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Plans to transform a mid Wales castle into a museum of Welsh paintings have fallen through.
Art historian Peter Lord looked at locating the museum at the currently rundown 12th Century Cardigan Castle.
But he is now considering alternative locations in Wales although he refused to reveal his reasons.
Ceredigion Council, which owns the property, is set to start an 18-month feasibility study to examine possible uses for the building.
Project manager David Maynard, of Ceredigion Council, said he would have welcomed the castle’s transformation into a museum, but said Mr Lord felt plans were progressing too slowly.
Mr Lord said he had received excellent co-operation from the council but had now decided to investigate other possible locations for the museum.
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 Without the museum we will struggle to find a good use for it (the castle)  David Maynard
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Mr Lord, who lives near Aberystwyth, refused to comment further.
It is understood an initial 200 paintings had been acquired for the project and that Mr Lord had been in discussion with the council for a year.
He had managed to raise some money towards the museum too from a elderly sponsor.
The council’s Mr Maynard said: “It’s not been an easy decision for him (Mr Lord).
“He is looking for another location because things are not progressing quickly enough.
“Without the museum we will struggle to find a good use for it (the castle).”
Cardigan county councillor Mair Morris said it was a “great loss” to Cardigan that Mr Lord had decided to look elsewhere.
Restore
The castle failed to make the final of the BBC’s Restoration last year.
A few weeks later Ceredigion Council received more than 200,000 in grants to help restore the castle.
A report was commissioned as well to advise councillors on the best way to restore the castle.
The council has also been seeking a buyer for the 12th Century building.
Cardigan Castle, which is believed to have hosted the first eisteddfod in 1176, was bought by the county council in 2003 after falling into disrepair.
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Trials of a new male contraceptive are being expanded in the US after overwhelming initial interest.
Men have been eager to test the device which is designed as an alternative to surgical vasectomy.
The Intra Vas Device or IVD, inserted via a small hole made in the scrotum, is a tiny silicone plug that blocks the tube sperm travel along in the body.
In a pilot study involving 30 men the IVD was effective. Studies in monkeys also showed it was reversible.
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 Men want to control their own destinies  Elaine Lissner of the Male Contraception Information Project
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Extensive tests are now needed to check the same would be true in men using the device for years rather than months.
Traditional vasectomy - where the two vas deferens tubes connecting the testicles and the penis are cut - can be reversed in some men to restore fertility, but it is designed to be a permanent contraceptive.
Elaine Lissner, from the non-profit US organisation Male Contraception Information Project in San Francisco, said: “It is a lot easier to pull the plugs out than to find the best, most expensive micro-surgeon to sew a vas deferens back together.
“But we know that in vasectomy, even if you can get sperm flowing again, the chances of pregnancy go down by about 10% for each year the man had the vasectomy. Only time will tell if it’s the same for IVD.”
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There are many contraceptive choices available to couples, but currently only really two that rely on the man - condoms and vasectomy.
Ms Lissner said men want to take responsibility and control of contraception.
She said: “At least in the US, the idea that men aren’t willing to participate is clearly out of date.
“Men want to control their own destinies.”
Stopping sperm
A recent study of over 9,000 men in nine countries on four continents showed more than 60% of men in Spain, Germany, Mexico and Brazil expressed willingness to use a new male contraceptive.
These men said they would like to relieve their partners of some of the contraceptive burden in their relationship or would simply like a reliable backup to condoms.
Investigators are looking at using hormonal methods, similar to the female pill or implants.
In the pilot, men had no sperm or too few in their semen to cause pregnancy
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These have the advantage of being readily reversible, meaning a man could use it repeatedly at different times in his life, stopping to have children in between.
But these act on the whole body and can have unwanted side effects, like the female pill. Some men also say they do not find hormonal methods acceptable because they feel it somehow threatens their masculinity.
Scientists have been searching for less invasive, localised, non-hormonal and reversible male contraceptives.
Surgeons have tested a silicone gel that can be injected through the skin of the scrotum directly into the vas deferens where it will block sperm.
The main concern about the IVD and the gel is the build up of pressure behind the plug, which, theoretically, could damage the sperm production houses in the testes.
Researchers in China are working on a mesh-like vas deferens plug that intentionally allows small amounts of sperm through, which would not be plentiful enough to cause a pregnancy but may get round the problem of back pressure.
Trials
Shepherd Medical Company will begin testing its IVD on October 16. Originally the researchers had planned to include male volunteers from St Paul, Minnesota, but have expanded trials due to demand.
All of the men taking part have finished having children and would otherwise desire a vasectomy. They will test the IVD for two years.
UK regulators said they were not aware of any similar trials planned in the UK.
Dr Richard Anderson from the University of Edinburgh, who has been investigating hormonal male contraceptives in the UK, said: “This would be a very attractive alternative to vasectomy.
“But even if it is potentially reversible after a few years, it would still not be a contraceptive that could be put in and taken out repeatedly for spacing your family, for example.”
Dr Allan Pacey, a fertility expert from the University of Sheffield, said: “The current options for men are somewhat limited or unacceptable so there is a big market for an effective, reversible male contraceptive.”
However, he was concerned that a device that blocks the passage of sperm could potentially result in later fertility problems - even after it was removed from the body.
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British Airways has decided to ground its Washington flights for a second day. BBC News Online looks at what you can do and what rights you have if your journey has been disrupted.
If my flight is cancelled, how can I get my money back?
British Airways says it will offer customers who were booked on cancelled or suspended flights a refund of the original ticket price, the possibility of re-booking or an alternative route.
BA operates 33 flights to the US each day, and with American domestic airlines offering an extensive range of internal routes, getting to Washington should still be on the cards.
Any compensation over and above the ticket price will be decided upon on a case by case basis, BA says.
Passengers seeking information can ring BA on 0870 850 9850.
What if I’ve already booked accommodation in Washington?
People with accommodation bookings in Washington should contact their travel agent or hotel company to seek alternative travel dates or destinations, or to ask for a refund.
If this is unsuccessful, people who paid using a credit card have another potential route.
If you paid with a card, bought direct, and your ticket cost more than 100, you could lodge a claim with your credit card company.
This is because under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act, the credit card company is jointly liable.
This also extends to travel services.
Will my travel insurance pay if I am concerned about the security situation and, in general, don’t want to visit Washington ?
Travel insurance will not cover “disinclination to travel” and many policies have exclusions for cancellations for this type of problem.
Check your policy to find out more.
If the Foreign Office, however, deems your destination unsafe, tour operators and airlines will normally step in and offer alternatives.
There is currently no warning from the Foreign Office against travelling to the US, but it has said that passengers should expect more delays at airports and tighter security.
Where can I find out whether it is safe to travel to a particular country - and keep up to date with the latest news?
The first port of call for up-to-date travel advice is the Foreign Office.
Advice can be obtained by calling 0870 6060290 or through the department’s website.
BBC Ceefax page 470 and the government’s UK Online portal also carry the latest warnings.
Where can I get more information about my rights?
The Air Transport Users Council (ATUC) can investigate queries from passengers on scheduled flights.
It can be contacted at: CAA House, 45-59 Kingsway, London WC2B 6TE. Telephone 020 7240 7071.
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A council is to bear the financial costs of resolving a row over the paint used at Bath’s spa project.
The 26m scheme to reopen Bath’s spa pools to the public has already been delayed several times.
There is an ongoing disagreement between building contractor Mowlem and Bath and North East Somerset Council over peeling paint at the pools.
A spokesman for BaNES said: “The costs involved are substantial and may range from between 3.4 to 4.3m.”
In October 2003, a High Court judge ruled building contractor Mowlem should strip paint from the pools to discover what was causing the problem.
In January, the company applied to overturn the original order.
Bath and North East Somerset Council (BaNES) and Mowlem were then locked in a dispute over the paint which was coming loose from four swimming pools at the site.
In February Lord Justice Mance upheld a court order requiring construction firm Mowlem to allow another contractor on to the site to test the paint.
At the same time Mowlem was ordered to finish the job.
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 The costs involved in analysing and resolving the paint issue are substantial
BaNES spokesman
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The judge said further delays to the project would cause “unquantifiable” damage to the local economy and public confidence.
BaNES has now confirmed its decision to replace the defective paint on the four pools with an alternative two-part epoxy paint.
A spokesman said: “In order to reduce loss and delay in difficult circumstances not of its own making, the council has no reasonable alternative but to take control itself.
“This means initially accepting responsibility for the costs of the remedial work. However, the council expects to be seeking recovery of these costs from accountable parties.
“Mowlem has been instructed to establish a firm programme for completion and initial estimates suggest that, with the co-operation of Mowlem, work will be completed by the autumn of this year.”
The spa project is funded in part by an 8m Millennium Commission grant.
There remains no projected opening date.
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