MYSTERIOUS: Aberfan - What They Never Told You

Aberfan and a lack of accountability that still affects society today

Letters: Lyn Dade and Lyn Collins respond to an article by John Humphrys about the 1966 disaster and the lessons that haven’t be learned

The Guardian - UK · 9h ago

At Aberfan, I saw fathers digging for their missing children. And the lessons society should have learned, it hasn’t

Each of those 144 deaths was entirely avoidable, but nobody was held to account. We still don’t know how to get justice for ordinary people, says journalist John Humphrys

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24

Aberfan: King Charles marks Welsh mining disaster that killed a generation of children

Survivors shared their memories with the royal party, six decades after an official verdict, a raid on donations and a fight over the tips that followed.

Euronews · Oct 21

23 pictures that show the devastation caused 60 years ago by the Aberfan Disaster

Rescue workers made human chains and worked for days to clear the rubble and try to rescue the bodies of 116 children killed in the tragedy

The Independent UK · Oct 21

King, Queen and Prince William join families and survivors to mark 60th anniversary of Aberfan disaster

The trio will join survivors, bereaved parents and members of the community to pay tribute to the victims who lost their lives

The Independent UK · Oct 21

Royals join families and survivors to mark 60th anniversary of Aberfan disaster

An entire generation was almost wiped out when coal waste slid down the hillside before engulfing Pantglas Junior School on October 21 1966.

Evening Standard · Oct 21

Aberfan: how the Guardian reported the disaster – archive, 1966

On 21 October 1966, an avalanche of colliery waste slid down a mountainside and engulfed a school and houses in a Welsh village, killing 144 people

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20

‘I survived for a reason’: Aberfan fights to preserve memory of disaster 60 years on

With living memory fading and thousands of Welsh coal tips still posing a threat, a community robbed of justice reflects on how to keep legacy alive

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20

Aberfan: The Village That Fought Back review – the contempt they have faced to get justice is sickening

As we witness the endless indignities these grieving families have endured in the six decades since the mining disaster, it is impossible not to turn red with rage

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19

Burnham pays tribute to Aberfan victims ahead of 60th anniversary

An entire generation was almost wiped out when 150,000 tonnes of coal waste slid down the hillside before engulfing Pantglas Junior School in 1966.

Evening Standard · Oct 19