The National Union of Miners’ planned buyout of Kellingley Colliery, near Selby, was ditched after the union accused UK Coal of making unrealistic demands.
Watch the video to see Yorkshire Voice’s Ailsa Rochester speaking to NUM delegate, Keith Hartshorne, miner Nigel Kemp and Labour MP Yvette Cooper, member of Parliament for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford.