TRUMP ‘STEPS IN TO STOP WYLFA NEWYDD SALE TO CHINA’:

REPORTS SUGGEST ANGLESEY NUCLEAR SITE AT CENTRE OF ESCALATING TENSIONS

A SHOCKED Anglesey farmer found six sheepdog pups dumped in his livestock trailer at the weekend.

Carwyn Thomas, of Plas Coedana, near Llannerchymedd, went into the yard of his farm at about 7.30am, and found the animals. He said they were extremely hungry and five were very under nourished.

Carwyn placed them in a clean, warm stable and gave them food and water.

He later posted a photo of them online to see if anyone recognised the animals or knew who owned them.

He said he has no idea

DONALD Trump is understood to have intervened in discussions about the next generation of nuclear power on Anglesey.

According to reports, the US president’s administration warned Hitachi, the company behind the site, not to sell it on to the Chinese government.

The intervention is a sign of escalating tensions between the Americans and the Chinese, according to the Times.

It is reported the White House was heaping pressure on Hitachi – which is a Japaneseowned company – not to sell on its interest in the site to Beijing. where the dogs came from or who left them in his yard.

Carwyn was inundated with calls offering to help look after the dogs and to provide them good homes

“It was overwhelming really, the offers of help and I’m very grateful.

“My first concern was to find the owner but on looking at them carefully they were in a poor state, had not been microchipped and I concluded they would not be claimed.

“My main priority then became to ensure they go to loving homes and not be put down.

“There were so many

Plans new nuclear on Anglesey to replace the old

Wylfa site were put on hold in January 2019, but the UK government is understood to be keen to see some sort of second generation plant on the island.

Welsh Secretary Simon Hart recently said there was “real enthusiasm” for a new Wylfa project on Anglesey.

But the plans have long met for a plant people commenting, and whilst I have no doubt that their intentions are great, I can’t possibly vet people for suitability etc. This is of course, presuming that no one comes forward, which wasn’t looking likely.

“I tried calling the local dog warden but they don’t work at the weekends and eventually I contacted the North Clwyd Animal Rescue centre and they came and collected them,” he said.

Carwyn said he was very grateful to the volunteers from the rescue centre who travelled to Anglesey on a Saturday night to pick up the animals. with opposition, both from anti-nuclear power groups and also from some islanders.

It was hoped the Wylfa

Newydd project would be completed by the middle of the 2020s.

But the £12bn project was shelved after the Japanese tech giant failed to reach a funding deal with the UK government under Theresa May.

Anglesey council has consistently championed the economic benefits of such a development, which was cited to provide around 6% of the UK’s electricity and to create 8,500 jobs during construction and another 850 over its 60-year operational lifespan.

Hopes remain it revived if a new arrangement is struck. could be funding