Disappointment as campaigners lose battle to stop opencast mine in north west Leicestershire Friday, June 24, 2011

Campaigners have lost their battle to prevent an opencast mine from going ahead in north west Leicestershire.

UK Coal's planning application to extract 1.5 million tonnes of coal and fireclay from its Minorca site, in Measham, over three years, was approved at County Hall ye…

Our 68th Press Release highlights our latest Briefing Note 'The Lounge Issue and the Minorca Application'. It explains the contents of the Briefing Note and explains why it is set to be part of the Investigation into Opencast mining to be broadcast on the BBC Counrtyfile Programme on August 15th.