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Welsh farmers protest in Rhyl as First Minister Mark Drakeford visits the town

The First Minister said farmers had 'nothing better to do' but protest and had blamed Brexit for changes to farm subsidies

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Welsh farmers have protested in Rhyl after First Minister Mark Drakeford visited the town to open a £13m engineering centre at Coleg Llandrillo
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Welsh farmers have protested in Rhyl after First Minister Mark Drakeford visited the town to open a £13m engineering centre at Coleg Llandrillo

Farmers have staged a 'go-slow' protest in Rhyl in 'frustration' of Government policies and their future in Wales as First Minister Mark Drakeford visited the town. The First Minister had turned up...

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