Sandra Laville

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‘Cash to trash' levy on house developers too low to offset damage to Norfolk Broads, say critics

By: Sandra Laville

A new levy on developers to allow almost 16,000 homes to be built in the environmentally protected Norfolk Broads has been cut by tens of thousands of pounds per house, the Guardian can reveal.

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‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre

By: Sandra Laville

Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash

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‘People are standing up and fighting back': the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre

By: Sandra Laville

The datacentre revolt spreading across the US has reached the rolling hills of north Devon in an uprising against a planned hyperscale AI data campus in the middle of a globally protected landscape.

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Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second'

By: Sandra Laville

Schools, businesses and homes across seven boroughs in England were hit by a Thames Water outage on Monday, from a burst water main reportedly leaking 750 litres a second.

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Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’

By: Sandra Laville

Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water

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Businesses could be barred from non-essential water use amid supply threat

By: Sandra Laville

Three water companies are seeking to impose severe restrictions on businesses as the drought continues across most of England, putting rivers and wildlife under huge pressure.

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Severe drought declared in six areas of England as public water supplies under threat

By: Sandra Laville

Some reservoirs in south-east and south-west at critically low levels as water companies call for non-essential user bans on businesses

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Stop ‘cash for trash' housebuilding in Norfolk Broads, says Labour MP

By: Sandra Laville

Exclusive: Chris Hinchcliff urges environment watchdog to block rules that will allow almost 16,000 new homes in one of UK's most protected areas

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Stop ‘cash for trash’ housebuilding in Norfolk Broads, says Labour MP

By: Sandra Laville

Exclusive: Chris Hinchcliff urges environment watchdog to block rules that will allow almost 16,000 new homes in one of UK’s most protected areas

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Three ideas for how to deal with Thames Water

By: Sandra Laville

Andy Burnham has told officials to rip up their plans for how to fix Thames Water and present him with more radical options for what to do with the stricken company.