Aberfan is a place where children come to play from the valleys around. Aberfan is where the River Taff, once black with industrial filth, runs so clear that otters and kingfishers have returned. This ...

At around quarter past nine on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966, disaster struck the coal mining village of Aberfan in South Wales. What began as a typical morning 56 years ago escalated quickly ...

On the eighth anniversary of the Mariana dam disaster, Brazilian campaigners will visit the Welsh town of Aberfan, the site of the UK’s worst-ever mining-related disaster. Locals stand on the bank of ...

At around quarter past nine on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966, disaster struck the coal mining village of Aberfan in South Wales. What began as a typical morning 56 years ago escalated quickly ...

Armed police swooped on Moy Road, Aberfan, in the South Wales village shortly after 9am today after the 29-year-old woman was reportedly found in a pool of blood on the pavement. A man has been ...

A woman was stabbed on Tuesday morning while taking her kids to school and, after hours of inquiries, police arrested a 28-year-old man. South Wales Police rushed to an incident in Moy Road, Aberfan, ...

For an entire generation, the word Aberfan instantly evokes heartbreaking memories of one of the worst disasters in British history. The small Welsh village will on Friday mark the tragic events of 50 ...

Wales fell silent on Friday as the country remembered the Aberfan disaster 50 years ago. On 21 October 1966, a mountain of coal waste slid down into a school and houses in the Welsh village, killing ...

At around quarter past nine on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966, disaster struck the coal mining village of Aberfan in South Wales. What began as a typical morning escalated quickly into tragedy ...