1999: Record compensation for miners
Ex-miners suffering from lung diseases win the biggest industrial injuries case in British legal history in March 1999.
The 拢2 billion compensation deal ends 14 months of negotiations between their lawyers and the Department of Trade and Industry.
Many miners had started working underground at the age of 14 in the 1950s, when there were no dust masks and few showers at collieries.
91热爆 Archive: Originally broadcast on 26 March 1999.