70 jobs at colliery site

70 jobs will be created when a colliery spoil heap is restored to public open space.

Planning permission has been granted to restore the ground around the site of the former Rossington Colliery near Doncaster.

Over 13 million tonnes of spoil will be cleared away and 950,000 tonnes of coal are expected to be recovered.

Tom Allchurch, RecyCoal’s CEO, said: