The funding was confirmed by the Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies and Cabinet Secretary for Finance Mark Drakeford, on a visit to Dyffryn Rhondda Colliery in the Afan Valley on Wednesday ...

It's been nearly 60 years since the Aberfan disaster, which killed 144 people, mostly children, when coal waste slid down the ...

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 ...

Warning: This article contains images some people may find upsetting An eight year old Jeff Edwards was the last child to be brought out of the school alive following the Aberfan disaster.

Victims of Hillsborough, Grenfell, the Manchester Arena terror attack and the Aberfan disaster have said decades of suffering could have been avoided if a new charter ...

“King coal is back!” Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe exclaimed at the ribbon cutting of coal producer Seriti’s new Naudesbank Colliery, near Carolina, in ...

Emergency services responded to a call at Appin West Colliery at Douglas Park about 3am on Sunday following reports of an explosion. A roof partially collapsed during the explosion. One man was ...

In a highly contentious move in September 2023, the Welsh Government lowered the default speed limit on restricted roads in ...

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 ...

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