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British rescue workers find 2nd miner dead

LONDON — British rescue workers have found the body of a second miner while searching a flooded coal mine in south Wales.

Police said a search and rescue operation is still ongoing to find two others trapped underground in the Gleision Colliery near Swansea.

Earlier Friday, police discovered the body of one miner at the bottom of the main mine shaft.

Neither body has been recovered yet and their identities have not yet been confirmed, police said.