The in-depth story of the 1966 Aberfan Mine Disaster. Early on October 21, 1966, 140,000 cubic yards of coal waste from the nearby mine slid from the hill above the Aberfan and buried all the ...

In fact, her reaction to the disaster in Aberfan was said to be one of the biggest regrets of her reign. A total of 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a colliery spoil tip collapsed ...

Surveying the sombre gravestones of the 116 child victims of the Aberfan disaster, Bernard and Andrew Thomas pick out the names of their school friends. There is tragic Hywell Evans, who died aged ...

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain were branded ‘murderers’ and pelted with mud when they visited the site of the ...

More than half a century has passed since this once unremarkable timepiece came to awful prominence, as time stood still for a generation of children lost to the Aberfan disaster of 1966.

Almost one in three survivors of the Aberfan mining disaster were still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder 33 years on, a new study has said. On October 21 1966 a coal slagheap ...

Builder Steve Collins (65) loved his local pub, the Angel Inn, so much that he bought it in 2021 when it was threatened with closure. The pub had always been at the centre of community life in the ...

Hundreds of people will gather to remember the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. A total of 116 children and 28 adults lost their lives on October 21, 1966, after a huge coal waste tip ...

The devastating Aberfan disaster in 1966 claimed the lives of 116 children and 28 adults A manhunt was launched while a school and childcare centre were placed into lockdown in a Welsh mining village.

Powerful, emotive and utterly engaging, The Revlon Girl might not be the easiest play to watch but it is certainly one that ...

The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior school and surrounding homes. How could this happen? Show more The ...