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Members had been restricting their hours since February 2023 in a dispute with Wales's 22 local councils.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024

Yet since the 5th century they had been restricting their operations to their own shores, and are barely heard of in the chronicles of their southern neighbours.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various