Rescue workers came from across Wales, and beyond, to find the men trapped at Gleision colliery The impact of the Gleision colliery disaster has left its mark on the families of the four men who lost ...

The Government will donate 25% of the total raised by a fund to help the families of four men killed in the Welsh mining disaster. The Government will donate 25% of the total raised by a fund to help ...

The inquest into the deaths of four men killed in a South Wales mining disaster 13 years ago will have a “forensic and laser-like focus” in answering key questions about the case, a coroner has said.

COLLIERY disasters have cast a dark shadow over the history of the Welsh mining industry but a decade ago few had given thought to the possibility Wales may not have seen its last underground tragedy.

The wait for answers goes on for the grieving families of four men who were killed in Wales’ worst modern mining disaster after a coroner delayed a decision on whether to hold a full inquest into the ...

Heartfelt tributes from across the world are being paid to the victims of a mine disaster in South Wales. The bodies of Phillip Hill, 45, Charles Breslin, 62, David Powell, 50, and Garry Jenkins, 39, ...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the police have launched an investigation into the deaths of four miners at Gleision drift mine at Cilybebyll, South Wales last week. Phillip Hill, 45, Garry ...

Charles Breslin, David Powell, Philip Hill and Garry Jenkins died after water rushed into Gleision colliery Families of the four miners who died in a south Wales colliery disaster 13 years ago will ...

In light of the recent deaths of four miners at the Gleision Colliery in Wales, we present a roundup of our recent news coverage from Mining Journal and a selection of in-depth feature articles from ...

A miner was seriously injured last Friday in a roof collapse at the Unity drift mine, in the Vale of Neath, Wales. The mine is just eight miles from the Gleision Colliery in the Swansea Valley, where ...

Rescue attempt to free the trapped miners in the flooded Gleision Colliery in Wales ends in tragedy as all four men found dead. South Wales Police officers, along with fire and ambulance crews, were ...

Family and friends will come together to pay a final farewell to a miner killed in a colliery disaster. David Powell, 50, lost his life in an underground accident at Gleision colliery, near Pontardawe ...