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Out Now - The Miners Hymns by Bill Morrison, music by Jóhann Jóhannsson

This compelling elegy in film and music to the coal mining history of North East England, The Miners’ Hymns focuses on the mines in the Durham area, showing the intense labour, vibrant community and rich culture that characterised the lives of those who worked underground during the twentieth century.

Collaged from archive film from the BFI National Archive, Amber Films & Photography Collective, BBC and the Northern Region Film and Television Archive, it celebrates social, cultural and political aspects of the now-extinct mining industry, and the strong regional tradition of colliery brass bands.

Release Date 20th June 2011

Click here to see the trailer - http://youtu.be/_6avULC9nuQ

Click here to buy from Amazon - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004LO2EM8

HARWORTH PROJECT

Despite there being 38m tonnes of coal in the mine, a decision on the future of the re-opening of Harworth Colliery has been adjourned until the Company has acquired agreement to secure a loan from European Investment Bankers; the Colliery will remain in mothball status. A submission to the Investment Bankers will be forwarded by the week ending Friday 13 March 2009 .

WAGE AWARD

The results of a ballot held on the wage award which was concluded on 30 January 2009 was announced, the result was 84.4% in favour of acceptance of the wage offer.