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Campaigners against Dormston power station to host 'The Shire' picnic
12th July 2024 - Evesham Journal
The place that inspired 'The Shire' will host a summer family picnic in protest of plans to install a power station in the area.
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Guided family walk to take place in Inkberrow
24th May 2024 - Redditch Standard
A GUIDED family nature walk across ‘The Shire’ is taking place this half-term in Inkberrow.
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Redditch MP Rachel Maclean continues to oppose Roundhill Wood solar farm proposals
3rd May 2024 - Redditch Standard
During a Westminster Hall debate on large-scale solar farms, Mrs Maclean made clear her opposition to JBM Solar’s proposals.
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MP speaks out against Roundhill Wood Solar Farm
19th April 2024 - Redditch Advertiser
Rachel Maclean, MP for Redditch and the Villages, has hit our in Parliament at proposals to build a 287 acre solar farm on agricultural land near Inkberrow.
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Bradley Green welcomes J.R.R. Tolkien expert for talk
31st March 2024 - Redditch Standard
It was standing room only at a sell-out event in Bradley Green at the weekend with author Andrew H Morton talking about JRR Tolkien’s close relationship with the area which inspired ‘The Shire.’
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Tolkien author protests against 'The Shire' proposed power station
27th March 2024 - Worcester News
A renowned J.R.R Tolkien author spoke at a sold out event about the writer's fondness with Bradley Green.
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Tolkien expert comes to Redditch to hold event on 'the Shire'
16th March 2024 - Redditch Standard
CAMPAIGNERS against a power station planned for the Worcestershire countryside which inspired Tolkien’s ‘The Shire’, are holding an event to look at the author’s close relationship with the area.
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Andrew H. Morton coming to Redditch for Save The Shire
13th March 2024 - Redditch Advertiser
A Tolkien author is coming to Redditch as part of a campaign to 'Save The Shire'.
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Join the campaign to save our Worcestershire countryside by Phil Coathup, Chair of Roundhill Wood Solar Farm (RWSF) Opposition Group
2nd November 2023
Life is full of choices. Some are inconsequential; others can have dramatic effects on our lives.
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Residents raise concerns over risk of Inkberrow battery facility blast
2nd November 2023 – Redditch Advertiser
Residents near a planned solar farm in Inkberrow have called for tighter safety measures amid concerns the battery storage facility could ‘explode’.
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Explosion concerns over Inkberrow solar farm plans
30th October – Redditch & Alcester Advertiser
RESIDENTS living near a planned solar farm have called for tighter safety measures over fears a battery storage facility could explode.
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Explosion fears over Inkberrow battery storage site plans
29th October 2023 – BBC News
Residents near a planned solar farm have called for tighter safety measures over fears a battery storage facility could explode.
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This is what Roundhill Wood solar farm will look like
28th June 2023 – Worcester News
These pictures show what a huge solar farm just a few miles from Worcester would look like.
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JBM Solar defends Roundhill Solar Farm application
26th April 2023 – Worcester News
A controversial new solar farm has been defended by the company behind the plans amid outrage.
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Campaigners against Roundhill Solar Farm, Inkberrow hit out
24th April 2023 – Redditch & Alcester Advertiser
Campaigners against a proposed huge solar farm in Inkberrow say the development could have negative impacts on biodiversity.
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Parish councils unite in opposition of solar farm plans for Inkberrow
20th April 2023 – Evesham Journal
There are fears rolling Worcestershire countryside views will be lost forever if a solar power station is given the green light.
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Save the Shire! Thousands plea to rescue landscape that inspired JRR Tolkien's Hobbit and Lord of the Rings from huge new solar farm that would overshadow Bilbo Baggins' original Bag End
24th May 2023 – Daily Mail
It was a landscape that Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien described as 'more like home to me than any other part of the world.'
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Parish councils unite in opposition of solar farm plans for Inkberrow
20th April 2023 – Worcester News
There are fears rolling Worcestershire countryside views will be lost forever if a solar power station is given the green light.
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Join a summer family picnic in ‘The Shire’
18 July 2024
A summer family picnic is taking place in Dormston later this month.…
Praise in Parliament for local campaigners
20 May 2024
Local Worcestershire MPs have now received around 500 letters of opposition to RWE’s proposed solar industrial power station from their…
Fire Chiefs warn of dangers of Worcestershire battery storage scheme
12 October 2023
Fire chiefs in Hereford and Worcester say the risk of explosion at a planned battery storage facility in Inkberrow are…
Residents opposition group reveal new CGI images of proposed solar power station
19 June 2023
Campaigners against the development of a 287-acre solar power station in the Worcestershire countryside have released a set of computer-generated…
Residents group submits objections to huge solar power station – 95 page document backed by experts
22 May 2023
Roundhill Wood Solar Farm (RWSF) opposition group has formally submitted its objection to Wychavon District Council and Redditch Borough Council…
Parish Councils united in opposition to huge solar power station
17 April 2023
21st April 2023: Four parish councils representing residents who live and work around the site of a proposed solar power…