When seven men died in the Lofthouse Colliery disaster 40 years ago only one body was recovered. And while six men still remain in the mine, the memory of the catastrophe is seared into the minds of ...

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A 77-year-old former miner who was stabbed whilst bravely trying to tackle Jo Cox's killer was also a hero of a colliery disaster 40 years ago. Have-a-go hero Bernard Kenny was waiting outside the ...

In 1973 800 men worked around the clock at Lofthouse Colliery in Wakefield bringing coal out of its rich seams. It was a dirty, dark dangerous job. On the day of the disaster, March 21st, 30 men were ...

Bernard Carter-Kenny, 77, was member of team that tried to rescue seven men trapped in Lofthouse colliery in 1977 A man who risked his life to try to save Jo Cox is a veteran of the mines rescue ...

On March 22, 1973, it was reported that seven miners at Lofthouse colliery were still trapped 750ft underground, more than 24 hours after water broke through the coal face where they were working. Did ...

A new strategy from the Together Alliance links the fight against racism to the wider struggle over austerity and inequality, says BILL GREENSHIELDS THERE will be a small gathering today at a memorial ...

Michael Portillo reflected on a mining tragedy on as he travelled between Wakefield and Leeds on his BBC show Great British Railway Journeys. He visited the National Coalmining Museum for England whch ...

But the inrush of water had blocked the main gate and made the tail gate impassable. Two large holes appeared in a farmer s field directly above the point where the accident happened as the water ...

But the inrush of water had blocked the main gate and made the tail gate impassable. Two large holes appeared in a farmer s field directly above the point where the accident happened as the water ...