Plans to demolish the former head office of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in Sheffield are expected to be approved by the council.

The Holly Street building was built by the union in the 1980s, but has been empty for several years.

City councillors were being asked at a meeting on Monday to back plans for new offices, shops and restaurants.

Planning officers say the NUM building is out of character with the redevelopment of the city centre.

It would also meet a need for "prestigious" office space in the city centre.
The existing structure was built when the then NUM leader Arthur Scargill decided to move the union headquarters from London.

But with the decline of mining, the union withdrew to the old Yorkshire NUM headquarters in Barnsley, with the Holly Street building remaining unused.