REMEMBRANCE

Andy Burnham Pays Aberfan Tribute Ahead of 60th Anniversary

Andy Burnham reportedly laid a wreath at Aberfan’s cemetery ahead of the 60th anniversary of the coal-tip disaster that killed 144 people.

BharatVox · 20 October 2026 at 12:00 am IST

Aberfan disaster memorial cemetery, Aberfan, Wales — context photograph; not the reported event — Tom Jolliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0

Andy Burnham visited Aberfan on Monday, October 19, and laid a wreath at the village cemetery in memory of the 144 people killed in the 1966 coal-tip landslide, according to India Global Review. The tribute came two days before the disaster’s 60th anniversary on October 21.

The outlet reported that Burnham spoke of being deeply moved by the community’s resilience and criticised the government’s response to the tragedy. Its brief account did not detail that criticism.

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