FORMER Barnsley miners could be in line for a pay out of up to £25k after being short changed twice by different legal firms over compensation.

In the past law firms got rich on claims from injured pitmen representing them for a host of industrial diseases such as vibration white finger.

But after some firms were exposed for withholding compensation, miners signed up with new companies to help them recover the owed monies.

Now it has emerged some of those also left miners thousands of pounds out of pocket by failing to properly investigate their claims.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle