16 h. ago Action group plans to take coal firm to court over restoration of Merthyr Tydfil Ffos y Fran opencast site

The group alleges the company is not honouring its original restoration promise

Events

33 h. ago Barcelona announce plan to take shock action against La Liga in furious statement

Barcelona have hit out at La Liga over the scheduling of some of their domestic fixtures this season less than 24 hours after a furious rant from their manager Hansi Flick

Events

44 h. ago UK set to launch £1,000,000,000 Tube line which will span 105 miles

Dubbed the 'Welsh Tube', the ambitious project will stretch a staggering 105 miles (170km), linking the capital Cardiff with outlying towns including Merthyr Tydfil, Treherbert and Aberdare.

Economics

3 d. ago Conservationists sue Trump administration over rollback of green policies

Lawsuit focuses on day-one executive order claiming to ‘unleash American energy’ by boosting oil industryConservationists on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its attempts to boost the oil industry by rolling back green policies.Filed by the environmental non-profit Center for Biological Diversity, the litigation focuses on Trump’s day-one “unleashing American energy” executive order. In an effort to boost already booming US energy production, the emergency declaration directed federal agencies to identify all policies and regulations that “unduly” burden fuel producers and create “action plans” to weaken or remove them. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Council plans legal action over ancient London oak felled by Toby Carvery

Council plans legal action over ancient London oak felled by Toby Carvery  The Guardian

Politics

4 d. ago Council plans legal action over ancient London oak felled by Toby Carvery | Trees and forests

Council plans legal action over ancient London oak felled by Toby Carvery | Trees and forests  The Guardian

Politics

5 d. ago Newmains Community Action Plan officially launched at NCT Centre event

Representatives from Newmains Community Trust (NCT), Newmains & District Community Council, Councillor Geraldine Woods, the council’s communities convener, local elected members, and North Lanarkshire Council’s Community Partnership Team attended the official launch.

Politics

8 d. ago Labour MP calls for Grangemouth action amid British Steel control plan

“The PM recognises the strategic importance of Scunthorpe steel, he really should do the same for Grangemouth oil.”

Politics

9 d. ago Members of crime gang involved in £72m cocaine conspiracy ordered to pay £2,500

Lloyd Jones, 30, and Jason Flannigan, 47, were members of the Merthyr Tydfil based enterprise which involved drug dealing on an almost industrial scale.

Economics

1 week ago Prince Harry spends second day in London court pushing for restoration of full U.K. security detail

Prince Harry spends second day in London court pushing for restoration of full U.K. security detail  CBS News

Events

1 week ago Prince Harry appears in London court to appeal case to have his security detail restored

Prince Harry appears in London court to appeal case to have his security detail restored  Global News

Events

1 week ago ‘All other avenues have been exhausted’: Is legal action the only way to save the planet?

Monica Feria-Tinta is one of a growing number of lawyers using the courts to make governments around the world take actionIn November 2024, Monica Feria-Tinta, a veteran of UN tribunals and the international criminal court, strode through a heavy black door into a Georgian building in London’s august legal district for a meeting about a tree in Southend. Affectionately known as Chester, the 150-year-old plane tree towers over a bus shelter in the centre of the Essex seaside town. The council wanted to cut it down and residents were fighting back – but they were running out of options. Katy Treverton, a local campaigner, had travelled from Southend to ask Feria-Tinta’s legal advice. “Chester is one of the last trees left in this part of Southend,” said Treverton, sitting at a large table in an airy meeting room. “Losing him would be losing part of the city’s identity.”Feria-Tinta nodded, deep-red fingernails clattering on her laptop as she typed. She paused and looked up. “Are we ent...

Politics

1 week ago Catalyst for climate action: The global event bringing fresh energy to planet

A decade on from the Paris Agreement, ChangeNOW 2025 is reinvigorating the desire for progress

Science

2 w. ago Action plan: CIAR BYRNE'S essential jobs for your garden this week

Tender plants need to be out in the garden by the end of this month once the risk of overnight frosts has passed But they need to be toughened up first, so the transition is not too much of a shock.

Politics

2 w. ago Dozens of families join plan for class action over UK police contact deaths

Lawsuit would be first of its kind against police officers, police chiefs and government departmentsMore than 100 relatives of people who have died after contact with the police in the UK since 1971 have joined plans for a class action lawsuit in pursuit of compensation and justice.The plan for group legal action was announced at the People’s Tribunal on Police Killings, a two-day event in which bereaved families presented evidence to a panel of international experts on how their relatives died and the long-term impact this has had on them. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Newmains councillor hails publication of area's five year Community Action Plan

Independent elected member Robert John McKendrick was speaking after the plan was published after extensive discussions with various community groups.

Politics

2 w. ago Independent councillor joins Labour run Merthyr Tydfil Council cabinet

Councillor Declan Sammon of the Dowlais and Pant Community Independents will have responsibility for transformation, governance, and social partnership

Politics

2 w. ago Concern raised over handling of council meeting minutes and recordings after some were omitted

The Independent group at Merthyr Tydfil Council referred to how 26 minutes of the original recording of the full council meeting of March 5 was omitted

Politics

2 w. ago Killer who had same murder conviction quashed twice is set to return to prison after Supreme Court 'restore' his sentence

A man who was twice found guilty of the same murder and had both convictions quashed has had the second judgement 'restored' following a Supreme Court ruling.

Events

2 w. ago ‘Conflict’ warning ahead of summer as 180,000 tourism workers in Spanish hotspot plan action

Chaos may be in store for holidaymakers heading to Majorca, in Spain, ahead of the summer season as 180,000 tourism sector workers plan industrial action following two months of negotiations

Events