The miners strike 1984 was one of the longest and most brutal in British labour history A community fighting for jobs and survival was wholly denigrated and depicted as violent by the majority of ...

The story of the Battle of Orgreave: the bloodiest episode in the year-long strike. Including footage that reveals the startling nature of some of the policing that day. The story of how ...

A cop who clashed with miners at the Battle of Orgreave in 1984 has revealed that police set out to 'intimidate' strikers as they needed to 'show who was in charge'. Chris McLaughlin, an officer ...

A new documentary about the Battle of Orgreave, in which striking miners clashed with police in South Yorkshire, is to premiere at Sheffield's DocFest. Strike: An Uncivil War will be screened for ...

Two union officials who filmed the Battle of Orgreave during the 1984 Miners’ Strike have told how they feared someone would be killed. National Union of Mineworkers officers Keith Brookes and ...

Almost 30 years ago, 10,000 striking miners clashed with 5,000 police officers in what became known as the Battle of Orgreave. With the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) asking ...

A look back at the events that unfolded at Orgreave, the worst day of industrial violence in modern British history. The Battle of Orgreave. Video, 00:01:07The Battle of Orgreave Up Next.