Why don't you zip it! Plans for zip wire at Lake District beauty spot which inspired Beatrix Potter books spark 90,000 complaints from furious locals who fear area will become 'theme park' and roads clogged with tourist cars

A tense row has erupted over plans for an underground zip wire at Elterwater in the Lake District, a Unesco world heritage site, which inspired many of Beatrix Potter's books.

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