:00:11. > :00:14.Hello everyone, Martin here with all the news this Friday.
:00:15. > :00:17.First, commemorations have been taking place to remember a disaster
:00:18. > :00:22.that hit the small mining village of Aberfan in Wales.
:00:23. > :00:25.50 years ago today, a waste heap collapsed on top of buildings
:00:26. > :00:33.Across Wales people held a minute's silence,
:00:34. > :00:36.including these school kids, people also released balloons
:00:37. > :00:42.And Prince Charles visited the Aberfan Memorial Garden
:00:43. > :00:52.Jenny's been looking into what happened.
:00:53. > :01:00.Aberfan in south Wales. More than 50 years ago the region was an
:01:01. > :01:04.important source of coal comedies to heat homes and powertrains. The area
:01:05. > :01:09.was heavily mined and four years the leftover soil dug out with the coal
:01:10. > :01:14.was heaped in big piles above the village. But the ground wasn't
:01:15. > :01:20.stable. It soaked up water, loosening the rock below. Then on
:01:21. > :01:24.the 21st of October 1966, the build-up of waste suddenly collapsed
:01:25. > :01:28.and slid down into the surrounding area, covering houses and the local
:01:29. > :01:35.school. Huge rescue efforts were made, but a lot of people died. This
:01:36. > :01:39.memorial garden is one of the ways people in Aberfan remember what
:01:40. > :01:44.happened here. Jeff Edwards was at the school when the disaster
:01:45. > :01:49.happened. 50 years on, how did it change your community? The village
:01:50. > :01:54.has changed completely, because in 1966 it was a thriving community. If
:01:55. > :01:58.you look at it today, it's still a vibrant community, a new generation
:01:59. > :02:03.of young people have come about, and I think it's important for the
:02:04. > :02:08.people of Aberfan that the community has a future. And those children are
:02:09. > :02:12.our future. Before the disaster there had been questions raised
:02:13. > :02:16.about how safe the waste pile was but nothing was changed. Afterwards,
:02:17. > :02:23.an investigation found that the National coal board were at fault
:02:24. > :02:26.for ignoring the warnings. The disaster in Aberfan was devastating
:02:27. > :02:31.for many families and people across Britain were shocked about what
:02:32. > :02:35.happened. As a result, new safety rules about mines and quarries were
:02:36. > :02:38.made to keep villagers, schools and the areas around them safe, and to
:02:39. > :02:43.stop anything like this from happening again. At this school in
:02:44. > :02:47.Aberfan, children have been remembering the disaster 50 years
:02:48. > :02:53.on. I think it's important because it was a big thing that happened and
:02:54. > :02:57.we never to happen again. We have assemblies, we do work on it in the
:02:58. > :03:02.class. It's emotional because when you think of all the people who lost
:03:03. > :03:07.their lives at such a young age, it's very sad. But if we look at the
:03:08. > :03:13.happy side, we look at the future and we remember them in that way,
:03:14. > :03:19.not in the past. In school we've been doing a painting of Aberfan and
:03:20. > :03:22.the future. I painted the memorial garden and the yard with the
:03:23. > :03:28.children playing in the school. If you want to know more
:03:29. > :03:31.about what happened in Aberfan then That's also where you can find
:03:32. > :03:35.lots of info on what to do Next, we're talking
:03:36. > :03:39.Strictly Come Dancing, and ex-Newsround presenter Ore Oduba
:03:40. > :03:42.has surprised us all with his moves! He's busy in rehearsals today
:03:43. > :03:45.but managed to send us this. You might recognise this girl
:03:46. > :03:54.from Saturday nights. We are rehearsing today,
:03:55. > :03:57.believe it or not, there is a lot We had to practice walking down
:03:58. > :04:08.them. Jo and I are dancing waltz
:04:09. > :04:12.this week, which is very different to what we did last
:04:13. > :04:15.week, the jive. And we got, what did we get
:04:16. > :04:17.last week? The biggest score
:04:18. > :04:25.in week four in the And hopefully we'll have
:04:26. > :04:35.another great week. We will see you Saturday
:04:36. > :04:42.night, BBC One. Hopefully we'll be back
:04:43. > :04:43.for another week. That's all from me, Newsround's back
:04:44. > :04:54.tomorrow with Leah. You can head online for this week 's
:04:55. > :04:59.weirdest stories.