By ERYL CRUMP WORK to monitor the sea around Wales moves up a gear this summer, as countryside and environment officials try to meet European directives. The Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) and Environment Agency Wales are starting new joint research projects.

And in separate accidents, two motorcyclists were killed on the same road. The boy was taken by air ambulance to hospital in Hereford with spinal and head injuries. The RAF took three patients to hospital at Shrewsbury.

By DAVID GREENWOOD A NORTH Wales couple have given up managing nature reserves in the Indian Ocean to run their own sea zoo.

By ERYL CRUMP COUNTRYSIDE bosses last night accused quadbike-riding cockle fishermen of damaging an internationally important nature reserve. Countryside Council of Wales (CCW) officials said the cockle beds at Traeth Lafan, on the Menai Strait, near Bangor, should be closed.

By ERYL CRUMP COUNTRYSIDE bosses last night accused quadbike-riding cockle fishermen of damaging an internationally important nature reserve. Countryside Council of Wales (CCW) officials said the cockle beds at Traeth Lafan, on the Menai Strait, near Bangor, should be closed.