Dorfman theatre, LondonThe director and writer of the hit 2014 film deliver a stage celebration of togetherness in the face of adversityA group of 1980s LGBTQ+ activists begin fundraising for a south Wales pit village in the...
Read MoreSolidarity between LGBTQ+ people and unions has saved an event denied ‘a single penny’ of council moneyAs the annual Pride parade weaved its way through Durham, the rainbow flags, trans rights placards and sequined cowboy hats...
Read MorePete Wilcox says point of investigation into infamous 1984 clashes with police is to ‘enable communities to move on’ Former miners will finally get the chance to speak the truth about their experiences after four decades of...
Read MoreTerms of reference are to seek fullest disclosure of information and to produce a report by spring 2028UK politics live – latest updatesThe government has announced the formal start of the promised official inquiry into the...
Read MoreFormer coalminers join fellow museum staff in strike over pay which is due to last until mid-September“Who’d have thought we’d be doing this again?” Arthur Scargill said earlier this week, raising a laugh from the ex-miners...
Read MoreThe prosecutions of 95 miners charged with riot and unlawful assembly in 1985 collapsed amid accusations of police officers lying in courtMinisters have announced an inquiry into the violent policing at Orgreave and the...
Read MoreMove follows decades of campaigning over violent policing and collapsed prosecutions at South Yorkshire coking plantMore than four decades after the violent policing at Orgreave during the miners’ strike and a failed prosecution...
Read MoreMiner who was seen on TV being beaten by officer said he was not aware of report’s existence before it was destroyedDocuments destroyed by police relating to operations at Orgreave during the miners’ strike in 1984 are believed...
Read MoreForce says it disposed of papers last year despite forthcoming inquiry into scenes of violent policing in 1984Police have destroyed documents relating to the Battle of Orgreave in 1984 during the miners’ strike, which is the...
Read MoreSheffield demonstration comes 40 years after notorious police action against striking minersCampaigners are to gather at Sheffield City Hall for a rally to mark 40 years since the notorious “battle” of Orgreave during the...
Read MoreMinister says scars from ‘bitter and divisive dispute’ still run deep more than three decades onThe Scottish government is to pardon hundreds of men convicted of offences during the 1984 miners’ strike after an...
Read MoreOn the eve of Britain’s election, Thomas Frank, who anticipated the rise of Trump among white working-class voters in the US, visited the industrial heartlands of northern England to compare two momentous contestsThe Red Shed is...
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