HISTORICAL FACTS: 11 | History Defined

Extinction Rebellion activists pour black paint outside Gove’s office

Protest held over levelling up secretary’s decision to approve new coalmine in Cumbria

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023

New Cumbria coalmine likely to break UK’s climate pledge, analysis says

Whitehaven colliery will release about 17,500 tonnes of methane every year, estimates thinktank

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023

Woman who made grooming gang claims convicted of perverting course of justice

Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was found guilty by a jury at Preston Crown Court.

The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2023

Man from Manchester caught out on M6 with boot stashed full of drugs

Hughes was found to have played a significant role in a drug-trafficking operation between Manchester and south Cumbria

Manchester Evening News · Dec 20, 2022

Man dies after being shot by armed police in Cumbria

Officers used firearm after being called to Carlisle address where man in 40s was reported to be threatening people

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2022

Conrad Atkinson obituary

Other lives: Artist who highlighted contentious sociopolitical issues in his work

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022

Cumbria coal mine: how to understand local support for the new pit

The UK government recently approved a new coal mine in Whitehaven, a small coastal town in Cumbria, northwest England. The first mine to be given the go-ahead in 30 years is expected to produce 2.8 million tonnes of coking coal a year for steelmaking, and provide 500 new jobs. The…

The Conversation · Dec 15, 2022

Cumbrian coal: the 18th-century poem that perfectly encapsulated Whitehaven’s mining culture

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.

The Conversation · Dec 15, 2022

Gove’s defence of UK coalmine dismissed as ‘greenwashing nonsense’

Head of offsetting standard rubbishes minister’s claim of Cumbrian mine’s carbon neutrality as ‘absurd’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022

Cumbria coalmine digs a hole for Britain’s climate policy

Letters: Michael Gove’s decision to approve a new mine is greeted with anger and frustration by Steven Schofield, Keith Fitton, Dr Chris Haughton, Gary Nethercott and Liz Fairhurst

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022