07.42, Monday 11 Sep 2000

On teletext, but not the web this morning:

Whale means weighty problem for welsh

A four-tonne dead whale is causing an unusual waste disposal headache in south Wales.

The carcass of the 27ft mammal was washed-up and became stuck on rocks at Oxwich Bay in the Gower penisula.

The huge animal has either to be cut up on the beach or towed back out to sea and disposed of there.

The National Truth and Swansea Council environmental health department are meeting to decide what to do.

They should blow it up.