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Stonehenge tunnel campaigners launch legal battle against decision to approve plan

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Stonehenge tunnel campaigners launch legal battle against decision to approve ‘wasteful and destructive’ £1.7billion road plan Ministers have approved proposal for new two-mile tunnel south of current road Campaign group Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site has instructed lawyers Wrote to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warning of possible legal challenge   By Rory Tingle For Mailonline Published: 16:49 … Read more

Campaigners condemn alcohol-style ‘units’ system to guide cannabis users

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What a dopey idea! Campaigners condemn alcohol-style ‘units’ system to guide cannabis users The scheme would resemble official alcohol unit guidelines  Scientific studies show cannabis is up to 24 per cent more potent than in 1970s Bath researchers analysed data from more than 80,000 street dealer samples Charity Cannabis Skunk Sense warns there is no … Read more

Commercial aircrafts should be banned from flying at night, campaigners tell government 

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Commercial aircrafts should be banned from flying at night to give residents eight hours sleep, campaigners tell government The letter was signed by 17 campaign groups and called for a night flight ban  The group claims that night flights could cause several health issues for people  Only emergency or humanitarian flights should be allowed at … Read more

Campaigners who want to ‘rewild’ Britain will ask for permission to reintroduce lynx within WEEKS

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Campaigners who want to ‘rewild’ Britain will ask for permission to reintroduce lynx within WEEKS – and WOLVES could be next Proposal could see Wolves and Lynx reintroduced to the wilds of Great Britain  Lynx are seen as the more likely candidate, head of Natural England has said Successful return of wolves to the Netherlands … Read more

Salmon farmers are ‘torturing’ porpoises and dolphins with high-pitched noises, campaigners warn

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Salmon farmers are ‘torturing’ porpoises and dolphins with high-pitched noises to protect their stock, campaigners warn Salmon farmers use underwater high-pitched noise devices to protect stock The devices are used to scare off seals that can each eat up to 15lb of fish a day But the underwater equipment has been branded ‘sonic torture’ by … Read more

Campaigners accuse BBC of peddling a ‘damaging’ transgender ideology to primary school pupils

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Campaigners accuse BBC of peddling a ‘damaging’ transgender ideology to primary school pupils in row over controversial children’s cartoon BBC Bitesize last week tweeted a cartoon of three teenagers in a changing room  The three cartoon figures had their gender pronouns written beneath them  BBC is accused of peddling ‘damaging’ trans ideology to primary school … Read more

Lloyds widens HBOS review after pressure from campaigners

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Lloyds widens compensation scheme for victims of the HBOS Reading fraud after pressure from campaigners By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 18 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 18 October 2020 High Street bank Lloyds has widened a compensation scheme for victims of the HBOS Reading fraud after pressure from campaigners.  … Read more

Churches risk being ‘engulfed by a crimewave’, campaigners warn

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Churches risk being ‘engulfed by a crimewave’, campaigners warn, after more than 5,000 offences were recorded last year An average of 13 crimes a day were committed between July 2019 and July 2020 This was despite a four month lockdown and offences included arson and rape Items stolen included 300-year-old brass bell from England’s smallest … Read more

Campaigners slam Edinburgh Festival for being ‘90% white’

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The Edinburgh International Festival has apologised for the ‘lack of diversity’ in its August programme after less than 300 campaigners demanded that organisers book more female, disabled and black performers – or risk being defunded. The 73-year-old festival, which was originally cancelled in April due to the coronavirus pandemic, hosted an online programme two months … Read more

You can’t say Lycra louts! Campaigners call for abuse of cyclists to be made a hate crime

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You can’t say Lycra louts! Campaigners call for the abuse of cyclists to be made a ‘hate crime’ giving them the same protection as domestic violence victims and refugees Abuse of cyclists would be treated as a ‘hate crime’ under proposed guidelines They would get the same protection as domestic violence victims and refugees Media … Read more