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 ...

The Aberfan cemetery is on a steep incline. It is cool and fresh, and overlooks the village where many of those buried there lived. Halfway up and to the right is the mass grave where the children ...

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 ...

On this day in 1966, 116 children and 28 adults died as a coal waste heap slid and engulfed a school in Aberfan, South Wales. The Aberfan disaster occurred when a large colliery spoil tip (coal ...

“Aberfan affected the queen very deeply ... families of both survivors and victims and laid wreaths at some of the graves of those who died. Those who survived the disaster told tales of ...

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 ...

A car wash worker accused of attempting to murder a pregnant woman in Aberfan had previously stalked her and “filmed her for TikTok videos”, a court heard. Daniel Mihai Popescu, who is also ...

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.

Daniel Mihai Popescu, 28, of no fixed address, was arrested after Andreea Pintili was stabbed on Coronation Place, Aberfan, on Tuesday. She was taken to hospital but has since been discharged.

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 ...