Coalpit collapse in the news (7)

I believe the answer is:

topical

'in the news' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'coalpit collapse' is the wordplay.
'collapse' indicates anagramming the letters.
'coalpit' anagrammed gives 'TOPICAL'.

(Other definitions for topical that I've seen before include "Contemporary" , "About current events in Capitol" , "Applied externally" , "hot" , "Of local interest" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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