Rescuers trying to reach four miners trapped underground at the Gleision Colliery near Cilybebyll, Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley, have been forced to return above ground.

Reporter Mark Hutchings spoke to South and Mid Wales Rescue Team's Gary Evans about the rescue attempts, and Plaid Cymru Assembly member for South West Wales, Bethan Jenkins, discusses how the miners' families are coping.

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