Prime Minister visits Aberfan ahead of 60th anniversary of disaster
Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Aberfan on Monday ahead of the 60th anniversary of the 1966 disaster that killed 144 people.
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited the Welsh village of Aberfan on Monday, October 19, ahead of the 60th anniversary of the disaster, BBC News reported. Burnham laid a wreath at the memorial garden alongside survivor Jeff Edwards and Welsh Secretary Stephen Kinnock. [1]
The visit marks the upcoming anniversary of the tragedy on October 21, 1966, when a colliery spoil tip collapsed. BBC News reported that 144 people were killed, including 116 children and 28 adults, after coal waste engulfed a local school. [1]
survivor Jeff Edwards was one of the last children brought out alive from the rubble, according to BBC News. Burnham described the event as one of the most horrifying tragedies the country has ever seen. [1]
On October 21, 1966, approximately 150,000 cubic metres of colliery spoil liquefied following heavy rain and flowed downhill. The avalanche engulfed Pantglas Junior School and surrounding buildings, as FTMQ News reported earlier. An inquiry attributed the disaster to negligence by the National Coal Board. [9][10]
In short
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited the Aberfan memorial garden on Monday.
- The Aberfan disaster occurred on October 21, 1966, killing 144 people.
- A total of 116 schoolchildren and 28 adults died when a colliery waste tip collapsed.
- Survivor Jeff Edwards accompanied the Prime Minister during the wreath laying.
Sources
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- [1]Prime minister visits Aberfan ahead of 60th anniversary of 'horrifying tragedy'BBC News, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Prime minister visits Aberfan ahead of 60th anniversary of 'horrifying tragedy'BBC, 2h ago
- [3]Prime minister meets Aberfan survivors ahead of disaster's anniversary | ITV NewsITVX, 1h ago
- [4]Prime Minister visits Aberfan ahead of 60th anniversary of disaster | News - Hits Radio (South Wales)Rayo, 1h ago
- [5]Prime Minister visits Aberfan to ‘recognise the community’ ahead of 60th anniversaryNation.Cymru, 2h ago
- [6]Prime minister meets Aberfan survivors ahead of disaster's anniversaryYahoo News UK, 1h ago
Background
- [7]List of international prime ministerial trips made by Narendra Modi on Wikipedia
- [8]2026 in Wales on Wikipedia
- [9]Aberfan on Grokipedia
- [10]Archived photos of Aberfan disaster released ahead of 60th anniversary FTMQ News, 2d ago
- [11]Benjamin Netanyahu faces election pressure on anniversary of October 7 attacks FTMQ News, 12d ago
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 11 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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