21/10/2016 BBC Wales Today

A village, and the nation come to a standstill to remember those

A generation wiped out when coal waste collapsed on a school and

And former North Wales Police Superintendent, Gordon Anglesea,

is found guilty of four counts of historical sexual abuse.

A service has been held tonight to remember those

On the 21st of October 1966, at quarter past nine in the morning,

one of the waste coal tips slid down the mountain, engulfing Pant Glas

144 people lost their lives, most of them children.

50 years on, Wales came to a standstill to remember

At 9:15am on the 21st of October 1966, time stood still.

Today, exactly 50 years on, Wales and the children of Aberfan

fell silent to remember those who perished.

150,000 tonnes of coal slurry slid down the mountain.

In its path, homes and Pantglas School.

All I could see was a terrible black cloud.

My neighbours said there was an explosion, and that

116 children and 28 adults were killed.

I was buried and rendered unconscious.

When I was brought out initially, I was placed with the dead bodies,

until someone thought they saw my foot move.

When they came to me, it was like something

from a John Wayne film, you know, the cavalry were arriving.

Medical student Mansell Aylewood went into the classrooms

with the miners as part of the rescue team.

They quickly realised there was no one to save.

There was an adult, who assumed was a teacher, with his

back to me, with his arms stretched out.

He was trying to protect children from the slurry.

Every so often, there is absolute quiet as the would-be rescuers

listen to see if anyone is alive underneath.

When we were passing the dead children through,

one man looked down, turned and looked at me and said,

'That was my child.' It was one of the worst things.

You know, he passed his dead child along and he carried on working.

50 years ago, news of the disaster spread across the world.

Within days, the Queen came to Aberfan, the first of four

Today, the Prince of Wales joined villagers to lay a wreath.

Aberfan showed the world the darkest sorrow, but also

10-year old Mackenzie has a special interest in Aberfan.

His grandmother, Susan Maybank, who was eight at the time,

Today, he showed Prince Charles this special school project he had been

working on about his family's personal story.

My grandmother was one of the last to be pulled out of the disaster.

I am thankful she made it out, otherwise I would not be here today.

Coal-mining inflicted physical scars on the townscape of South Wales.

With the demise of the industry, the land is green and

But the deep emotional scars inflicted on this small community,

who lost a whole generation, still have not healed

The people here warned of the danger of water at Tip Number 7.

The subsequent tribunal blamed the National Coal board

The tragedy of October 1966 changed Wales for ever and the country came

together today to amend what happened, and to hope

Nick Palit reporting, as Wales remembers those

who died in Aberfan, 50 years on.

A former North Wales Police Superintendent has been convicted

of four counts of historical sexual abuse against two boys.

Gordon Anglesea, who's 79, indecently assaulted the teenagers

when he was a police inspector in Wrexham in the early 1980s.

From Mold Crown Court, Matthew Richards reports.

Opting not to answer police questions about his victims,

Gordon Anglesea remained defiant to the end.

In the early 80s, he indecently assaulted a boy who had been brought

The predatory paedophile was jailed in 2014 for abusing boys

at Bryn Alyn group of children's homes he ran around Wrexham.

A second boy was abused at an attendance centre,

which is stood on the side of what is now a school in the town.

Gordon Anglesea ran the centre, and sexually assaulted his

It was claimed that two officers in North Wales Police failed

to act on complaints about Gordon Anglesea in 2002.

The professional standards department is looking

No organisation is immune from those who would seek

to abuse their authority and their position of trust.

That's exactly what Gordon Anglesea did, as a former North Wales Police

The Crown Prosecution Service said Anglesea abused his power to prey

on his victims and thank them for their bravery in coming forward.

Gordon Anglesea left court by a rear exit, avoiding the waiting media.

The judge, Geraint Walters, told him the fact he was an granted

bail was not an indication of a soft sentence.

He said there can be only one, that of imprisonment.

His defence barrister acknowledged he would likely spend rest

Gordon Anglesea successfully sued several publications for linking him

to child abuse investigations in the 1990s.

Private Eye editor, Ian Hislop, said he takes a certain grim

satisfaction in the verdict, but he can't help but think

of the witnesses who came forward, one of whom later took his own life.

Private Eye will not be be claiming the damages, saying others

Securing a good deal for Wales after Brexit.

That was top of the agenda in Plaid Cymru's spring conference,

It was a message outlined by the Ynys Mon Assembly Member,

Rhun Ap Iorwerth, who called for the UK to remain

A voice saying to the UK Government, deliver and exit

that works for Wales as well as it possibly can.

Yes, Wales voted to leave, but I don't think Wales wants

to take leave of its senses when it comes to our economic future.

And the Cardiff Blues moved to the top of Pool Four

in the European Challenge Cup with a comfortable home win

over Pau, although they missed on a bonus point.

Time for a look at the weekend weather.

Our weather's in a quiet mood at the moment.

There's plenty more dry weather to come over the weekend.

A few mist and fog patches and some sunshine.

Tonight a dry story, a few breaks in the cloud.

That will allow mist and fog patches to form with light winds.

Tomorrow morning, low cloud with fog patches which slowly lifts.

Many places, dry and bright in parts of the Northwest with sunshine.

Watch out for fog patches if you're travelling.

It will slowly lift and clear, some sunshine tomorrow

Not dry everywhere, a few showers scattered around.

These may be in parts of England and Scotland,

Closer to home, not a bad afternoon, most places dry, bright

Patchy cloud as well, maybe the odd light show in the far

A light to moderate breeze with highs between ten and 14 Celsius.

Tomorrow is dry for many of us, bar the odd shower.

Clear spells, some mist and fog patches again.

Clear in the south and west with a touch of ground frost.

Then on Sunday, low cloud and mist will slowly lift, one or two showers

in parts of North Wales and the marches, otherwise dry.

Sunniest in the south-west, but there will be a gusty easterly

wind on Sunday and that will make it feel cold.

Into next week, we could see little rain on Monday, otherwise

the outlook is mostly dry, in fact, this October could be one

From all of us here, thanks for watching.

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