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 ...

Aberfan, the name of the village, is now synonymous with tragedy after 116 children and 28 adults lost their lives as they were crushed or drowned in coal slurry. ©News Group Newspapers Limited ...

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 ...

A village in Wales is fearing another Aberfan disaster after travellers brought in diggers and a bulldozer that locals say will 'destabilise' the landscape. More than 800 people have signed a ...

She told Sky News she didn't know there was a category ... Ms Morgan said she believes lessons have not been learned from the Aberfan disaster in 1966 when a colliery spoil tip collapsed killing ...

Traffic is building on the A470 after reports of a multi-vehicle collision on the A470 southbound near Aberfan. The Welsh Ambulance service confirmed that they attended the incident. Driving ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...