The quiet mining village of Aberfan in South Wales was shattered when a towering coal waste tip collapsed, sending a wave of black sludge crashing into the town. In minutes, 144 lives were lost, ...

On this day in 1966, the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip killed 144 people, 116 of whom were school children, in Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales. The tip had been created on a mountain slope ...

Residents who live near disused coal tips in South Wales say lessons have not been learned from the Aberfan disaster nearly ...