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Striking miners at the gates of Bilston Colliery near Edinburgh in 1984
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AN independent review into the impact of policing during the 1980s miners’ strike is to be extended after receiving more than 100 submissions including “powerful and moving” testimony.
The Scottish government has received 108 responses to a call for evidence since announcing the independent review last June.
These include submissions from the National Union of Mineworkers Scotland and the Retired Police Officers Association Scotland.
In the second of a series of interviews with leaders of progressive parties in Wales ahead of the May 7 Senedd election David Nicholson talks to Welsh Green Party leader ANTHONY SLAUGHTER
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents
