London woman takes legal action to block Edmonton incinerator

Dorothea Hackman, 69, head of Camden civic society, challenges decision to award ?755m incinerator contractA woman from north London is taking legal action against her local council to try to block the construction of a 700,000-tonne-a-year rubbish incinerator.Dorothea Hackman, 69, a church warden and head of the Camden civic society, is the claimant in a judicial review challenging the decision to award the ?755m contract to replace and extend the electricity from the waste incinerator in Edmonton, one of the country's poorest areas. Continue reading...