MRS Training & Rescue (formerly Mines Rescue Service) had a base at Kellingley, North Yorkshire, when it closed in December. The company's new training centre in Knottingley comes with a 230 feet ...

The mines rescue service was founded about 100 years ago A rescue company that was based at the last deep coal mine in the UK when it closed has opened a new training facility.

Members of the Cumbria Ore Mines Rescue Unit and the Penrith Mountain Rescue Team took part in a training exercise in Smallcleugh Mine in Nenthead, near Penrith and our Steph Lloyd joined them to ...

The mines need a R310 million injection to start operating again, after they were shut down in 2016 and put under business rescue. SSC has been insisting that they have the funds – a fact ...

It dropped its historic Mines Rescue Service name in March, rebranding as MRS, and now aims to hit £20m turnover by 2020. It has a workforce of 140, 70 per cent of whom are ex-miners.