Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the strategic coal-mining city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine, but Ukraine's military denied the city had been captured and ...

Four social welfare sites in Staffordshire paid for with the help of miners' earnings are among dozens which have been sold off with most of the money going to a national mining charity. A BBC ...

Kate Burton says watching Harry Lawtey, who stars in HBO’s Industry, portray her dad was ‘very moving’ and an ‘out of body ...

Trump said on February 3 that he wanted Ukraine to supply the U.S. with rare earths in return for financially supporting Kyiv ...

We know we are about to embark on a process whereby the progress that’s been made by the UK as a leading nation for decarbonising our economy since the early 1990s' ...

Public health funding of more than £386 million has been made available to the region’s councils, with a particular focus on ...

A PLAN to build a six-acre battery farm next to the region’s metro headquarters has been given the green light.

The demand-surpassing production of metallurgical coal, in spite of the availability of environment-friendly alternatives for ...

The UK, however, appears to be ahead in terms of immediate reductions in coal use and the integration of renewables into its ...

This victory is part of a global movement against coal, including direct action, legal challenges and public campaigns, that have blocked new plants from the US to Europe to Africa. Meanwhile, new ...

For some, Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts evoke images of coal mines, industrial sprawl, and Russian-speaking culture oriented toward Moscow. Yet to accept this as the regions’ defining reality ...