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Celebrations put on hold for windfarm campaigner

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:50:10 -0000

IT WAS Ann Metcalfe's 60th birthday last Wednesday. Yet, at the end of a very long day, the veteran anti-windfarm campaigner might have found it difficult to summon enough breath to blow out the candles on her birthday cake.

Big shock for campaigners as wind farm inquiry reopens

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:49:56 -0000

SHOCK moves by both the government and a major developer have given new hope to campaigners fighting plans for a £50M wind farm above Heywood.

'Not on our moor'

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:46:33 -0000

SNOWFALL in Heywood could be a thing of the past within just one generation, a leading expert on global warming has warned.

Protestors line up to have a say

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:46:11 -0000

WORKING folk will get the chance to have their say after all at the wind farm inquiry - without having to take time off.

Opening salvos in windfarm public inquiry

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:45:57 -0000

THE public inquiry into the £50M Scout Moor windfarm began this week with all sides trying to score some early points in what looks like being a long, drawn-out battle.

Plea as wind inquiry opens

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:45:46 -0000

A LONG-awaited public inquiry into plans for a giant wind farm on Heywood's moors will open with a new battle.

Bearded botanist: ''We can win'

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:44:24 -0000

TV BOTANIST and wildlife campaigner Professor David Bellamy was guest of honour at a fund-raising dinner held by the Friends of Scout and Knowl Moor.

Inquiry: a town too far

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:42:02 -0000

PROTESTERS preparing for battle against a planned wind farm on Heywood's moors are up in arms over the venue chosen for a public inquiry.

TV botanist in 'liars' blast at windfarms

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:35:00 -0000

TV BOTANIST David Bellamy, who led a mass protest over Knowl Hill last year, has fired another broadside against windfarms.

Protesters dig in for windfarm battle

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:34:18 -0000

NOW the really hard work begins...

The road in the sky

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:19:55 -0000

THIS picture dramatically illustrates the early effect of work on the wind farm above Heywood.

Still hope to stop moors turbines

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:13:38 -0000

THE long and bitter battle to stop a giant wind farm being built on Heywood's moors may not be over.

Green light for windfarm

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:03:19 -0000

PLANS to build a massive windfarm on the moors above Heywood were given the go-ahead today.

'Not really bothered'

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:58:47 -0000

CLOUDS of apathy among Heywood folk hung over Scout Moor with the news that a massive wind farm was coming to the hills.

Windfarm agreed but fight goes on

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:58:47 -0000

A 26-TURBINE windfarm will be whirring away on Scout Moor in less than two years.