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Landowner target after mine U-turn

A Shropshire landowner has been targeted with a campaign of verbal abuse just hours after it was revealed he had withdrawn his objections to a controversial coal mining scheme.A Shropshire landowner has been targeted with a campaign of verbal abuse just hours after it was revealed he had withdrawn his objections to a controversial coal mining scheme. Terry Beanland has withdrawn his objections to UK Coal's plans to mine next to the land owned by his company Wolverton Woodlands, near The Wrekin. He said that his concerns about UK Coal's plans for open-cast mining had been dealt with. And he said he was now happy with agreements made between the two parties. But Mr Beanland said residents were obviously not happy with his withdrawal. "I had a couple of people yesterday afternoon telephone me and one person e-mail me, telling me I was a turncoat and a disgrace and they expected me to support the local people," he said. Read more in the Shropshire Star

News|Mar 25, 2009
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