19+ hour, 13+ min ago   (717+ words) So begins Cad Goddeu — The Battle of the Trees — one of the most enigmatic and haunting poems preserved within medieval Welsh literature. The poem unsettles modern expectations from its opening lines. Trees do not merely frame the landscape or decorate…...

20+ hour ago   (1097+ words) ‘If Wales had a great poet in the 19th century it was the young William Thomas (Islwyn, 1832-78).’¹ Glyn Tegai Hughes published those words at the end of the 20th century. Statements proclaiming this writer to be ‘the best’ and that poet to…...

20+ hour, 23+ min ago   (488+ words) Drivers in Wales could be fined up to £150 for leaving their engines running while stationary under new rules coming into force this month. Councils will be given greater powers to tackle unnecessary engine idling from September 30, with the existing £20 fixed…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1168+ words) Twenty years after writing a book celebrating Radnorshire and exploring its place in Welsh history, Peter J Conradi returns to the landscape, literature and people that inspired it – and considers what has changed. Twenty years ago I wrote At the…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (393+ words) Bruce Sinclair Local Democracy Reporter Plans to move workers out of a ‘blast zone’ at a major oil refinery in west Wales have been approved as part of a new laboratory and workshop development. In an application recommended for approval…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (409+ words) Alec Doyle, Local Democracy Reporter Claims that an illegal dump site has now been licensed have been rejected as false by the local council. Land off Castle Road and Talwrn Road has been used for illegal waste disposal for weeks…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (755+ words) A Welsh MP has accused the country’s environmental regulator of having “lost control” as he demands answers over a suspected pollution incident that turned a stream red. Henry Tufnell, Member of Parliament for Mid and South Pembrokeshire, took to social…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (475+ words) Twm Owen Local Democracy Reporter An outbuilding put up without planning permission was only discovered when councillors paid a visit to inspect a barn conversion. Councillors on the planning committee visit application sites to help them consider whether to grant…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (399+ words) Almost one in five drivers (19%) have accidentally broken the speed limit after being unable to see a road sign hidden by overgrown foliage, a survey suggests. Some 94% of drivers who took part in the poll commissioned by the RAC said…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (731+ words) A Welsh council has made additional improvements to routes connecting to an active travel bridge over the River Usk, as house building continues to connect an ever-expanding town with nearby villages. Residents travelling between Llanfoist and Abergavenny are set to…...