And for a country who watched cockney-geezer Vinne Jones captain their national football team, Dougherty's Welsh green card is in the post.

BBC: Home hopes fade at Celtic Manor

Welsh hurdles rival Green, who won world 4x400m relay silver in 2009, is Britain's number one this year with a season's best time of 48.96 secs.

BBC: Welsh athletics given Commonwealth Games target

The Welsh government has published a green paper asking whether a Public Health Bill is needed.

BBC: Wales' top doctor proposes fast food ban near schools

The opposition party will put pressure on the government to tackle energy insecurity through investment in renewable energy, and investment in developing the 'green skills' of the Welsh construction sector, as laid out in a recent paper 'Skills for Eco-Refurbishment'.

BBC: Plaid Cymru debate

If all 15 wind farms are given the green light by Powys County Council and the Welsh government - and the large schemes over 50 megawatts by the UK government - hundreds of new turbines would join those already installed on the hills.

BBC: Mid Wales

Conservative AM Mark Isherwood called on the Welsh government to maximise the benefits of the UK Government's Green Deal policy.

BBC: Plaid Cymru debate on energy

There are plans to showcase Welsh composer Lynne Plowman's first ever opera ''Gwyneth and the Green Knight' in the spring, following a successful tour of Wales and England in 2002.

BBC: Opera House forges Welsh links

The four infantry battalions to disappear are the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, the 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards), the 3rd Battalion the Mercian Regiment and the 2nd Battalion the Royal Welsh.

BBC: Army to lose 17 units amid job cuts