“One miner who broke the strike in Yorkshire talked about feeling the need to keep a pickaxe handle on the passenger seat of his car from that day on.” Miners’ Strike: A Frontline Story will ...

Workers at Cortonwood colliery in Brampton Bierlow - earmarked to close within weeks - walked out on strike, followed by miners across Yorkshire and other parts of England, Scotland and Wales.

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.

South Yorkshire Police has been accused of continuing a "cover-up" of its actions during the miners' strike over a delay in making its archives public. The force said in 2022 it intended to make ...

On 6 March, miners at Cortonwood Colliery in South Yorkshire, having learnt that their pit was slated for closure, walked out. The strikes soon spread across Yorkshire and beyond. On 12 March ...

A Yorkshire family has become a Benidorm institution attracting queues of British holidaymakers and expats desperate for a plate of their authentic, bargain grub. Tad Dawson is a man who will be ...

South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard added ... Barnsley South MP Stephanie Peacock, who has campaigned for miners pensions to be paid in full, said the announcement was ‘long overdue’.

thousands of coal miners swapped shovels for rifles, believing life in the trenches might be easier than life underground. It wasn’t. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire ...