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Miners 'on the verge of victory'

Former head of the National Union of Mineworkers Arthur Scargill has reappeared at a rally in London, 25 years after the dispute that led to the miners' strike went national. Nicholas Jones, who covered the strike for the BBC, returned to Conway Hall in Red Lion Square in London - the scene many past strike meetings and rallies - to listen to Mr Scargill speak.

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