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121 Coal Tips in Gwent Valleys Still Need Safety Checks 60 Years After Aberfan

Officials say 121 higher-risk tips must be checked at least once or twice a year as Wales prepares for a delayed new safety authority.

At about 9.15am on October 21, 1966, a mountain of colliery waste thundered down on Aberfan.

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New research shows that 10% of families in Wales live near a coal dump which is unsafe due to climate change. The research by Round Our Way comes 60 years after the Aberfan disaster, when 144 people were killed, including 116 children, in a landslide from a coal dump.

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