Coal mining plan revived

Controversial plans to extract more than 900,000 tonnes of coal from sites in Shropshire have been revived - four years after they were dropped in the face of public outcry. Controversial plans to extract more than 900,000 tonnes of coal from sites in Shropshire have been revived - four years after they were dropped in the face of public outcry. UK Coal hopes to submit plans for open-cast mines in countryside to the east of The Wrekin in May or June. In 2002 the company dropped similar plans, saying they were no longer financially viable, after opposition from the public and Telford & Wrekin Council. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star