In December 2022, planning permission was granted by the secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ("SoS") to extract coal from a coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England. The ...

Britain’s approval of its first new deep coal mine in decades was unlawful, London’s High Court ruled on Friday following a legal challenge brought by environmental campaigners. Friends of the Earth ...

Contentious plans to open the UK's first new coal mine in decades appeared doomed Friday after it emerged the new Labour government will not defend the project's previous approval in court. The High ...

A strike by over 40 workers at the National Coal Mining Museum in a dispute over wages is to be extended into the new year, a ...

Wakefield Council will also be asked to urge the Charity Commission to investigate the ongoing dispute. Staff at the tourist attraction, where visitors can get a lift 459 ft (140m) down to the mine ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's burning coal pit may herald the last act for UK underground coal mining, which is already battling greener government policy and cheap imports from Colombia, Russia and ...

In a statement, a museum spokesperson said: "We are disappointed our recent pay offer has been rejected. This included a £1 per hour increase for museum guides with specialist skills, such as ...