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Critics of the massive Botley West Solar Farm in Oxfordshire have blasted the inadequate consultation and say it should be restarted.

STARTING at Winsford and in Delamere Street, we find a house on the Whitby’s Lane junction; it has a very faded hotel sign on the gable end. This was The Red Lion, and it was opened in 1820, where Thomas Whitby was the licensee for 17 years. In 1871 Robert Whitby became both the owner and the licensee and remained there until 1882. It was sold to Greenall’s in 1890, and there followed 24 licensees through the years until 1914 when Jabez Jones was the last one before the building becam...

Unaisi Ratubalavu 3 March, 2021, 12:00 am Another view of the wreckage with Naruwai villagers who had been helping with the search and retrieval operation. Picture: FILE A Fiji Air Islander plane crashed near Bua and a story published in The Fiji Times on July 16, 1979 stated nine lives were lost in the tragedy. The bodies of the nine Fiji Air crash victims were recovered on July 15 from the jungle and the Bua hillside where their plane plunged to destruction. Minister for Civil Aviation then, ...

ABC Columbia The actor died in his Connecticut home surrounded by family Feb 5, 2021 8:45 PM EST Image: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images (ABC News) — Christopher Plummer, the acclaimed Canadian actor perhaps best known for his role in “The Sound of Music,” has died. He was 91. The Oscar winner died at his home in Connecticut with Elaine Taylor, his wife and best friend of 53 years, by his side, his manager confirmed to ABC News. “ Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and resp...

Actor Christopher Plummer dies at 91 Christopher Plummer dies at 91 UP NEXT Christopher Plummer, the acclaimed Canadian actor perhaps best known for his role in "The Sound of Music," has died. He was 91. The Oscar winner died at his home in Connecticut with Elaine Taylor, his wife and best friend of 53 years, by his side, his manager confirmed to ABC News. "Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self-deprecating humor an...

MGN Getty Images via ABC News Actor Christopher Plummer in a photo from more recent years. WESTON, CONNECTICUT -- Christopher Plummer, the acclaimed Canadian actor perhaps best known for his role in "The Sound of Music," has died. He was 91. The Oscar winner died at his home in Connecticut with Elaine Taylor, his wife and true best friend for 53 years, by his side, his manager confirmed to ABC News. "Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fas...