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Bid to halt plan for radioactive waste

2:34pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners want plans to dispose of radioactive waste from the Sellafield nuclear plant in the New Forest to be scrapped.

Nursery’s turbine venture

10:44am Thursday 28th January 2010

A HAMPSHIRE nursery is planning to install three wind turbines in an innovative bid to generate its own power.

Pollutions fears over bigger supermarket

3:10pm Monday 18th January 2010

PLANS to enlarge a Hampshire superstore have sparked fears that people living in a neighbouring street will suffer even more pollution.

Turbines off our coast

2:39pm Wednesday 13th January 2010

PART of the English Channel the size of Anglesea could soon become a floating wind farm – just 12 miles from the New Forest coast.

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The big question with all forms of ‘alternative energy’ product is “is it worth the money?” Ron Hedger, a station manager at Redbridge Hill fire station in Southampton, decided the only way to find out was to give it a go...

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Probe into sewage spillage

7:00am Friday 4th December 2009

A WATCHDOG has launched an investigation after sewage from Southern Water’s Woolston treatments works spilled into the River Itchen for 24 hours.

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New plant ready to power up

10:44am Monday 30th November 2009

A NEW £380m power station on the western shores of Southampton Water is due to start operating in the next month.

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Beekeeping world buzzing over new interest

10:11am Saturday 21st November 2009

BEEKEEPING is buzzing again after a Hampshire club reported a surge in membership.

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Inside Hampshire's zoo laboratory

5:23pm Tuesday 17th November 2009

A Hampshire lab is the subject of a Home Office investigation after an undercover worker claimed she had exposed evidence of animals suffering cruel deaths. PETER LAW put the allegations to Wickham Laboratories

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Digging for illegal waste

7:20am Wednesday 4th November 2009

A NEW Forest field is being excavated this week to find out if illegal waste is hidden beneath its surface.

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