Welsh scientists have mapped the hidden microbes thriving in south Wales's abandoned coal mines, helping to overcome obstacles to using mine water to heat Britain's homes. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

Reviving coal mining in Wales could support the country's future energy demands, a Reform UK candidate has claimed. Ben Hodge-McKenna, his party's lead candidate in Afan Ogwr Rhondda for the Senedd ...

The Prince of Wales Colliery, in Pontefract, was the UK's oldest working mine when it shut in 2002. Mair Morgan says the disaster that killed 144 people remains etched into her memory. Tom McGuinness' ...