Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police clash with picketers next to the Orgreave coking plant in 1984 (Getty) The government has announced it is launching a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Picketing miners clashed with police at the ‘Battle of Orgreave’ on June 18 1984 - Getty Images/Charlie Ley Retired police ...

An independent inquiry has launched into one of the bloodiest days of the 1980s Miners' Strike, with its chair pledging to "establish the truth". It will look into the conflict that became known as ...

A new public inquiry will "uncover the truth" behind the so-called "Battle of Orgreave", a bloody fight between striking miners and police officers in the 1980s. One hundred and twenty people were ...

The government has announced it is launching a statutory inquiry into the violent policing at Orgreave during the infamous miner’s strike of 1984. Dubbed the ‘Battle of Orgreave’ by historians, the ...