Hoodsclose Action Group - Hoodsclose in the Press

We've made it into the press on a number of occasions!  Click on any of the links to take you directly to the article.

Plan to Move Coal on Heritage Line [The Advertiser - 8 January 2010]

Whittonstall Opencast Coal Fight Wins Backing [The Journal - 7 January 2010]

Support for Villagers Protest Over Mining Plan [Northern Echo -  7 January 2010]

Weardale Railway Revival Could be Fuelled by Coal [The Journal - 14 December 2009]

Opencast Opponents Receive Major Backing [Hexham Courant - 27 November 2009]

Opencast Battle Begins [Hexham Courant - 13 November 2009]

Opencast Plans on Show as Battle Lines Drawn [Hexham Courant - 16 October 2009]

Villagers Turn Out in Force to Fight Opencast Mining Threat [Hexham Courant - 9 October 2009]

Meeting Called to Halt 'Destruction' of Village [Hexham Courant - 2 October 2009]

Whittonstall Villagers to Fight New Plan [The Journal - 26 September 2009]

Our Village Will Be Ruined [Hexham Courant - 25 September 2009]

Reckless [Hexham Courant - 11 September 2009]

Huge Open Cast Plan Haunts Village Again [Hexham Courant - 4 September 2009]

Villagers Raise Fears Over Opencast Mining Plans [Northern Echo - 31 August 2009]

Northumberland Residents Face Yet Another Coal Fight [The Journal - 27 August 2009]

Villagers Win Their Opencast Fight [Evening Chronicle - January 1984]