内容摘要：But Welsh Conservative transport spokesman Peter Fox said the projects cost and delays "epitomises Labour's 25 years of failure here in Wales".

But Welsh Conservative transport spokesman Peter Fox said the projects cost and delays "epitomises Labour's 25 years of failure here in Wales".

A mild winter allowing for more foliage growth followed by spring droughts has made this year particularly bad for wildfires, he added.Firefighters have had to hold back raging wildfires from properties across Wales this week, with one Ceredigion councillor

Mr Jones said they were "concerned every year" because of mountain fires coming down to the edge of Treorchy, but a blaze on 21 March "got a little bit close to the house".His biggest fear, he said, was for the safety of the firefighters."They put their lives on the line every time they go up there," said Mr Jones, who decided to fell a tree close his roof

"I don't know where the solution is, but we've been here 20-odd years and we have had fires [in the area] every year."His wife Alison, who was home alone when the flames came close, said she has trust in the system.

"Most of the firemen know the area so well and they know how to manage it."

Wildfires also make crews less able to respond to a property fire or a road crash.Canterbury Archaeological Trust, which is leading the work, said it expected to find deposits from Roman, Anglo-Saxon and medieval eras.

Dover District Council (DDC) has been awardedto transform the brownfield site on Bench Street.

Initial work, drilling bole holes to take core samples, started last week.The Dover Beacon project aims to regenerate an area of the town centre, formerly home to "derelict, eyesore buildings", says the council.