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 was a collapse of a colliery spoil tip which led to the deaths 144 people - including 116 children. A colliery spoil tip is a pile of waste material removed during mining.

The Aberfan disaster was always going to be a key storyline in season three of The Crown – as writer Peter Morgan strove to tell the tale of one of peacetime’s darkest days though the eyes of ...

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 ...

Nearly 60 years since the Aberfan disaster, which killed 144 people when coal waste slid down the side of a mountain into a school, £130m has been invested in securing waste left behind by coal ...

The fire at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington killed 72 people in June 2017, just eight months after the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. Denise Morgan was 11 when her sister died after ...

When a coal spoil tip slid down the mountain above Aberfan in October 1966, it engulfed the village school. A total of 116 children and 28 adults died in the disaster, which reverberated around ...

Aberfan: "Marilyn touches the photo of her daughter every day before leaving the house"Aberfan: "Marilyn touches the photo of her daughter every day before leaving the house" ...

It is "difficult" to give a "cast iron guarantee" that lives won't be lost because of a coal tip disaster, the deputy first minister of Wales has told Sky News. Nearly 60 years since the Aberfan ...