From tonight's Evening Leader:

Karen Sinclair, AM for Clwyd South, said: “I am furious at the Minister’s decision not to quash the planning permission on the Hafod site and bitterly disappointed he has let the decision of the local authority stand.”

Could it be that Karen is furious because this will cost her a place on the Cardiff Bay gravy train next May? Martyn Jones seems less bothered. He says he will use his "contacts" to stop Merseyside... something he was talking about three months ago. What exactly have you done, Martyn?

Martyn Jones, MP for Clwyd South said: “Obviously this is very disappointing news. I hoped the Assembly Minister would have overturned the council’s decision.

“The fact remains, however, that the actual culprits in all of this are Merseyside local authorities and their virtually complete dependence on landfilling their waste.

“I will be working to put as much pressure as I possibly can on those local authorities, and, via my contacts with DEFRA ministers, to ensure that all those authorities on Merseyside recycle considerably more of their waste, and end the plight of people in Johnstown.”