Impressive bio: Mr Heselden grew up in the Halton Moor area of Leeds, leaving school at 15 and working down local pits. He worked as a miner before losing his

Impressive bio: Mr Heselden grew up in the Halton Moor area of Leeds, leaving school at 15 and working down local pits. He worked as a miner before losing his job in a wave of redundancies in the 1980s. His engineering business went from strength-to-strength and he had a fortune reported to be £166m, making him one of the top 400 richest people on the UK.