BRITISH Coal is returning to the High Court on May 20 to secure an order for immediate closure of all ten pits under threat.
NUM lawyers have been told by BC that they are applying for now breach last December's Judgement.
Lord Justice Glidewell had rational and illegal and that a review procedure for each individual pit, including independent scrutiny, must agreed with ine unions ocrore any pil could close.
BC are arguing they have fulmiica tese requirements - 3 view strongly rejected by the NUM and NACODS. BC are offering to call off the High Court hearine it the unions 3ccept closure does not breach the Ken Capstick, vice-president of Yorkshire NUM described BC's tactics as 'utterly deplordoic. Hic sale tat gen tric "compelling case for coal", it could only reflect political vindictiveness against the miners and a continuing determination to destroy the NUM'.
Miners still refusing to accept rcouncancy are conceatraico al Trentham, Staffordshire, Parkside, Lancashire. Bettws and Taff Merthyr, Wales and Vane Tempest in the North-East.
Amonest miners who have taken roundancy and inosc who have hung on, there is widespread feeling the that they have been let down by the TUC and Labour party leadership.
The only miner left on BC's books at Markham Main, Andy Butler, said that Labour and ku leaders had run away trom a chance to beat the govern-