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3:38pm Saturday 10th March 2007
Save Radley Lakes campaigners staged a peaceful protest today in the battle against RWE npower's plans to dump fuel ash into Thrupp Lake.
About 250 supporters gathered at Abingdon Guildhall at lunchtime to voice their objections to the power firm's plan.
A dozen speakers, including Abingdon Mayor Peter Green and the area's MP Evan Harris, addressed the crowd outside the hall.
Mr Green said: "When something is wrong - and this is wrong - you've got to stand and be counted to stop it.
"It's for our kids and our kids' kids."
Yesterday Save Radley Lakes campaigners welcomed a decision to halt work after a bird's nest was discovered at the site.
RWE npower said the development, which will eventually take ash from Didcot Power Station, would be delayed until "late summer".
The firm is adamant its work is necessary and has taken on an independent ecologist to monitor the land.
Rachel Everett, Abingdon says...
9:17pm Sat 10 Mar 07
M Jones, says...
9:23pm Sat 10 Mar 07
Bob Eeles, Abingdon says...
10:36pm Sat 10 Mar 07
gemini, Abingdon says...
11:06pm Sat 10 Mar 07
Martin Gregory, Botley says...
9:40am Mon 12 Mar 07
Len Lambe, Abingdon says...
3:09pm Mon 12 Mar 07
Physicist, says...
3:06am Tue 13 Mar 07
Swampsnake, oxford brookes says...
11:27am Tue 13 Mar 07
Rachel Everett wrote:Rumour has it that the scarecrow is Kelly Brown. At least the crows can crap on NPower.
Obviously npower are having a laugh.Stop work for a coot.... when
they've destroyed all the vegetation above the kingfishers nest to stop
them using their nest burrow this year? Not to mention cutting down all
the trees so that the Cetti's warblers can't breed.... oh, and of
course there's the small matter of the swan's nest. Npower have
thoughtfully put up a scarecrow to make sure that the pair don't make
any more attempts to rebuild their nest.
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Jon Rees, Oxford City says...
4:06pm Sat 10 Mar 07
I don't think people will be satisfied until NPower agrees to cease this plan permanently, it's becoming clear that this will cost NPower millions from customers switching away, it'll be in Sunday Times tommorow and on ITV news!