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 ...

Jeff Edwards was the last child to be brought out alive from the wreckage of Pantglas Junior School.

On October 21, 1966, the students and teachers of Pantglas Junior School in Aberfan, a small village in Wales, were about to begin their lessons when disaster struck. A nearby "spoil tip" (or surplus ...

Marylyn Minett’s school book, her dress and her brother’s football will be preserved by Wales’ national museum.

Aberfan disaster survivor Jeff Edwards, 67, has been honoured with an OBE by King Charles, which he described as "a great ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: The Crown Season 3, Episode 3, “Aberfan” cuts away from the opulent melodrama of palace life and takes us to one of the worst tragedies in Welsh history: the Aberfan ...

The return of Netflix’s hit drama “The Crown” after a two-year hiatus spotlights a dark chapter in modern British history: the Aberfan disaster. The third season charts the royal family between 1964 ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales headed to Aberfan in South Wales to pay their respects to the families who lost children in the 1966 disaster Kate Middleton and Prince William are paying respects to ...

On the second day of their visit to Wales, Prince William and Kate Middleton visited the Aberfan Memorial Garden. The royals were there to pay their respects to those who lost their lives in the 1966 ...

Stars Tobias Menzies and Helena Bonham Carter discuss the emotionally affecting third episode of the Netflix drama's third season and the real-life tragedy behind it. By Jean Bentley [This story ...

Catching up on previous seasons of The Crown before diving into season five? If you're in search of information about the real life Aberfan disaster, read on for our story from 2019: On October 21, ...

The return of Netflix’s hit drama “The Crown” after a two-year hiatus spotlights a dark chapter in modern British history: the Aberfan disaster. The third season charts the royal family between 1964 ...