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The River Kenfig winding between grassy banks and reedbeds at Kenfig National Nature Reserve, with dunes on the horizon
Afan Wastewater Treatment Works

KENFIG: ‘Unacceptable’ — Welsh Water under investigation over sewage pollution of River Kenfig

Natural Resources Wales says the scale of environmental damage to the River Kenfig is "unacceptable" — as it builds a…

Farmers' Union of Wales (check the l-r against the actual photo). Alt: Ian Rickman and Dai Miles standing together after their re-election as the Farmers' Union of Wales presidential team.
Farmers Union of Wales

LLANDEILO: Carmarthenshire farmer re-elected to lead Farmers’ Union of Wales

Ian Rickman, who farms sheep, beef and Wagyu calves on a 220-acre upland farm near Llandeilo, will continue as FUW…

Aerial view of a scrapyard crane lifting crushed vehicle remains from a pile of scrap metal
Cannabis

RESOLVEN: Crushed! Van used to dump cannabis farm waste in Neath Valley forest is destroyed — after five prosecuted

The tipper van used to fly-tip cannabis farm waste in Rheola Forestry has been crushed by Neath Port Talbot Council…

Glan Lash opencast coal mine viewed from above
Ammanford

COAL MINING: Plans for UK’s last outstanding opencast mine rejected near Ammanford

Carmarthenshire Council has refused an application to extend the Glan Lash mine, citing damage to protected woodland, peatland and one…

Aerial view of the part-demolished former Godre'rgraig Primary School, with an excavator working on cleared ground and rubble beside the remaining arched stone wall along Graig Road.
coal tip

GODRE’RGRAIG: Council responds as campaigners question how tip above demolished school was recorded

Neath Port Talbot Council has answered a campaign group's questions about how the tip above the former Godre'rgraig school was…

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Headquarters (Image: Google Maps)
David Chadwick MP

WELSH WATER: £44.7m sewage package confirmed — but critics say it is too little, too late

An enforcement package forcing Welsh Water to spend £44.7m fixing its sewage failures has been confirmed by the regulator —…

a tray of white eggs on white table
brown eggs

EGGS: Welsh free-range farmers in the frame as Sainsbury’s ditches brown eggs for white in net-zero drive

The supermarket says white eggs have a lower carbon footprint — but the switch lands on a Welsh egg sector…

River Tawe at Trebanos (Image: Fish Safe)
First Minister of Wales

RIVER TAWE: First Minister orders investigation after sewage and sickness concerns raised in Senedd

Rhun ap Iorwerth has asked Natural Resources Wales to investigate after Members of the Senedd raised reports of people falling…

A side-by-side image of the Bacon Hole cave rock surface, the right showing enhanced red striped painted marks.
archaeology

GOWER: Cave art found on the Gower coast confirmed as the oldest in Britain

Painted marks in Bacon Hole cave, long dismissed as natural staining, have been confirmed as the work of human hands…

A large pile of black planters, growing medium and sheeting fly-tipped on a forestry track surrounded by trees
Cannabis

RESOLVEN: Five fined more than £6,800 after cannabis farm waste dumped in Neath Valley forest

A document left among the rubbish helped convict five fly-tippers who dumped the remains of a cannabis farm on protected…