Former history teacher Glynn Wales starts our coverage of the 100th anniversary of the General Strike by telling the story of what the Echo called ...

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Were the miners "hopelessly defeated" in the Great Strike of 100 years ago?

Almost 40,000 people to get one-off £5,500 lump sum just before Christmas

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