Former miners and their families across Yorkshire are being offered a new free service to support them with all aspects of ...

Nearly 18,000 former miners in South Yorkshire have seen a substantial increase to their pensions as part of a landmark payout. The pension enhancement, which is part of a wider £1.5 billion ...

But as the last pit in Yorkshire closed in 2015 ... If they get the approval they need, miners suffering from related illnesses such as COPD or emphysema could apply for funds.

Forty years ago, the bitter year-long miners' strike came to an end when thousands of men came off the picket lines and ...

LIQUIDATORS for an insolvent coalmining company were given government cash to fight a legal battle to deny Yorkshire miners extra compensation when they were sacked at Kellingley Colliery, the UK’s ...

From the BBC archive: Remembering when 10,000 women rallied in Barnsley.

Indiefield Festival, set in the backdrop of the historic mining Village of New Edlington, Doncaster. Our mission is simple, to bring you the best talent that the Country has to offer. We envision ...

Miners across South Yorkshire returned to work 40 years ago next week, but the effects of coal’s decline are still weighing down former coalfield communities today. Did you know with a Digital ...

New Sharlston was a typical Yorkshire mining community located between Wakefield and Doncaster. The pit was sunk in 1865. In 1984 it employed 1,000 miners. The pithead gear dominated the skyline. The ...

Two young gay Yorkshire miners, Eddy and Tommy, on their annual holiday there, meet transvestite James Elbridge who is summoning up the courage to do the fabled walk from pier to pier.

On this day in 2024, the Telegraph and Argus reported on an exhibition at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield to mark the 40th ...