Orgreave: The 30-year quest for the truth

AN official inquiry into allegations of police brutality towards miners outside the Orgreave coking plant near Rotherham in 1984, looks finally set to begin.
Police  outside the Orgreave Coking Plant near Rotheram during the miners' dispute in 1984Police  outside the Orgreave Coking Plant near Rotheram during the miners' dispute in 1984
Police outside the Orgreave Coking Plant near Rotheram during the miners' dispute in 1984

But the journey to here has been long and hard.

Here are six stories you must read about Orgreave and the quest for the truth...

SECTIONS of a report showing apparent links between an alleged police cover-up relating to the Battle of Orgreave and the Hillsborough disaster five years later will not be made public over concerns it may prejudice criminal investigations.

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With calls mounting for a new inquiry into what happened at the Battle of Orgreave in 1984, we talk to one of the 95 miners who was arrested that day.

We look back at the day that went down in history