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The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has warned people against lighting fires outdoors this week as dry vegetation across large areas of countryside is essentially "fuel for fire".

Mr Donachie warned against lighting fires and barbeques in the countryside.

Together they run a teashop in Bal'ad, when clan violence from the countryside intrudes upon their lives.

It warned that there was typically a large volume of "dead, bone-dry vegetation across large areas of countryside" at this time of year which acts as a fuel for fire.

They are proposing three major routes of pylons through the Welsh countryside in Powys, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, each spanning several miles.