Families of the four miners who died in a south Wales colliery disaster 13 years ago will have to wait until 2026 for answers into what happened.

Charles Breslin, 62, David Powell, 50, Phillip Hill, 44, and Garry Jenkins, 39, died when water flooded the Gleision drift mine near Cilybebyll, Neath Port Talbot, in September 2011.

The disaster happened after routine blasting when thousands of gallons of water flooded a tunnel where seven miners were working.

After a protracted battle, families were told in 2022 that a full inquest into their deaths would be held, but a pre-inquest hearing in Swansea’s Guildhall was told it would not be until “the early part of 2026”.