Three thousand people joined a march through the town of Knottingley on Saturday to mark the closure of nearby Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire, the last remaining deep coal mine in Britain.

LONDON - Coal once fueled the British Empire, employed armies of men and shook the power of governments. On Dec. 18, workers at Britain's last operating deep coal mine finished their final shift, ...

The No 2 Winding Tower at Kellingley Colliery in Yorkshire is demolished. Danny Lawson/PA Images/Getty Images ...

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A reunion for former miners 10 years after the closure of the UK's last deep coal mine will be a "sad occasion", organisers have said. Kellingley Colliery, on the border between North and West ...

HAZEL PRING and MAX DICKINSON introduce The Angry Summer Project, a fringe for the TUC Cymru Congress KELLINGLEY colliery, which is to close on December 15, is Britain’s last deep coalmine. It has ...

Fears the final 450 miners to work at Britain's last deep coal pit will not receive severance packages have been allayed with the government confirming they will get 12 weeks of average pay.

WORKERS at an under-threat North Yorkshire colliery are considering buying it themselves. Ministers are currently allowing the managed closure of Kellingley Colliery by the end of 2015, with the loss ...

"It's not like any other job in the world. You work 800 metres underground and travel for 90 minutes scrunched up on a little train, sweating, and then get off and do your job." John Tempest started ...

"When you grow up in a mining family any accident of course has a resonance," said Selby and Ainsty MP Nigel Adams. On Tuesday, Mr Adams' North Yorkshire constituency saw the third death at the ...