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Landslides and a Pit Pony

We learn about the geology behind landslides and a lifetime in a coalmine but neigh retired!

28 minutes

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Sun 1 Mar 2020 07:00

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Landslides - work is underway to assess the safety of coal tips after Storm Dennis caused floods and landslides in the Rhondda Valley. First Minister Mark Drakeford says engineers have given assurances that coal tips where there is the greatest cause for concern do not pose a risk to life and property. We speak to an engineering geologist from the British Geological Survey who are studying these sites.

Flooded Vets - was left under five feet of flood water when the River Taff burst it's banks during Storm Dennis. The £2m facilities will be closed for up to 6 months for repair

Lab Meat - How do we feed the world in future? With a global population likely to reach ten billion by 2050, there’s growing pressure to find alternative ways of producing food. We meet the Carmarthenshire farmer, once an award winning charcutier, who believes cultured or lab-grown meat is the answer.  

Leeks - it's St David's Day and our national emblems are of course leeks and daffodils, both of which are in season now. 99% of all the leeks we consume, according to the , are grown in the UK but only one commercial grower remains in Wales. That's the farmers' of in Pembrokeshire but with the recent weather it's been challenging conditions 

and the last surviving pit pony in western Europe. Duke spent his working life in Pantygasseg Colliery in Wales but he's now enjoying a well-earned retirement 

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