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Royal Welsh Show to stay in school holidays

Wales' Cabinet Secretary for Education Lynne Neagle said ‘opinion was hugely divided' on the proposal to change the school calendar year

Rachael Brown
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Royal Welsh Show to stay in school holidays

Farming groups have welcomed the Welsh Government's decision to not go ahead with plans to change school holidays in this Senedd term. Royal Welsh Show Wales' Cabinet Secretary for Education Lynne...

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