These are the words of historian Norena Shopland, the author of new book Women in Welsh Coal Mining which tells the ... Norena explained that in many old pictures of the tip girls they are wearing ...

Ms Pinney, chief executive of what is now the Mining Remediation ... her home READ MORE: Welsh dad caught with bombmaking manual 'was on path to devastating attack' The Coal Authority, as it ...

New or expanded coal mines are effectively banned via Welsh Government planning policy issued in 2018 ... to rely on income from mining extensions to pay for the restoration of old mining, according ...

Mine water at the former Six Bells colliery in Abertillery is pumped 40m [131ft] to the surface where it is cleaned and treated Energy bills could be cut by low carbon heat schemes which use water ...