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Rhiannon James

MP: Coal tip safety should be fully funded to prevent repeat of Aberfan disaster

Coal tip safety must be fully funded to keep communities safe from another Aberfan disaster, a Plaid Cymru MP has said.

In 1966, a spoil-heap landslide crushed Pantglas Primary School in the coal-mining village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, killing 144, including 116 children.

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