Watch live: Special coverage of Aberfan disaster 60th anniversary

Watch special ITV News coverage on the day the UK remembered one of the worst disasters in its history. 116 children and 28 adults were killed when 150,000 tonnes of coal waste slid down the hillside before engulfing Pantglas Junior School on October 21 1966. Today, the King, Queen and Prince of Wales joined politicians, survivors and bereaved families in the village to remember those lost in the tragedy. The disaster unfolded, following days of heavy rain, when excavated mining debris from the Merthyr Vale Colliery was dislodged and came thundering down the hillside. The waste material had been piled high on the side of Mynydd Merthyr – abov (Source: ITV News | Region: London, UK)