RARE flowers and plants in an important grassland habitat are being safeguarded for future generations as part of innovative restoration work at a massive opencast coal mine in Northumberland.Read
MULTI-million pound plans to redevelop two former Northumberland colliery sites will finally go before county councillors next week – more than six years after the last of them closed.Read
PEOPLE in a cluster of Northumberland villages claimed yesterday there is no end in sight for opencast operations in their area – after another mine was given the green light by planners.Read
VILLAGERS who are fighting a renewed bid for a 500-acre opencast coal mine on their doorsteps also look set to have three giant wind turbines built close to their rural community.Read
A MAJOR new opencast coal mine looks set to go ahead in Northumberland, despite protests from local people who have lived with the effects of the industry for decades.Read
MOVES to bring in legislation banning all new opencast mining operations within 500 metres of homes are being strongly opposed by the two biggest coal companies working in Northumberland.Read
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