The land adjacent, locals say, is the site of a former colliery spoil tip, which was landscaped in 1976. Now they fear any development on the land could result in a landslide as well as flooding.

A colliery spoil tip collapsed, catastrophically engulfing a primary school and surrounding houses on 21 October 1966. "I was reading the testimonials from Aberfan last night and one of the ...

It is on the upper part of the former colliery spoil tip, where waste was dumped, known as Wicketwood Hill. Around 1,700 homes are powered using electricity generated by some 23,000 panels ...

Ms Morgan said she believes lessons have not been learned from the Aberfan disaster in 1966 when a colliery spoil tip collapsed killing 144 people, including 116 children. A build-up of water within ...