"If it was one of mine who was buried there, I wouldn't like it if someone like Jimmy was in the same place, " said Mr Marsden.

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Eventually the big Botticelli pictures were so identified with the soul of their country's heritage that Hitler buried them in a salt-mine with orders to destroy them if he lost the war.

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John Whyatt, a mine inspector, told Selby Magistrates' Court he began his investigations at the mine after being told that two men had been "buried".

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Plans to operate an opencast mine in north Staffordshire show a "lack of respect" for miners buried in a 19th Century pit disaster, campaigners say.

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