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Weighing Up the Options After Your Exam Results ; Laura Davis On the Day That Ends Months of Work and Worry for a- Level Students

WHILE to most people August may mean lazy, sunny days, to teenagers awaiting their exam results it can be a time of dread. Today is the day weeks of worry will end for many youngsters, as they collect their A-level results and start planning a new future.

Your First Steps to the Future

THAT Day has finally arrived! But don't get in a stew. Here's how to make the most of your A-Level results, with the help of Careers Wales. As those long-awaited envelopes are eagerly ripped open today, some will be celebrating their AS and A-Level results; but for others, it could prove a day of disappointment.

Cathedral's Cattle Are Heading for Pastures New

FOR more than a century Welsh Black cattle have grazed contentedly in the shadow of St David's Cathedral. But soon the cattle will disappear from the picture as owners John and Pauline Beynon put their famous Tyddewi herd up for sale.

Put World's Best Beef Back On Sale ; Unions Want Anti-Bse Restrictions Lifted On Animals Over 30 Months

GOVERNMENT ministers must cast off Welsh beef's shackles and allow meat from older cattle to go back on sale as soon as possible. Wales's farm unions insist consumers should no longer be denied access to some of the world's finest beef.

A University Place Might Be Yours Through the Clearing System

EVEN if your child does not match the grades for their conditional offer, they may still be able to get a place through the clearing system. Around 35,000 people each year find a place through the programme.

When It's Bad News Come Results Day ; Not Everybody Will Get What They Need From Their a-Levels - but There Are Still Options, Writes Laura Davis

THE waiting is over and your child's results have arrived. For many A-level candidates today will be a red-letter day, but for others that long-awaited envelope will contain, not a passport to the university course of their dreams, but the dreaded news that their best efforts have not been enough to secure the grades they needed. If your offspring falls into this unfortunate category then don't worry - it's never as bad as they think it's going to be and they have still plenty of options if t...

College Enrolments: Watch Those Pennies

ACCORDING to studentUK.com, you will almost certainly get into debt while at university. In some cases, debts mount up to the tune of anything between pounds 10,000 and pounds 20,000. However, remember that ultimately you have control over your wallet, and the responsibility will rest on your shoulders. So expect to become an expert at handling those loans and watching the dosh.

Life Style: Good Health Is Child's Play ; Laura Davis Discovers a Truly Healthy Environment Where Children Can Exercise

FAT parents pass on their unhealthy ways to their children, new research has revealed. It is no surprise that youngsters who grow up in families with bad eating habits and inactive lifestyles are more likely to grow into obese adults.

View From the Farm Gate: Tradesmen's Entrance for the Peasants

WE HAD a successful Eisteddfod at the Faenol Estate in Bangor: apart from the rain, the mud and the queues, that is. Getting a glimpse of what was once behind the Faenol wall was interesting: it was intriguing to see how the "werin" were kept out.

Welsh Cured Beef with a Taste of Italy

JONATHAN and Sally Rees aim to bring a taste of Italy to their Mid Wales organic farm. The couple, who trade under the name Welsh Farm Organics, and who have their own on-farm processing unit, have developed Maldwyn Cure, an organic air dried Welsh beef which has been compared to the classic Italian delicacy, Bresaola.

Turbines Will Cut Our Farms' Value ; Action Group Claims Noise Will Affect Milk Production

ANGRY farmers claim a planned wind farm in west Wales would slash the value of their holdings. An action group has been set up to lodge objections against a bid by Renewable Energy Systems to build 10 2MW turbines at Rhos Garn Wilgarn, Ceredigion.

Love Search

RURAL men outnumbered by women by 10-1 have launched an internet campaign to get dates. They claim the "farm lasses" in Alston, Cumbria, have left for the big cities - and left them with no chance of getting a girlfriend.

College Enrolments: Take a Year to See the World

MORE and more young people are taking the opportunity to take a year out before going to university, whether to work, study, travel, or even re-sit their exams. Taking a gap year is a chance for you to see the world, learn new skills or do some voluntary work. You can go practically anywhere in the world you want - from the USA and Kenya to South Africa and Australia - and there are even organisations which can help you along.

On the Grapevine

THE secret to beauty is simple according to celebrity make-up artist Bobbi Brown and throughout September Bobbi is inviting women to celebrate their beauty. There will be events on Bobbi Brown counters nationwide inviting you to have make-up consultationwhere professional artists will teach you all the best beauty techniques and leave you looking just like yourself - only prettier.

Pr Puff of the Week

WE ALL know that they don't call them killer heels for nothing but women Stateside have found an answer to the excruciating pain of towering stilettos. Trainer Yamuna Zake has launched Foot Walker classes in New York designed to wake up the muscles in the feet needed for walking in those nose-bleed inducing Manolos and promises attendees will be able to go from flats to four inchers without pain.

Life Style: Straight Addicts

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