Tresidder published Mining company boss dies aged 69

Richard Budge, the businessman behind the purchase of state-owned British Coal's mining assets in England when the industry was privatised more than 20 years ago, has died aged of 69.He was born in 1947, the year the UK coal industry with almost a thousand deep mines and a million employees, was nationalised becoming the National Coal Board. Almost half a century later when the "ultimate privatisation" was completed, there were just 19 deep mines in production – and Mr Budge's...