Environment and Farming
HEATWAVE: Hotter than Ibiza, Istanbul and the Maldives — south Wales set to be the UK’s hotspot this weekend
Forecast maps put south Wales at the top of the UK temperature charts today and tomorrow at 32°C — warmer…
GOWER: The ‘cow firefighters’ — how a shared herd is grazing away the fuel that feeds the commons’ wildfires
A Penmaen grazier and her neighbours have clubbed together to put cattle back on the Gower Commons — eating the…
LLANELLI: ‘Like a plague’ — flies swarm Seaside homes and pubs as shops sell out of spray and the council investigates
Shops have sold out of fly spray and more than 800 residents have joined a Facebook group tracking the infestation…
WALES NATURE WEEK: Bug hunts, dune safaris and a green gathering — nine days of nature on your doorstep from tomorrow
Wales Nature Week returns from 4–12 July with a packed programme across Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire — kicking…
BYNEA: Solar farm ‘would force closure of wellbeing sanctuary for children with additional needs’, councillor warns
Campaigners fighting a 120-acre solar development near Llanelli say it would shut a farm that gives children with additional learning…
SWANSEA: Llangyfelach recycling firm secures £2m loan to build major new sorting plant
Griffiths Waste Management has been backed with a £2m loan to build a new recycling facility near Swansea that the…
GOWER: Volunteers find sewage at beaches after heavy rain — but most winter water rated good or excellent
A second winter of testing by Gower volunteers rated 90% of samples good or excellent, but detected sewage at several…
GORSEINON: Green jobs plan for old car parts factory to be complete by 2028 as recycling firm adds second site
The former Toyoda Gosei plant in Gorseinon — which shed hundreds of jobs when it closed in 2021 — is…
HEAT PUMP GRANT: Welsh homes on heating oil offered £9,000 to switch — as oil prices bite
Thousands of rural Welsh households hit by soaring heating oil prices are being offered a bigger grant to rip out…
HEATWAVE: Thunderstorms set to break the heat — as Swansea Bay faces a stormy end to its hottest spell
The Met Office has warned of thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds across Swansea Bay from tonight into Friday morning, as…