A debate this month about the cost of six new bungalows at a council meeting in Swansea was part of a larger story about what it takes to re-engineer our homes, transport, industry and agriculture to slash greenhouse gas emissions. It emerged that the properties built by the council in West Cross had low-carbon technology costing £51,000 each, taking the total construction cost to £283,000 per bungalow.

The council wants to build 1,000 energy-efficient rental homes over ten...

A 22-year-old woman ended up needing multiple blood transfusions and dialysis when she went swimming off the Welsh coast hours after a “suspected sewage spill” on a bank holiday weekend. Caitlin Edwards developed E. coli which led to haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), a rare condition damaging her kidneys, after swimming at Amroth in Pembrokeshire last summer.

Her mum Jayne Etherington said the five-month ordeal was "absolutely horrendous" as she looked on helplessly while...

A 22-year-old woman ended up needing multiple blood transfusions and dialysis when she went swimming off the Welsh coast hours after a “suspected sewage spill” on a bank holiday weekend. Caitlin Edwards developed E. coli which led to haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), a rare condition damaging her kidneys, after swimming at Amroth in Pembrokeshire last summer.

Her mum Jayne Etherington said the five-month ordeal was "absolutely horrendous" as she looked on helplessly while...

A Welshman gave up his career as a primary school teacher to take up farming and take the Cardiff foodie scene by storm. Shaun Jones, 36, grew up on a farm in Ceredigion and his father and grandfather before him were both butchers. But for a young Shaun farming seemed like too much hard work with the 4am starts and long hours. Teaching year four at a local primary school seemed like a much better option.

However, in his mid-twenties and looking towards the next stage of...