Campaigners in Shropshire have backed a Private Members’ Bill which has been introduced in Parliament to create a 500m “buffer zone” between opencast mining developments and people’s homes.

Campaigners bidding to stop the start of coal mining at a beauty spot in the shadow of The Wrekin today made an “all-out call” for more protesters to join them from across the country.

Protestors camping near The Wrekin in an effort to stop opencast mining have insisted it is business as usual, despite losing several members.

PROTESTERS HAVE stepped up their bid to block the mining of 900,000 tonnes of coal in Telford by setting up their own shuttle service to bus recruits to their makeshift camp.

Letter: UK Coal is preparing to dig out 900,000 tons out of the belly of that tired mountain lady The Wrekin and the petticoat that surrounds her.

Eco-campaigners claimed today UK Coal was acting illegally as the row over plans for an opencast mine near The Wrekin rumbles on.

What is life really like in the Wrekin eco-camp? Shropshire Star video journalist James Shaw finds out for himself.

Green campaigners today vowed to mount a campaign of “civil disobedience” in a bid to stop an opencast mine destined for Telford.

Campaigners who are protesting at an opencast coal mine destined for Telford today unfurled their colours for all to see – from the top of the world famous Iron Bridge.

An eco-warrior has claimed he could have died in an attack on a protest camp near The Wrekin. See the full story here.

A camp set up in Shropshire by eco-warriors protesting over plans to mine 900,000 tonnes of coal has come under attack, it was revealed today.

Campaigners have set up camp at a mining site in Telford in protest at plans to mine 900,000 tonnes of coal.

People living near the site of a planned opencast mine in Shropshire are to bombard coal bosses with a list of demands to safeguard their quality of life.

Battle lines were today being drawn up for a courtroom fight over a controversial decision to allow opencast mining near a Shropshire beauty spot.

Shropshire people have told of their fears after plans were approved to mine 900,000 tonnes of coal near the Wrekin. Watch the video here.

Telford & Wrekin’s two MPs put aside their political differences today to speak out against plans for opencast mining close to Shropshire’s most visited beauty spot.

Telford’s image as a modern, clean town, surrounded by countryside, would be wrecked by an opencast coal mine in an area of outstanding natural beauty, it was claimed today.