Former coal-mining areas are falling further behind the rest of Britain decades on from pit closures, a charity has warned. Forty years after the 1984 miners' strike, the Coalfields Regeneration ...

Tomorrow John Sheppard will speak about how the miners organised and his personal experiences as an activist during the strike at Armthorpe, one of the most active and militant NUM branches in the ...

A group of coal miners in Siberia’s Kemerovo region said Monday that they were launching a hunger strike after their employer ...

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Miners strike 1984: the beginning of a struggle that decided the future of many North East communities. The miners strike saw Margaret Thatcher and the Tory government lock horns with NUM ...

It has been four decades since the beginning of the 1984-1985 Miners’ Strike, which only lasted one year but made a significant impact for decades to come. The strikes were held by the National Union ...

Ashington remains stuck following the closure of the coal mines, according to local ... shortage of quality jobs four decades after the Miner's Strike of 1984. The State of the Coalfields 2024 ...

It’s a landmark anniversary without honour - but one which had a profound impact on the future of the district’s coal industry.

Coal mining was the life blood of Wales... until it wasn't. Don't miss this poignant documentary capturing the stories of the Miners' Strike 40 years on.

LONDON (AP) — Scottish industrialist Sir Ian MacGregor, who helped crush a year-long coal miners’ strike and break the power of Britain’s unions in the mid-1980s, has died. He was 85. The former ...

Forty years after the miners’ strike, coalfield communities in Scotland - including Lothian - are still in need of support to recover from the legacy of pit closures, a new study has found.