Site evicted at Huntingdon Lane

19th August 2011
Cam­paign­ers were this after­noon evict­ed from the site of a mas­sive new mine in Telford after defy­ing UK Coal boss­es for 18 months.

An evic­tion team work­ing on behalf of the com­pa­ny was sent onto the site in Hunt­ing­ton Lane, Lit­tle Wen­lock, this morn­ing to remove the pro­test­ers and destroy their camp.

19th August 2011
Cam­paign­ers were this after­noon evict­ed from the site of a mas­sive new mine in Telford after defy­ing UK Coal boss­es for 18 months.

An evic­tion team work­ing on behalf of the com­pa­ny was sent onto the site in Hunt­ing­ton Lane, Lit­tle Wen­lock, this morn­ing to remove the pro­test­ers and destroy their camp.

Tents and plat­forms were set on fire and the pro­test­ers were escort­ed from the makeshift camp, which was set up in Feb­ru­ary last year.

Suzy Mur­phy, one of the pro­test­ers, said: “They came in this morn­ing and there was about 20 of them.

“They came in with a full team of tun­nellers and cher­ry pick­ers. They caught us a bit unaware because some had gone off site.”