Chile miners

A general election, a World Cup, an “environmental 9/11”, the biggest secret files leaks in history and news of a royal wedding. Channel 4 News looks back at the winners and losers in a hectic year.

Manchester United has welcomed the Chile miners to Old Trafford. The men met Sir Bobby Charlton whose father was a miner.

One of the Uruguayan rugby team, who spent 70 days in the Andes mountains following the 1972 plane crash, tells Channel 4 News about counselling the Chilean miners.

The endurance epic of “Los 33 Mineros” of San Jose will go down as one of the great survival stories of all time, writes Jonathan Miller

Ben De Pear, Channel 4 News Foreign Editor, blogs on the end of the Chilean miners rescue and how it was received by a younger than expected audience.

Manuel Gonzales was the first rescuer to go down and meet the Chile miners half a mile underground. He tells Jonathan Miller what it felt like to go down the shaft to them.

The day after their dramatic rescue, three of the 33 Chilean miners have been released from hospital. Channel 4 News talks to an expert about their psychological well-being.

Exclusive: The man who led the rescue mission that saved 33 trapped Chilean miners tells Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller his wife wanted to kill him when he got home.

Channel 4 News has obtained the first interview with one of the Chilean miners to be screened on British television. Richard Villarroel says they were “waiting for death” while trapped underground.

Exclusive: as officials say some of the 33 freed Chile miners could be allowed to leave hospital soon, Channel 4 News screens the first British televised interview with one of them.

The 33 rescued Chilean miners have been sent iPods by Apple, and promised football tickets by major clubs. But the psychological pain of their ordeal is not over, an expert tells Channel 4 News.

All 33 of the Chilean miners trapped for 69 days underground have been freed, after a 24 hour rescue mission. Jonathan Miller in Copiapo says there’s “national delight” at the success.

Channel 4 News reflects the compelling words of those involved in the recovery of the 33 Chilean miners – rescuers, relatives, heads of state and the miners themselves.

All 33 of the Chilean miners have been safely rescued. The last, 54-year-old foreman Luis Urzua, reached the surface to rapturous applause and said “now we can all have a rest, mission accomplished.”

There are scenes of jubilation at the Chilean mine as the trapped men are reunited with their loved ones after 10 weeks underground – as people dance in celebration in nearby Copiapo.