Development of coalpit in the news (7)
I believe the answer is:
topical
'in the news' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'development of coalpit' is the wordplay.
'development of' indicates an anagram (letters developed in another way).
'coalpit' anagrammed gives 'TOPICAL'.
(Other definitions for topical that I've seen before include "Of local interest" , "Of interest at the present time" , "currently under discussion" , "Up to date" , "Current - local - up-to-date" .)