This is the startling image of a vast lake that’s formed in an old opencast site that has people very worried [Video]

The image is quite startling. The blue of the water surrounded by the recent large-scale industry which has been taking place there. But people living near it say it is dangerous and they are very worried indeed.

The people living by the UK’s former biggest open cast coal mine say they are “disappointed” at the reaction to their fears that rising water levels at the site could cause contaminated water and become a drowning risk. Campaigners and local residents Chris and Alyson Austin are calling on Merthyr council to use £15m in an account involving the council and the mining company to address what they believe are pressing safety concerns over Ffos-y-Fran opencast mine.

The site, which produced two thirds of the UK’s coal, finally closed on November 30, 2023. Prior to its closure, drone footage and photos showed activity continuing at the site after it was told to stop production.

Drone footage in March …