The tragic tale of a colliery explosion which killed nine men in 1880 inspires a ballet about the disaster.

A local authority votes to oppose plans for an incinerator on a former colliery site in Nottinghamshire.

Gas explosions at a colliery in south-western Romania kill 12 miners and seriously injure eight others, officials say.

A tapestry found in a bag of donated clothes telling the story of a boy killed in a mining explosion goes on show.

Bishop of Sherwood, Rt Rev Tony Porter, went underground at Welbeck Colliery to encourage miners to go back to church this Sunday.

Pershore women's cricket club prepare to take on Plympton in the ECB National Knockout Cup final at Welbeck Colliery in Mansfield.

Staff look forward to a bright future at a South Yorkshire colliery which closed over a decade ago.

Sunderland reserves take on Hartlepool United at the Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground on Tuesday in the inaugural game of the Central League Cup competition.

A planning application to redevelop a former colliery in Nottinghamshire is submitted to the local council.

Controversial plans to remove a tip at a closed colliery are thrown out by councillors for a second time in a year.

Eighteen workers were killed when a mine shaft collapsed at a colliery in central China, state media reports.

Yorkshire's Grimethorpe Colliery band retains the national brass band championship title.

Plans for a huge 20m (65.6ft) sculpture of a girl's head on a former Merseyside colliery, have gone on display.

An MP backs plans for the redevelopment of a disused colliery in Nottinghamshire.

Maltby colliery is marking its centenary with a weekend of events including a march.

The search is on to find former miners who featured in a historic photograph 25 years ago.

There's no whiter place in England and Wales than Easington in County Durham. As a survey finds white working class people feel forgotten and dejected, what do the people in this former colliery town think?

There's no whiter place in England and Wales than Easington in County Durham. As a survey finds white working class people feel forgotten and dejected, what do the people in this former colliery town think?

The future of two controversial headstocks at a former Nottinghamshire colliery remains uncertain.

Three firms express interest in reopening a former coal mine in Northumberland.