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The UK government is facing fresh calls for funding to help secure Wales’s coal tips and avoid future disasters, PA Media reports. PA says:

Mark Drakeford, the Welsh first minister, wants Boris Johnson to commit to long-term investment in coal tip safety which would “help communities who have already given so much”.

It comes as a survey shows where the higher-risk tips are located, including 71 now revealed to be in the worst category.

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