very early, been here the best part of two hours already, but as you said it is really filling up now. that is adam price nearest the camera, the leader of plaid cymru, jane dodge, leader of the welsh liberal democrats next to him and then andrew rt davies, leader of the welsh tories in the senedd, there is party unity, that is the llywydd, a plaid cymru senedd member, two andrew rt davies s right. as gethin said, you have politicians, you have members of the armed services. the emergency services, farming unions, businesses, and right at the back on the left you can see the cadets and various younger people have been invited especially along for the occasion today. they reckon about 440 people in all is the capacity and they come i can tell you now, have been all smiles since they got here about an hour or so ago. the first thing you ll notice at home
they will be able to carry out checks on cancer patients and scans to see whether people need surgery for things such as knee and hip replacements. ministers hope the new centres will reduce waiting times for routine operations, and ease pressure on hospitals. the green party has elected two new leaders. carla denyer and adrian ramsay are now the co leaders of the party after jonathan bartley stood down, and sian berry chose not to seek re election. tens of thousands of pigs may have to be culled, if the government doesn t take urgent action to ease a labour shortage which is creating backlogs on farms across the country. that s the warning from farmers and farming unions, who are calling for more visas to be issued to allow skilled workers from mainland europe to enter the uk. our rural affairs correspondent, claire marshall, reports. pig farmers despair at the impact of the staffing crisis facing many abattoirs. if mature pics can t be taken away
tens of thousands of pigs may have to be culled if the government doesn t take urgent action to ease a labour shortage which is creating backlogs on farms across the country. that s the warning from farmers and farming unions, who are calling for more visas to be issued to allow skilled workers from mainland europe to enter the uk. our rural affairs correspondent, claire marshall, reports. pig farmers say they re desperate and in despair at the impact of the staffing crisis facing many abbatoirs. if mature pigs can t be taken away, it leads to overcrowding on farms, which could cause serious animal welfare and hygiene issues. once pigs get too big, retailers don t want to buy them. a friend of the farmer who was forced to slaughter his piglets on his farm said he d been destroyed by it. according to the british meat processors association, before brexit and the pandemic, around 80% of the staff in two of the uk s biggest meat processing centres were from eastern europe. the government
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