UK's first deep coalmine in decades secures green light
Work now set to start early next year on Woodhouse Colliery, which plans to extract coking coal from under the sea off the coast of Cumbria
The UK's first new deep coalmine in decades has been given the go-ahead by the government, after Ministers opted against calling in Cumbria Council's prior planning approval despite fears over the development's...
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