The MP Ian Lavery has met with Northumbria Police, after it was revealed the force disposed of records relating to the ...

Ian Lavery Labour, MP for Blyth & Ashington, called for an urgent debate in the House of Commons on Thursday as he described ...

Northumbria Police’s decision to dispose of documents relating to the miners strike and the so called Battle of Orgreave has ...

Documents related to the so-called Battle of Orgreave are said to be amongst those destroyed by Northumbria Police.

Boxes of data relating to the Miners’ Strike and South Yorkshire’s ‘Battle of Orgreave’ have been destroyed ahead of an ...

EX-MINERS and hundreds of supporters from all over Britain gathered in Sheffield this weekend to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the 1984-85 miners’ strike and commemorate the police brutally ...

Besides, he’s been sticking up for the underdog all of his career. During the 1985 miners’ strike he anonymously handed over a cheque for $20,000 to a support group.

ASX slips as investors track war in Middle East; Banks rise, miners fall Frances Howe Updated June 19, 2025 — 5.35pmfirst published at 5.18am Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size ...

Deep cuts Miners have long faced grave health threats. Between 1900 and 1960, cave-ins, explosions, other disasters and mining accidents killed nearly 100,000 coal miners on the job.