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An aerial picture of the large mountain fire actively burning. Lots of grey smoke is rising into the sky.

Fire crews battle dozens of blazes as farmer scared

Firefighters have been dealing with grass fires across the country.

A man in red top and black leggings walks across a road with the damage from an old tip sliding down the mountain in the background

£34m to help keep people safe from coal tips

More than £33m will be spent making coal tips safer around Wales in an attempt to protect villages.

Anna-Louise Marsh-Rees, from the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru campaign, speaks to the media outside to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London, during its first investigation examining if the pandemic was properly planned for and "whether the UK was adequately ready for that eventuality. She is outside and is talking to media (you can see a microphone in the bottom right of the photo). She is holding a piece of paper and is wearing a black poloneck jumper.

Anger over no Welsh national Covid anniversary events

A campaign group believes Wales, as a nation, should remember those lost during the Covid pandemic.

The royal couple were in Pontypridd to see how the community was coping following floods

Royal bake-off as William and Kate make Welsh cakes

The royal couple were in Pontypridd to see how the community was coping following recent floods.

Adult water vole feeding by a pond.

Hopes for water voles as new colonies discovered

Colonies of the UK's fastest declining mammal species have been discovered in south Wales' uplands.

Jac, 12, stands next to a dartboard at Cwm Taf Arrows Darts Academy and holds his darts

Luke Littler drives surge in young darts players

The number of children playing darts doubles in a year, says the body representing the junior game.

Llandudno Pier suffered heavy damage at the hands of Storm Darragh

Watch as Storm Darragh batters Wales

The extreme weather left damage and destruction in its path when it struck.

EuroMillions winner Ceri Roberts, looking at the camera. she is wearing a white dress, and a wall and flowers are in the background

I won £1m on the lottery but I still bargain hunt

Ceri Roberts says winning £1m on the National Lottery has been "life changing".

Mural showing miner at colliery

Striking mural in 'last pit of the Rhondda' village

A mural commemorating the closure of Maerdy Colliery has appeared on the side of a building.