The future of Aberfan and Merthyr Vale Community Centre looks to have been secured after an agreement has been reached between the council and the leisure trust over the running of services there.

Across the road lies the Aberfan community and leisure centre, built with money from the disaster fund. It became a place of local healing. It was threatened with closure earlier this year in a ...

A spokesperson said: 'Trinity Childcare and Family Centre Ltd Aberfan are currently in lockdown as a precaution due to an incident within the Community. All staff and children are safe.' ...

"When Aberfan happened, my father went across to the TA centre straight away and a group ... "In some respects you don't want something in the local community that would keep triggering negative ...

Getty Images Jeff Edwards greets the Queen as she arrives in Aberfan in 2012 to open a new school, Ynysowen Community Primary In fact, whenever she was in the area, her thoughts would turn to Aberfan.

The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children ... It’s a tale of unheeded warnings, broken promises, and a shattered community’s fight for justice. Nine part podcast series from the ...