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UNBELIEVABLE: Orgreave gpe - Caught on Camera

Former miners can finally speak the truth about Orgreave, says inquiry chair

Pete Wilcox says point of investigation into infamous 1984 clashes with police is to ‘enable communities to move on’

The Guardian - UK

Orgreave inquiry formally under way into policing during miners’ strike

Terms of reference are to seek fullest disclosure of information and to produce a report by spring 2028

The Guardian - UK

Dale Vince calls for Battle of the Beanfield to be included in Orgreave policing inquiry

Ecotricity founder was part of new-age convoy heading to Stonehenge in 1985 when more than 500 people were arrested

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The Guardian view on the Orgreave inquiry: scrutiny of South Yorkshire police’s actions is long overdue

Editorial: That a panel will examine the brutal treatment of striking miners, and faked police statements, is a triumph for civil society

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Uncovering the truth behind the bloodshed at Orgreave, four decades on

In today’s newsletter: The investigative reporter whose work helped lead to a new inquiry into one of the most brutal clashes in British industrial history on its connection with the Hillsborough disaster – and why justice is finally due

The Guardian - UK

Police behaviour at protests not changed since Orgreave, say activists

Supporters of newly announced inquiry into 1984-85 miners’ strike warn of more injustices by ‘agents of the state’

The Guardian - UK

What happened at the Battle of Orgreave – and why is there an inquiry 40 years laster?

‘The scars can still be felt across the coalfields,’ home secretary Yvette Cooper said

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Miners arrested at Orgreave say their names can finally be cleared after inquiry

The inquiry, expected to launch in the autumn, will investigate the events surrounding clashes at the Orgreave Coking Plant in South Yorkshire in 1984

The Independent UK

Inquiry into Orgreave violence during 1984 miners’ strike announced

The inquiry, expected to launch in the autumn, will investigate the events surrounding clashes at the Orgreave Coking Plant in 1984.

Evening Standard

Orgreave inquiry: Why now and what are the crucial questions it seeks to answer?

The prosecutions of 95 miners charged with riot and unlawful assembly in 1985 collapsed amid accusations of police officers lying in court

The Guardian - UK

The confrontation at Orgreave: a visual timeline

In the early summer of 1984, 8,000 miners and supporters gathered to picket a coke works in South Yorkshire. They were met by a force of 6,000 police officers

The Guardian - UK

Orgreave papers destroyed by police thought to include report on notorious truncheon beating

Miner who was seen on TV being beaten by officer said he was not aware of report’s existence before it was destroyed

The Guardian - UK

The government should act now to stop the police destruction of archived evidence

Letters: Edward Rees KC and Dr Keith Flett express their outrage at the actions of Northumbria police in destroying files on the Battle of Orgreave

The Guardian - UK

Police’s disposal of miners’ strike documents ‘deeply worrying’ – Lucy Powell

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The Guardian - UK

Northumbria police destroy Battle of Orgreave and other miners’ strike files

Force says it disposed of papers last year despite forthcoming inquiry into scenes of violent policing in 1984

The Guardian - UK

Multitudes: How Crowds Made the Modern World by Dan Hancox review – a hymn to coming together

A celebration of ‘capitalism-subverting, ego-transcending’ mass gatherings – from Peterloo to M25 raves, Orgreave to Notting Hill carnival

The Guardian - UK

Strike: An Uncivil War review – brutal confrontation on the miners’ strike picket lines

Former miners and police officers recall Orgreave, one of the nastiest events in postwar British history, in Daniel Gordon’s forthright documentary

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners rally on Battle of Orgreave anniversary as Labour promises inquiry

Sheffield demonstration comes 40 years after notorious police action against striking miners

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The Independent UK

Protesters call for inquiry into ‘Battle of Orgreave’

Clashes outside a coking plant 39 years ago led to 95 miners being arrested

The Guardian - UK

Michael McColgan obituary

Other lives: Former academic who retrained as a solicitor and worked for families affected by the Hillsborough disaster

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