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 ...

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 ...

"It was with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Charles Nunn who as a police officer at the time of the Aberfan disaster had the responsibility of identification of bodies and liaising ...

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 ...

The Aberfan disaster remains one of the most devastating ... where people were waiting to identify their children’s bodies.” As Margaret tells the story, the camera zooms slowly in on ...

The origin of the Bureau is the Aberfan disaster of October 1966, a tragic incident where a colliery tip slid down a mountainside to engulf a village school and a row of houses. A total of 144 ...

Nearly 55 years on from the disaster, their 90-year-old mother, Gwen, who Bernard lived with, became another parent of Aberfan forced to bury a child. “It is almost up on the same level of ...

"It was with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Charles Nunn who as a police officer at the time of the Aberfan disaster had the responsibility of identification of bodies and liaising ...