Mr Lloyd won 139, 437 of the 272, 153 total votes, with second-placed Conservative candidate Michael Winstanley receiving 42, 478 votes.

BBC: Tony Lloyd

Geoffrey Winstanley said he and fellow miners were digging with their bare hands to try and free Mr Gibson.

BBC: Gerry Gibson pit death inquest: Miners' rescue attempts

Jones was then upended by Southport defender Mark Winstanley, whose indiscretion went unpunished when Andy Thackeray squandered the resulting free-kick.

BBC: Southport 1-0 Nuneaton

The game became stretched as both sides tired and Steve Jones missed an inviting header from six yards after Winstanley's pinpoint cross.

BBC: Southport 1-0 Nuneaton

Kevin Watson, principal of Winstanley College in Wigan, said the only fair way of measuring colleges' achievements was by assessing the value they add to each individual student's performance.

BBC: Colleges dispute cash rewards

Mr Winstanley and Mr Sheldon said they were aware of the previous collapse but had not received a specific safety talk and were not aware of an exclusion zone within the mine.

BBC: Gerry Gibson pit death inquest: Miners' rescue attempts

Mr Winstanley, who was operating machinery supporting the roof at the time, described the situation as "horrendous" and said they eventually managed to uncover Mr Gibson's face and head but there were no signs of life.

BBC: Gerry Gibson pit death inquest: Miners' rescue attempts

The boldest advance came in the 17th-century, when Henry Winstanley, an eccentric inventor and practical joker (he had chairs in his house that flew up in the air), took it upon himself to build a lighthouse on the lethal Eddystone Rock, 14 miles from the English port of Plymouth.

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