'Coal mining heritage gave it extra resonance'

BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen has been talking about his dad who was one of the first journalists to arrive in Aberfan following the disaster. Gareth Bowen, who was from nearby Merthyr Tydfil, captured the shock and grief that had engulfed the community. "It was very personal for him. And of course for me, having grown up in south Wales in that particular era, it was something that was always present," Jeremy told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast. "It was something that connected