Environment
AFAN FOREST: NRW sets out ten years of felling and replanting for the valley’s forest and bike trails
Natural Resources Wales has published its draft plan for what gets felled, replanted and restored over the next decade. Comments…
‘PRETTY WEEDY CITY’: Council blames record summer for Swansea’s overgrown kerbs, then admits the spraying started late
Conservative councillors say the streets fell "well below the standard residents should reasonably expect". The cabinet member says they "may…
SOLAR ECLIPSE: The dos and don’ts of watching tonight’s 93% eclipse safely
The deepest eclipse over Wales since 1999 happens this evening. The damage from watching it wrong is painless at the…
SOLAR ECLIPSE: How to watch Wednesday’s 90% eclipse from Swansea Bay
Nine in ten parts of the sun will vanish behind the moon on Wednesday evening, the deepest eclipse seen from…
MICHAEL SHEEN: Toxic waste investigation Buried finally gets its air date
The Port Talbot star's two-part series on the "forever chemicals" allegedly dumped near Welsh farms and homes airs on Monday…
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…
MORRISTON: Hospital A&E ditches bottled water for jugs — saving more than £13,500 a year
Morriston Hospital's emergency department has swapped bottled water for jugs filled from a cold-water tap, in a switch the health…
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…
GOWERTON: Persimmon’s Fairwood Terrace plans dealt massive blow as Welsh Government orders full environmental assessment
Campaigners fighting Persimmon Homes' proposed 216-home development at Fairwood Terrace in Gowerton have won a landmark ruling after a Welsh…
FLOOD FIX: Funding confirmed to finally tackle Killay Square and Gower road misery after years of chaos
An £800,000 drainage scheme at Killay Square is set to go ahead this year — while the long-suffering A4118 on…
Worm researcher from Llanelli wins £110,000 scholarship to study how medicines pollute our rivers
Ben Williams thought he was just applying for a scholarship. He ended up becoming one of only four people in…