The data from the FOI showed that since November 2022, 13 coal tips had been upgraded to a higher risk category, with 11 moved to the most serious categories - C and D. The tips are divided into ...

She added about £12m will have been spent on making one coal tip safe and there were 617 tips across the Neath Port Talbot area. Mark Williams of Caerphilly council said: "My authority has ...

Sky News has spoken with residents who live near some of Wales's most dangerous disused coal tips, who say lessons have not been learned since the 1966 tragedy which killed 144 people, including ...

There are 2,573 disused coal tips across Wales, 360 of which are categorised as having a potential impact on public safety. Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies says he can give people an ...

Thirteen coal tips in Wales have had their safety classification altered. All but two have been moved to the two most serious safety classification. In the wake of a slip at Tylorstown in 2020 ...

For decades, coal was the bedrock of Australia's commodity exports before it lost its top status to iron ore as shipments of ...

The Welsh government has moved 11 tips to categories C and D - the most serious - since November 2022.

Coal tips moved to 'most at risk' list since 2022. Earlier this year, the Welsh government said it had invested more than £100m in coal tip safety during the current Senedd term as a result of ...

The data from the FOI showed that since November 2022, 13 coal tips had been upgraded to a higher risk category, with 11 moved to the most serious categories - C and D.

Several coal tips have been reassessed over the past two years as ones that could pose a risk to public safety. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request by BBC Cymru Fyw showed the Welsh government ...