Earlier this year, in response to a high-level UN meeting on NCDs in 2011, the World Health Assembly set a global target to reduce premature NCD mortality by 25% by the year 2025.

FORBES: International Cardiology Groups Push For Aggressive Public Health Goals

Labour has criticised the Welsh Conservatives for not choosing women to fight key target seats in next year's assembly election.

BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Welsh Tories told to select women

Swansea University economics professor David Blackaby said the assembly government's employment target was put in place in June 2007 when the economy was booming.

BBC: Employment pledge 'may be missed'

This year the garden looks set to beat its target of 130, 000 visitors, supporting an assembly audit committee report which found it was now on a firmer financial footing.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | South West Wales | New chief for 'recovering' garden

The Housing Executive said it intended to use its land assembly powers to work with private developers to target investment towards urban areas.

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