Now actress Olivia Colman has recreated the moment the monarch met families affected by the Aberfan disaster in 1966. The tragedy is being recreated in the small Welsh village of Cwmaman for the ...

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 ...

The Aberfan disaster remains one of the most devastating mining accidents in Welsh history. How truthful was the Netflix series’ account of the incident? This story contains spoilers for episode ...

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 in-depth story of the 1966 Aberfan Mine Disaster. Early on October 21, 1966, 140,000 cubic yards of coal waste from the nearby mine slid from the hill above the Aberfan and buried all the ...

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 ...