Howells eventually realized what he'd done, but it was too late. His bag of trash from that day is believed to be at the local landfill, and...
  • OwlPaste@lemmy.worldEnglish
    77·
    10 hours ago

    My favourite part from this story covered on another site was

    Howells says that if only the council had entertained his excavation requests, “Newport would look like Dubai.” Currently, it still looks like Newport.

    • kungen@feddit.nuEnglish
      8·
      5 hours ago

      Does he really think $500M would significantly change a city? As if the city would get any part of it, or that Dubai is something to desire…