up the sky.