Officials/speakers in attendance at the dedication of the Newport Township coal miner statue: front, from left: Joe Hillan, Newport Township; John Zyla, Newport Township/Newport United.

TV presenter and County Durham's own Matt Baker has this week unveiled a touching tribute to the long and rich mining history ...

Retired coal miner Stanley "Goose" Stewart holds a helmet he wore inside the Upper Big Branch mine when it blew up on April 5, 2010, killing 29 men, as he stands for a portrait at his home April 2 ...

The pit pony statue represents the working animals which once hauled heavy carts of coal in Ryhope's underground tunnels. The village was home to a large mining community until the closure of its ...

In the north of the county areas around Chesterfield, Bolsover and Staveley were home ... statue itself would be cast in bronze, if planning permission is granted, it depicts a miner at the coal ...