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Culture Secretary Andy Burnham visited a Grade II-listed pigeon loft threatened with demolition. Mr Burnham was taken to the cree, on an allotment in Ryhope, near Sunderland, by local MP Fraser Kemp. English Heritage granted it listed status in 1998 but the land’s owners, Newcastle-based Worktalent Ltd, want to redevelop the allotments. The cree’s owner,… Continue reading MP visits threatened pigeon loft
Building a 230ft (70m) wind turbine to supply energy to the Glyndebourne Opera House could spoil the tranquility of the South Downs, conservationists said today. Plans to build the 850kw turbine on Mill Plain, between Ringmer and Glyndebourne in East Sussex, are being discussed at a public inquiry in Lewes. Officials at Glyndebourne – famous… Continue reading OPERA HOUSE WIND TURBINE PLAN
The UKIPO has launched this years Cracking ideas competitoin which our very own Trevor Baylis is involved. The UK-IPO’s Cracking Ideas 2008 is launched today at the Education Show being held at Birmingham’s NEC. Cracking Ideas offers teachers resources and activities for the classroom through a website http://www.crackingideas.com The resources link to a nationwide competition… Continue reading Shed inventors of the future – cracking shed gromit
The UK’s first affordable, super-eco-friendly home was unveiled in London yesterday. The flat-pack, timber-frame homes are designed to be carbon zero and meet the government’s strictest energy efficiency code. Rural Zed, the consortium behind “the homes of the futureâ€, are taking orders for the £150,000, three-bedroom house now and are promising to deliver in as… Continue reading Eco-friendly home unveiled – not shed