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Shropshire farmer fights to block European-led solar site

Tenant farmer says 130-acre development will 'rob me of my livelihood'

Mia Willemsen
News and business reporter
clock • 2 min read
Protesters joined farmer Rob Alderson in the fight to protect Shropshire farmland from a new solar development
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Protesters joined farmer Rob Alderson in the fight to protect Shropshire farmland from a new solar development

Local residents gathered in protest on the fields at the heart of the Keep Shropshire Beautiful campaign launched to fight a pan-European energy developer which is proposing to put solar panels on 130...

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