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BBC News Published image captionOne of Aneurin Bevans slogans - "We will Tredegarise you" - is on the wall A building that was pivotal in the formation of the NHS opens to the public later and it is hoped it will help rejuvenate a Blaenau Gwent town. Number 10, The Circle, was home to the Tredegar Medical Aid Society, which was used as a blueprint by Aneurin Bevan when he set up the National Health Service for the UK in 1948. However, the building became derelict. The Coalfields Regeneration Tr...

Winding road … the writer descending into the Clydach gorge west of Abergavenny. All photographs by Jack Thurston Winding road … the writer descending into the Clydach gorge west of Abergavenny. All photographs by Jack Thurston From Swansea to Abergavenny via the Brecon Beacons, this trip takes in forests, mountains and a former industrial heartland Sat 1 May 2021 06.00 EDT After a winter lockdown riding the same old roads within a few miles of home, I am desperate to explore somewhere new...