The UK is to build its first new coalmine for three decades, despite objections from campaigners across the UK.
Nowhere is more divided than Whitehaven in Cumbria, where the mine will produce 2.8 million tonnes of coking coal a year – largely for export to other countries.
Many locals welcome the promised 500 new jobs in the region and chance for deprived Whitehaven to return to being a thriving coastal town.
