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Welsh planning to crack down on 'free sheets'

Councils in Wales could face a clampdown on publishing free newspapers after the Welsh Government promised to review the issue.

Councils in Wales could face a clampdown on publishing free newspapers after the Welsh Government promised to review the issue.

Commercial newspapers claim ‘free sheets' are unfair competition, and new figures obtained by BBC Wales indicate they cost more than £1m a year to produce.

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