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The long, hot days of summer may now feel like a distant memory, but their effects are still being felt across Wales. With record-breaking temperatures and the driest spring in more than fifty years, the summer of 2025 left behind more than just sun-kissed fields. Wildfires broke out across the country, putting communities and firefighters to the test. Megan Williams investigates how rural Wales coped with the heat and what it tells us about a changing climate.

Elsewhere, we celebrate rural success stories. On Anglesey, Hooton’s Homegrown farm shop has been honoured for its environmental care and community spirit, showing how sustainable farming and local enterprise can thrive together. And in Carmarthenshire, we meet teenage poultry farmer Lewis Thomas—already an award-winning entrepreneur at just sixteen,