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Bid to extend opencast mining at Ffos y Fran turned down by Merthyr Council

Ffos-y-Fran, the UK’s largest opencast mine, must close after Merthyr councillors turned down an application to keep it open until March 2024.

Idris Davies School’s Under-16s girls rugby team has won the National Schools Final at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.

Damage to the memorial garden in Deri, including one report of criminal damage, has prompted calls for CCTV in the area.

Ynysddu residents and councillors have described a “toxic smell” coming from the council-owned Ty Llwyd quarry.

Alison Jones, 75, started the petition around three weeks ago to keep Fit4Living in its current premises, the Buchan building.

The cost of renting a sports pitch in Caerphilly County Borough increased by 12% this month – leaving some football clubs worried about the future.

In its decision on the re-submission, the council said the loss of a retail unit for a restaurant is not justified.

More than 50 artists, writers and poets have had their work displayed at the Vanguard Centre’s Arts, Crafts and Literature exhibition.

Gerald Jones MP has spoken in parliament about the increasing need for working families to use food banks.

Welsh Government minister Julie Morgan apologised on behalf of the Welsh Government to victims of forced adoption between 1949 and 1976.