A day of commemorative events, including a memorial service at Aberfan cemetery at 9.15am at the time of the ... “There’s things I can remember now that I haven’t thought about until today, the 50th ...

A woman displaced after a landslide said "never in a million years" did she think her daughter would hear the same sounds as the people affected by the Aberfan disaster. Tina Honeyfield ...

The Aberfan Disaster was not just a tragedy - it was a failure of those in power to protect a community from an avoidable disaster. Despite years of warnings about unstable coal tips, no action ...

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 ...

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 ...

“I well remember my own visit with Prince Philip after the disaster, and the posy I was given by a young girl, which bore the heartbreaking inscription ‘From the remaining children of Aberfan ...

Aberfan disaster: how many people died & why did the Queen delay her visit? AT 9.15am on October 21, 1966, a disaster struck a small Welsh mining community which would devastate the village for a ...

A film poem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, written by Owen Sheers and performed by a stellar cast of Wales's best-known acting talent, including Michael Sheen ...

Cwmtillery landslip repairs shown from above The destruction caused by the landslide reminded Tina of the Aberfan disaster which cost 116 children and 28 adults their lives. A colliery spoil tip ...