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Are you ambitious for the Rhondda? What’s the next move?

 Porth, Wales
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If you’ve recently joined us. This is why we need to know the location of the 327 high-risk #tips. @WelshGovernment has it but will not show us. Publish it now! Feel free to revise it later. Things change, we get that. #Tylorstown-#Llanwonno #coaltip Feb 2020 (c)Mariana Phelps
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Welsh Government refuses to list Wales' most dangerous coal tips ⁦@ruthmosalski⁩ walesonline.co.uk/news/wales…

Welsh Government refuses to list Wales' most dangerous coal tips

An investigation has identified there are 327 'higher risk' coal tips, but we can't tell you where they are

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The Law Commission coal tip safety consultation closes in ⏰10 days ⏰ - respond now to have your say! You can find out more about our proposals and submit a response here: lawcom.gov.uk/project/regula…
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So what is being done about the 64 high-risk #coaltips in #RhonddaCynonTaf & The 294 in #SouthWales? Mr Thomas: “Firstly, forget about @LeanneWood. She’s out!” He’s a piece of work! A clip from our work of FICTION based on real events in #tylorstown #rhondda #rct COMING SOON!
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So what is being done about the 64 high-risk coal tips in #RhonddaCynonTaf & The 294 in #SouthWales? Coming soon..... #coaltips #coalspoils #landslide #tylorstown #rhondda #rhonddacynontaff #rct #floods #rain #ynyshir #aberfan #wales? @owen_garry @owstal @adavies4 @LeanneWood
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Coming soon..... #coaltips #coalspoils #landslide #tylorstown #rhondda #rhonddacynontaf #rhonddacynontaff #rct #floods #rctfloods #rain #aberfan #wherenext?
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Was this possibly a landslide in #Ferndale due to a #coalspoil #coaltip? We don’t know right now - because it isn’t in the public interest to publish a list of the 64 high-risk coal spoils in RCT. #ValleyTimes #Rhondda #Landslide #RhonddaFloods facebook.com/216281738050627…
Image from Clear South Wales' Coal Tips (@WelshCoalTips)
Image from Clear South Wales' Coal Tips (@WelshCoalTips)
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Fire scars mountainside at #Llanwonno as smoke drifts across the #Valleys. #Coalspoil #coaltips walesonline.co.uk/news/wales…
Fire scars mountainside at Llanwonno as smoke drifts across the Valleys

Fire scars mountainside at Llanwonno as smoke drifts across the Valleys

Drone footage shows plumes of smoke rising from the mountainside

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How does Plaid Cymru's focus on independence go down in the Valleys? Views from people of #Porth. walesonline.co.uk/news/polit…

How does Plaid Cymru's focus on independence go down in the Valleys?

Plaid's leader Adam Price has made independence a core part of his party's message - but will it help the party keep hold of its supporters in the Valleys?

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Lola@LolaLovelyBones24 Apr 2021
This sight makes me so happy. @garethwynhughes Last night a group of six were having a picnic here. I passed by as it was getting dark&again early this morning. Not an ounce of litter and the site is ready for others to use. Exactly as it should be! Thank you to those who care💚
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#Pontygwaith #Wattstown #coalspoil near #porth #rhondda #southwales #wales #coal Where’s our environmental responsibility? A dangerous #coaltip, above the main #rhonddafach artery road - yet apart from the odd inspection, nothing is being done!
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#Ynyshir #CoalTips #Rhondda - 1/4. Confirmed as category D3, the highest risk. “In relation to your specific query the RCTCBC category for the tip in question – which you correctly identify as RH72 – is a category D tip which has been categorized in line with RCTCBC policy” – at Porth, Wales
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In 2020: 60,000 tonnes of coal waste slid to the valley floor in Tylorstown (Rhondda). After a whole year, various government agencies tell us there are still 294 coal tips in South Wales deemed as 'high-risk'. They still won't publish the location of these tips and reports. – at Porth, Wales
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Image from Clear South Wales' Coal Tips (@WelshCoalTips)
Image from Clear South Wales' Coal Tips (@WelshCoalTips)
Image from Clear South Wales' Coal Tips (@WelshCoalTips)
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#Rhondda #coaltip #landslide On #GoogleEarth it appears there may be a pond/bog in the middle of #Tylorstown #coalspoil from 2001, possibly prior. @RCTCouncil would you be able to share inspection reports for this period? @BBCWalesNews @NewyddionS4C @owen_garry @ruthmosalski – at Tylorstown, Wales
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Replying to @IndyPorth @newrhondda @RhonddaLabour @AberdareOnline @RhonddaBryant @rhonddaleader @RhonddaRadio @AFCPorth @desolationwales @CoalfieldsRegen @TonypandyWales
We have full planning permission for a new build at 5 Hannah St, there will be a coffee shop on the ground floor and 2 self contained units on the first floor. At 38 Hannah St we intend to refurbish the office to create a modern co-working space.
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Garry Owen@owen_garry4 Dec 2020
Campaign in Ynyshir , Porth to stop the siting of 2 wind turbines “bigger than Big Ben” above these houses . I’m live this morning from Rhondda Cynon Taf. ⁦@BBCRadioCymru⁩
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#Ynyshir! I've just stumbled across two #WindTurbine pins on Google maps, immediately above Ynyshir, #Porth Is anyone else concerned? Planning Reference: 15/1635/10 - Erection of Wind Turbine at Llwyncelyn Farm Above Heath Terrace and Llanwonnno Road planningonline.rctcbc.gov.uk…
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North turbine will be placed in marsh ground. They’ll have to dig up hundreds if not thousands of tonnes of earth and fill in cement foundations. Land acts like a sponge for water. Cement doesn’t. More water will runoff, with #HeathTerrace houses #floods in February. Good idea?
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Replying to @Tracey_Leonard
@Tracey_Leonard and myself are thrilled to have this exhibition at @wood4tt. All photographs are of the #Rhondda. We're currently under a local #RCT lockdown, so this is the perfect time to celebrate our home county of the Rhondda!
This is a poster featuring four images taken from the exhibition that is advertised. The text on the poster which explains the opening times and dates reads: Echo / Adlais by Tracey Leonard and Lucy Jane Purrington. Exhibition 8 Oct - 14 Nov 2020, www.workersgallery.co.uk Free Entry. Gallery opening hours 11am - 4.30pm Thu/Fri/Sat or at other times by prior appointment. The Workers Gallery, 99 Ynyshir Rd, Ynyshir, CF39 0EN Telephone: 01443 682024 Email: wood4tt@gmail.com There are also two quotes on the page from David Hurn and Paul Cabuts. They comment on how excited they are that two local artists are making work based in the Rhondda in these difficult times. If you would like to hear the quotes, please click next and the text will be inserted into the next image's text description.

ALT This is a poster featuring four images taken from the exhibition that is advertised. The text on the poster which explains the opening times and dates reads: Echo / Adlais by Tracey Leonard and Lucy Jane Purrington. Exhibition 8 Oct - 14 Nov 2020, www.workersgallery.co.uk Free Entry. Gallery opening hours 11am - 4.30pm Thu/Fri/Sat or at other times by prior appointment. The Workers Gallery, 99 Ynyshir Rd, Ynyshir, CF39 0EN Telephone: 01443 682024 Email: wood4tt@gmail.com There are also two quotes on the page from David Hurn and Paul Cabuts. They comment on how excited they are that two local artists are making work based in the Rhondda in these difficult times. If you would like to hear the quotes, please click next and the text will be inserted into the next image's text description.

This is a Welsh version of the previous poster. All information and quotes appear in the medium of Welsh. The quotes that were featured on the previous image, that unfortunately wouldn't fit on the character limit, are as follows: "My must see exhibition coming up soon will be by Tracey Leonard and Lucy Purrington at the Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. It is good to hear that two young photographers have been working in their community during these historically important, difficult times. I will be there waving them on if even from the other side of the road or looking through the windows.” - David Hurn The work in this exhibition conjures up the ‘magic realism’ of contemporary life in the Valleys. Tracey and Lucy offer us a glimpse into the imagination and experience of a people who continue to invest body and soul in their distinctive and at times challenged communities - their unique spirit will always prevail. - Paul Cabuts

ALT This is a Welsh version of the previous poster. All information and quotes appear in the medium of Welsh. The quotes that were featured on the previous image, that unfortunately wouldn't fit on the character limit, are as follows: "My must see exhibition coming up soon will be by Tracey Leonard and Lucy Purrington at the Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. It is good to hear that two young photographers have been working in their community during these historically important, difficult times. I will be there waving them on if even from the other side of the road or looking through the windows.” - David Hurn The work in this exhibition conjures up the ‘magic realism’ of contemporary life in the Valleys. Tracey and Lucy offer us a glimpse into the imagination and experience of a people who continue to invest body and soul in their distinctive and at times challenged communities - their unique spirit will always prevail. - Paul Cabuts

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618 further signatures needed! Please sign and share. Thanks to all that have supported. @GTFMNEWS @BragdyTwtLol @YourPontypridd @pontyobserver petitions.senedd.wales/petit…
Petition: An independent inquiry into the 2020 flooding in Rhondda Cynon Taf so that lessons are...

Petition: An independent inquiry into the 2020 flooding in Rhondda Cynon Taf so that lessons are...

We, the undersigned, urge the Welsh Government to initiate a full, independent, open and public inquiry into the 2020 flooding of homes and businesses across Rhondda Cynon Taf, and that appropriate...

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