Passengers are being told to cancel or postpone their trips, following two track deaths and the theft of copper cables. Read full article at source...
A decision is due to be taken on controversial plans to bring an electricity cable from an offshore wind farm onshore at a Devon beauty spot. White Cross offshore windfarm has applied to put seven floating turbines about 30 miles (52km) off the north Devon coast and wants to bring a power cable onshore at...
Thousands of people were left trapped on trains or stranded overnight after the theft of copper cables halted high-speed services between Madrid and southern Spain’s Andalusia region. Authorities opened an investigation on Monday after Sunday’s theft, which Transport Minister Óscar Puente called a “serious act of sabotage”. He added that the cable theft took place...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Plans to bring an electricity cable onshore at Saunton Sands in north Devon have been recommended for approval A controversial plan to bring an electricity cable from an offshore wind farm onshore at a Devon beauty spot has been recommended for approval by council officers. White Cross offshore...
A British woman who was among four people killed in a cable car crash near Naples has been named by Italian officials as Margaret Elaine Winn. A second Briton killed in the accident has been identified by authorities but not yet named. The mountain cable car cabin plunged to the ground after one of the...
Four people have died after a mountain cable car cabin crashed to the ground near Naples in southern Italy, emergency services say. Another person was “extremely seriously injured” in the crash at Monte Faito and was being airlifted to hospital, officials said. Several Italian media outlets report one of the cables supporting the cabin had...
Campaigners fighting plans to bring an electricity cable from a floating wind farm onshore at a beach in Devon say they have crowdfunded £10,000 to pay for a legal challenge. Developers White Cross are planning to build the wind farm about 30 miles (52km) off the north Devon coast and bring the electricity cable onshore...