Trustees of a fund set up for families of miners killed in a 1970s disaster have said they are struggling to donate a remaining £1m due to restrictions on who can benefit. Seven men died when a ...

In 1973 800 men worked around the clock at Lofthouse Colliery in Wakefield bringing coal out of its rich seams. It was a dirty, dark dangerous job. On the day of the disaster, March 21st, 30 men were ...

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Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War ...