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Multimillion-pound scheme centres on Cyfarthfa Castle and furnaces, which need urgent repairsRecent history has not been kind to Merthyr Tydfil. The decline of the sprawling ironworks turned a crucible of the Industrial Revolution into a place of high unemployment and social deprivation. The area continues to be battered by Covid-19.But brighter times may be ahead after the unveiling of a hugely ambitious 20-year masterplan...

The Welsh actor has revealed he gave back his OBE so he could call for the scrapping of the title Prince of WalesMichael Sheen handed back his OBE, he has revealed, as he called on the royal family to end the centuries-old practice of handing the title of Prince of Wales to the heir apparent to the English throne.The actor said he relinquished the...

Rogue creatures from bushtucker trials including ‘ultimate survivor’ cockroaches could threaten Welsh countrysidePolice are investigating I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! over concerns non-native wildlife could have escaped into the Welsh countryside during bushtucker trials, the Guardian can reveal.Rural crime officers from north Wales police are looking into complaints that non-native creatures such as cockroaches, maggots, spiders and worms could threaten...

Government backing raises hopes of preserving ‘place that roofed the world’ An extraordinary landscape shaped by many centuries of slate production has been nominated by the UK government for Unesco world heritage status, a distinction enjoyed by sites such as the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China and Stonehenge.The production of slate in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, has left a landscape dotted with underground...

‘Cofiwch Dryweryn’ wall, remembering flooding of valley to create reservoir, is symbol of national prideA ruined cottage wall painted with graffiti that has become a symbol of Welsh national pride is to be protected by a charity, its new owner has vowed, after it was repeatedly vandalised.The stone wall, in Llanrhystud, near Aberystwyth, was first painted in the 1960s with the slogan “Cofiwch Dryweryn”...