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The former Marchon chemical works on the outskirts of Whitehaven is the site of the proposed mine Opponents of the UK's first major coal mine for 40 years are considering a legal challenge over its ...

The UK government has given approval for the country's first new coalmine in 30 years at Whitehaven in Cumbria, according to media reports on Wednesday. Despite wide-range objections, Levelling-up ...

Haig Colliery opened in 1916 and provided employment to generations of men in Whitehaven. "It's the bedrock that's built the town to be perfectly honest," said Gerard Richardson, the deputy lord ...

THE UK Government has approved the first UK coalmine in 30 years for a site near Whitehaven. The Woodhouse Colliery was given the green light by Levelling-Up Secretary Michael Gove on Wednesday. The ...

Boris Johnson has insisted that although he is against 'more coal' the potential opening of a new colliery in Cumbria is not his decision to make. Under fierce questioning about the plan, the Prime ...

The debates waged over the opening of the Woodhouse Colliery in Whitehaven, Cumbria, have laid bare starkly different views about the steps the UK should take to honour its net zero commitments. On ...

The debates waged over the opening of the woodhouse colliery in Whitehaven, Cumbria, have laid bare starkly different views about the steps the UK should take to honour its net zero commitments . On ...