One of England's last coalmines to close near Durham

Bradley site to extract last coal two months after sister site in Northumberland ended production

Thousands of years of English coalmining will near an end this week with the closure of one of the country's last remaining coalmines in Bradley near Durham.

The owner of the surface mine, the Banks Group, said Bradley will extract its last coal on Monday 17 August, two months after its sister site at Shotton in Northumberland ended its own coal production.