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Appeal launched to try and get solar farm built after council fails to make timely decision

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A planning inspector will decide whether the Haddon Road Solar Park can be built, but councillors at Huntingdonshire District Council will still have a chance to have their say.

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Public urged to join ‘rescue mission’ for ailing moth species spotted in Cambridgeshire

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The vibrant Jersey Tiger moth was once only recorded in the Channel Islands, the south coast of England, London and south-east Wales but it has now been seen in Cambs due to climate change

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40-year solar farm proposed for farmland in South Cambridgeshire

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Up to 80 people could be employed in its construction.

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Plans revealed for new 40-year solar farm project in South Cambridgeshire countryside

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A new solar farm could be built on farmland between Royston and Melbourn if new plans are approved by South Cambridgeshire District Council.

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Council denies failure over recycling facility wait

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Cambridge’s recycling waste is currently being sent over 400 miles to Northern Ireland for sorting.

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Air pollution linked to dementia risk, study finds

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Researchers say there is an “urgent need” for policy interventions to combat air pollution.

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Fears construction traffic from university student housing development will pose danger to vulnerable

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Queens’ College’s Owlstone Croft development to build new student accommodation blocks has taken another step forward, despite neighbours’ concerns about construction traffic and air pollution.

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Green light for solar farm despite objections ‘our countryside will be a mess’

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Developers have been given the go ahead to build a new solar farm in the countryside, despite fears about the "dramatic impact" it could have on people living nearby.

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Concerns about ‘sheer scale’ of new solar farm planned next to small village

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Some councillors were concerned about the impact the plans would have on the rural area. The proposals say the solar panels will be removed after 40 years and farming can then resume at the site.

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Unique 1.5m year-old ice to be melted to unlock mystery

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BBC News went inside -23C freezers to see the ice that could “revolutionise” our knowledge of climate change.

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