In a letter to West Cumbria Mining (WCM), the government's Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has ...

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It's hard to believe that 1,300 people used to work where I'm now standing, almost alone, on a freezing hillside on the ...

West Cumbria Mining has been told it has until the end of the month to confirm whether it will continue to pursue its planning application for ...

Alyson and Chris Austin, who live on the edge of the site, said the plans would be the "ultimate betrayal". "We could see ...

This is Big Pit, the national coal museum in Blaenavon that is keeping alive the history of the industry on which modern ...

Big Pit in Wales has been named the best free attraction in the UK and it's easy to see why - it's an incredible, moving and ...