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LONDON Pride organisers have relegated trade unions from the front of this year’s parade to make way for big money sponsors.
The Star revealed last week that Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) is set to lead the June 27 parade after their solidarity story was told on the silver screen in Bafta-winning film Pride.
It was supported to lead a huge block of union members to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025
MOLLIE BROWN reports on this year’s festival in honour of the ‘seven men of Jarrow’ deported to Australia for union activity 193 years ago