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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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