The government has announced it is launching a statutory inquiry into the violent policing at Orgreave during the infamous miner’s strike of 1984. Dubbed the ‘Battle of Orgreave’ by historians, the ...

What was once a hive of industry has been transformed into a new community which will eventually have thousands of homes as well as offices, schools and retail space, while new jobs are provided by ...

A national inquiry will be held into one of the most violent days of the year-long miners' strike in the 1980s, the government has announced. The inquiry would look into the clashes between police and ...

The late Queen Elizabeth II was shocked after she saw police charging into picketing miners at the Battle of Orgreave, it has been revealed. The incident, one of the most violent clashes in British ...

LONDON — The British government said Monday that it will hold a public inquiry into the “Battle of Orgreave,” a violent confrontation between police and striking coal miners that became a defining ...

Tuesday marks the 40 th anniversary of a grim day in U.K. history: the Battle of Orgreave when police clashed with striking workers at a coking plant, leaving more 100 people injured. Those shocking ...

EXCLUSIVE: The 40 th anniversary of one of the most brutal days in modern British history is about to be observed – the day when a massive deployment of police attacked striking laborers at a coking ...

A long-overdue inquiry into one of the darkest days in South Yorkshire’s history has been met with a wave of mixed emotions from Sheffield residents. The announcement that the government will finally ...

Police records relating to one of the most violent confrontations of the 1984 miners’ strike “should not be going missing or being destroyed”, a Home Office minister has said. Lord Hanson of Flint ...