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 ... by some miracle no one noticed,” she says.) But according to survivors, this is simply not the case. “That’s rather callous ...

Nearly 55 years on from the disaster, their 90-year-old mother, Gwen, who Bernard lived with, became another parent of Aberfan forced to bury a child. “It is almost up on the same level of ...

The destruction caused by the landslide reminded Tina of the Aberfan disaster which cost 116 children ... from Aberfan last night and one of the survivors said exactly the same thing.

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 ...

Organisations across Wales have signed a charter which commits them to responding to public tragedies with openness, ...

Monmouthshire County Council has pledged a new approach focused on the bereaved and survivors of public tragedies. The ...

Part Nine: Epilogue - 'Aberfan is different...' 55 years on, survivors of the disaster are looking to the future - as well as the past. Part Eight: Battles won and lost... Aberfan suffers further ...