6.3K views · 46 reactions | UK: New coal mine to be built after 30 years, government says the project to create jobs and reduce imports Mine to dig up coking coal in Cumbria Mohammed Saleh brings you this report Watch more: https://www.wionews.com/videos | WION | Facebook

6.3K views · 58 reactions | The decision to approve the UK's first new deep coal mine in thirty years has been quashed in the High Court. Plans for the mine in Cumbria were approved by the Conservative government in 2022. But environmental campaigners mounted a legal challenge, saying all fossil fuel extraction should stop. | Channel 4 News | Facebook

ICONIC STRIKES #7: The U.K. Miners' Strike - The 1984-85 United Kingdom miners’ strike was a 362 days long strike that ultimately saw the decline in the power of trade unions. - Coal mining had been on a steep decline throughout the 20th century, with the industry employing approximately 1,000,000 workers in 1922, and only 231,000 by 1982. At that point, the coal mining industry was heavily subsidized by the government. In 1979 Margret Thatcher became Prime Minister. Her political and economic p