Chinayesterdaysufferedan embarrassingOlympicsetback as the ticketingsystem for the August 2008 Beijinggames crumbled in the faceofoverwhelmingdemand from localsports fans.
The UK government's decision to protect NHS spending usually offers some protection to the Welsh budget, although the Press Association reported yesterday that devolved governments would face the same 2 per cent cut (over two years) in their budgets.
And we deployed more than 3 million feet of hard and sorbent boom, including an additional 100, 000 just yesterday for these parishes in Louisiana that face the greatest threat.