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Historic Welsh hotel with huge claim to fame is the setting for top new BBC competition
New BBC Two series, Chess Masters: The Endgame, is filmed at a famous Welsh hotel which is packed with history. The show, ...
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BHP's Mt Arthur coal mine gets four year extension approved as mining giant reveals major renewable energy project
Mt Arthur coal mine near Muswellbrook, New South Wales has been producing coal since 2002. Picture: Ian Waldie/Getty Images The mining giant was given the green light to operate until 2026 but had ...
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Hotel review: Limerick’s Adare Manor has luxury down to a tee – who doesn’t want to watch TV in the bath?
Adare Manor is “an acre short of Central Park”, enthused the guide taking our small group on a horse-drawn tour of the estate ...
Slag heaps could be Wales' nature hero, ecologist says
Slag from the steel industry could help save some of Wales' most rare plants, according to an ecologist. The material, ...
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Government hit with backlash over undisclosed actions that could put public safety at risk: 'The authorities aren't doing their job properly'
Late in 2024, a landslide in Wales that resulted in dozens of home evacuations was caused by the destabilization of a coal tip — a pile of waste left over from past coal mining. The event prompted the ...
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Whitehaven Coal Limited
Development and operation of coal mines in New South Wales and Queensland.
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NSW backs BHP’s early coal mine closure
Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. BHP has won permission from the NSW government to shut the state’s biggest thermal coal mine early and pivot towards clean ...
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Abandoned coal mines are becoming the batteries of the future
From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts—by repurposing them into places to store renewable energy. Using “gravity ...