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Powering down: end times for the UK s final coal-fired station | Energy industry

At Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, the turbines will stop spinning for good this year as the UK meets its pledge to ban coal use. We meet staff proud of the site’s 56-year history

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The miners strike 40 years on - from the perspective of the Nottingham Evening Post s coal industry reporter

The miners strike 40 years on - from the perspective of the Nottingham Evening Post s coal industry reporter
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Adam Boulton: It s 40 years since the most gripping news story I have ever worked on

A face-off between two powerful leaders, with vital economic, political and social issues at stake, the strike reshaped the UK.

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Mick McGahey: Proud Scottish commie s power haunted MI5 s best spooks

OUR Icon this week was a Communist, back in the days when that seemed very slightly less mental than it does now and when the Left was about class…

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Continuing the false narrative

Will Moore reviews Tom Barrow (director) 'The miners’ strike 1984 - the battle for Britain' Channel 4

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