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A cancer charity is clawing its way into the debate with a special new flag.

Skin Care Cymru's Don’t Be A Lobster banner at the Rotunda flag pole outside the Guildhall in Swansea is the first to be hefted on the pole in several years.

It was raised yesterday by David Hopkins, the Lord Mayor of Swansea.

The flag is one of 30 flying at famous landmarks in Wales from March 1 to 10 to highlight the risks that exposure to the sun can have on skin.

In just ten years, skin cancer diagnosis rates in Wales have risen by 63 per cent.

The event was part of the Social Flag Project, which aims to return Swansea’s civic flagpole to use by flying flags which promote good causes. A new flag will be hoisted and flown from the flagpole each month