In this multi-exposure picture, the London Millennium Footbridge is illuminated under the stars on a clear night on April 21, 2020 in London. The clear skies created by the new moon coincide with the Lyrid meteor shower, an annual display caused by the Earth passing through a cloud of debris from a comet called C/186 Thatcher. (Photo: Simon Robling, Getty Images)
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FULL details of plans for almost 30,500 new homes in Dorset have emerged in the county s Local Plan - which has been slammed as rushed and inadequate by campaigners. Residents are being urged to share their views in one of the most important surveys in a generation for the county. But a campaign group claims residents will not have time to digest the information in hundreds of pages of documents before the consultation ends. The Government has said 30,481 new homes must be built in Dorset by 2038 - around 1,793 each year. Residents have until March 15 to share their views on where the homes should be built, and which areas should be protected from developments.
Petition to protect Swanscombe Marshes from London Resort theme park development nears 20,000 signatures as campaign to save land steps up
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Updated: 16:07, 08 February 2021
A petition calling for the protection of marshland where the UK s largest theme is set to be built has been signed by more than 20,000 people.
The Save Swanscombe Marshes campaign fighting to designate the area as a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) stepped up today as dozens of ecology experts and campaigners pressed Natural England to grant an application for tougher conservation rules.
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The London Resort is set to be built on the Swanscombe Peninsula. Picture: EDF Energy
FULL details of plans for almost 30,500 new homes in Dorset have emerged in the county s Local Plan - which has been slammed as rushed and inadequate by campaigners. Residents are being urged to share their views in one of the most important surveys in a generation for the county. But a campaign group claims residents will not have time to digest the information in hundreds of pages of documents before the consultation ends. The Government has said 30,481 new homes must be built in Dorset by 2038 - around 1,793 each year. Residents have until March 15 to share their views on where the homes should be built, and which areas should be protected from developments.