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The South Wales company behind a revolutionary new cooking appliance is celebrating success in the Government’s new ‘Greenius’ (Green Genius) awards. Clyne Energy Ltd is the firm behind the LoCooker – a new concept in cooking. And it is one of a number of cutting-edge British firms to pick up an award in a new national competition launched by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in a bid to accelerate the UK’s green agenda “It is a wonderful achievement to gain recognition from the Government for our LoCooker and pick up a Greenius award,” said Clyne Energy chairman Professor Ken Board. “We think we’ve got a product that lines up there as a world-beating idea. It very much a ‘made-in-Wales’ venture. The idea for the LoCooker was conceived here and we are currently in production at our base in Llanelli. “We are very proud of the Greenius award, which we recognise as a massive seal of approval for the LoCooker. “The Greenius awards relate specifically to innovative solutions in food,...

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg took time out to catch up with the work of the Healing The Wounds charity when he visited the Welsh Lib-Dems annual conference. “He was very interested in our work and what we are going to fund treatment of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) in Wales,” said charity co-founder and Executive Director Kevin Richards. “It was plain that he has a great awareness of the issue and he wanted to catch up on all our latest activities.” Mr Clegg visited the Healing The Wounds stand at the conference with the leader of the Welsh Lib-Dems Kirsty Williams AM. Mr Richards said: “We are very grateful to Kirsty Williams as she has been a keen supporter of the charity. She has seen first hand how treatment programmes for PTSD have helped one of her constituents. She has always been very supportive of our work. “Mr Clegg asked plenty of questions and we were able to brief him on how we have started to help PTSD victims in Wales and what future treatment programmes we h...