The Big Pit National Coal Museum was founded to tell the story of one of Wales’s historic industries. But the former pit must now play a part in making the nation “anti-racist”. The devolved ...

making it the first mine in Wales big enough to allow two tramways.” At its peak, in 1923, there were 1,399 men working at Big Pit producing coal including house, steam, ironside, and fireclay.

Winding gear can be seen at the Big Pit in Wales, and at the National Coal Mining Museum at Caphouse Colliery, West Yorkshire.

A giant red ball pit has appeared in Manchester, demonstrating that fun knows no age limit as adults plunged in. The 'Babybel-ball pit', a massive 10m by 5m filled with 65,000 bright red balls ...