Dipton opencast mine protesters dig in ahead of deadline

Local people and environmentalists have 16 working days left to stop the first spade going into the ground at a beauty spot in Co DurhamFour months after the UK government announced it was phasing out coal, campaigners are digging in to stop what they say will be the devastation of opencast mining at a beauty spot in the north-east of England.Local people and environmentalists have 16 working days left to stop the first spade going into the ground on 71 hectares of grassland, fields and woods in the Pont valley, Co Durham. Continue reading...