Miners seeking Hillsborough-style inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave welcome ‘extremely positive meeting’ with government
A twisted sign, felled concrete posts and a broken wall outside a coking plant in Orgreave, South Yorkshire, June 18, 1984
MINERS seeking a Hillsborough-style inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave have welcomed an “extremely positive meeting” with the government.
The Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC) said it told Home Secretary Yvette Cooper that an inquiry should be held as a matter of urgency into events outside a coking plant in Yorkshire on June 18 1984.
The delegation included miners arrested during violent clashes with police, which led to allegations of police brutality and government involvement.
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