Coal mining

Miners' welfare hall renamed 'without council's knowledge'

How supporting miners led to same-sex marriage

Villagers oppose plan to rename miners' welfare hall

1977: Big Geordie, the massive excavator. Video, 00:01:491977: Big Geordie, the massive excavator

1983: Bevin Boys. Audio, 00:14:041983: Bevin Boys

The man who took on the coal industry to save a forest - and won

1985: Miners call off year-long strike. Video, 00:03:551985: Miners call off year-long strike

Calls for miners' pensions to be reformed

1985: Coal mine canaries phased out. Video, 00:00:511985: Coal mine canaries phased out

Miners' pension campaigners march at Westminster

Staff prepare for UK's last coal power plant to shut

Council refuses grilling on mine controversy role

'The sky was black with missiles'

Strike! The Village That Fought Back. Video, 58 minutesStrike! The Village That Fought Back

Where does the UK get its energy from?

How the miners’ strike changed the role of women

Miners' Hall revamp could be finished by Christmas

Miners' strike at 40: 'We were robbed of our future' Video, 00:03:12Miners' strike at 40: 'We were robbed of our future'

First Minister's Questions: As it happened on 5 March

Bid to save former coal mine machinery

The village that lost its coal but not its soul

Miners' strike divisions 'have never gone away'

Stephenson's lamp sculpture to be unveiled