MINERS from Tower Colliery may be setting their sights on a pit in the Neath Valley. It has been announced in the past week that the Hirwaun mine, historically bought by its own workforce in 1995, ...

The chairman of Tower Colliery, the last deep mine in Wales which closed 10 years ago this week, hopes hundreds of homes and a new cultural centre will be built on the site within years. Tyrone ...

As branch secretary of the NUM, Tyrone O'Sullivan led the buyout of Tower Colliery, extending its life by 13 years Tributes have been paid to a "legendary" Welsh miners' leader following his death at ...

Tributes were paid today to a miners’ leader who led his men back to work after saving Wales’ last deep coal pit. Tyrone O'Sullivan, who has died aged 77, spearheaded the 1995 workers’ buyout of Tower ...

An ex-miner who worked at Tower Colliery for 22 years has returned to experience it as a zip line tourist attraction for the first time. Andrew Brookman, from Hirwaun, descended the 1.5km zip line - ...