P216 CEEFAX 216  Mon 13 Oct  21:22/47
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 British Coal is to close two south     
 Wales pits with the loss of 1,200 jobs.
                                        
 British Coal said the pits, at Nantgarw
 near Cardiff and Cwm near Llantrisant, 
 were to close because of underground   
 problems and combined losses of        
 £10 million in the last six months.    
                                        
 The National Union of Mineworkers says 
 it will not fight the closure because  
 it has no faith in the colliery review 
 procedure.                             
                                        
  Nottinghamshire MUM vice president   
 Mr Mick McGinty has been sacked from   
 Ollerton colliery for allegedly        
 threatening a NACODS union official.