In 1966, a spoil-heap landslide crushed Pantglas Primary School in the coal-mining village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, ...

GLYNNEATH (Reuters) - Two decades ago, Britain was shutting collieries and coal miners were staging desperate and sometimes violent strikes in a vain attempt to save their jobs. Now, near-record high ...

The amount of public money available to make Welsh coal tips safe "only scratches the surface", according to evidence heard by a parliamentary committee. The Welsh Affairs Select Committee was told ...

Act passed through the Senedd earlier this year and will help to establish a new body to oversee sites from 2027 | ITV News Wales ...

Welsh scientists have mapped the hidden microbes thriving in south Wales’s abandoned coal mines, helping to overcome obstacles to using mine water to heat Britain’s homes. With an estimated ...

About 800,000 homes and businesses across Wales are being leafleted as part of an awareness campaign around coal tip safety following two significant landslides in recent years. People will be ...

The team revive a working model of a Welsh coal mine, original plans for a British engineering classic and a Victorian ...