A decision is due this week on the controversial Kingston Village development in the north west of Newcastle
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The Banks Group has confirmed it will not be fighting against Newcastle City Council's refusal to grant permission fo...
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City councillors rejected plans for a new opencast mine near Throckley last week – an early Christmas present for cam...
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Activists say that the dismissal of the Dewley Hill plans could put an end to opencast coal mining in the UK, but dev...
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Newcastle Council's planning committee voted unanimously to reject the Banks Group's proposals for an opencast mine a...
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Newcastle City Council’s planning committee will meet on Friday morning to decide whether or not the hugely controver...
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Banks Mining wants to create an opencast mine at Dewley Hill, near Throckley, and city councillors are due to deliver...
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City councillors will decide next week whether Banks Mining can extract 800,000 tonnes of coal and 400,000 tonnes of ...
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Councillors will decide the fate of Bank Mining's plans for land near Throckley next Friday – and have been advised t...
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Newcastle City Council says that it will rule on Banks Mining’s plans to extract 800,000 tonnes of coal from green be...
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The union Unite says the government's latest refusal of Banks Mining's plan to extract coal from their Highthorn site...
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Banks Mining insist that refusing permission to allow them to extract coal at the Highthorn site will not only cost t...
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Thousands of objections have been lodged against the controversial scheme, which could see 800,000 tonnes of coal ext...
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Banks Mining wants to dig a new opencast mine at Dewley Hill, near Throckley, but this week saw its plans to expand a...
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The North of Tyne mayor angered Banks Mining, after using his column in The Journal to oppose their controversial pla...
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Nick Forbes called for the council to show "real leadership" by committing the city to renewable energy, with Banks M...
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Newcastle City Council says it will “suspend determination” of Banks Mining’s bid for a new opencast mine for now
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Police say many of those charged are from Europe - with just one hailing from the region
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Protesters brought work at two coal mines to a standstill on Monday morning
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A Mine operator has slammed 'illogical' activists as officers from both Northumbria Police and Durham Constabulary at...
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Civic centre bosses fear that the environmental activists could put “unreasonable pressure” on the city's decision ma...
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Ross Mclean, from Consett, says The Banks Group let him go from work at Bradley Surface Mine despite knowing about hi...
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The mining issue will be debated next week as part of a series of hearings at Newcastle University
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Lord Justice Lindblom said there was "no compelling reason" for another appeal to be heard
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Communities Secretary James Brokenshire says he needs longer to assess what effect on greenhouse gas emissions a plan...
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A decision on the controversial opencast coal mine near Druridge Bay, Northumberland, is expected in less than a month
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Banks Property confirmed its plans last week to develop a new ‘Kingston Village’ community near Newcastle's Great Par...
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Banks Mining has come in for heavy criticism over its plans to dig a new opencast mine at Dewley Hill, near Throckley
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These are the first images of how the huge new estate between Kingston Park and Dinnington will look
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The Northumberland Wildlife Trust says it is removing the Banks Group as one of its corporate sponsors
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There were heavy delays on the bridge into the city centre on Friday morning due to the climate change protesters
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Newcastle North MP Catherine McKinnell wrote to Newcastle City Council last week to object to Banks Mining's plans fo...
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Hexham MP Guy Opperman says he's written to Newcastle City Council to demand permission for an opencast mine at Throc...
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Banks Mining announced plans to extract 800,000 tonnes of coal from a site at Dewley Hill, near Throckley, in 2016 an...
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The Kingston Village development could include allotments, shops, a school and up to 1,000 houses
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Banks Property says it hopes to apply for planning permission for its 'Kingston Village' scheme in 2019 and start wor...
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A decade on from its debut, the spectacular light festival will have lots to celebrate during its newly-confirmed 201...
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Banks Mining has appealed against former Secretary of State's decision to turn down its application for the Highthorn...
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Two women and one man are now in custody on suspicion of aggravated trespass at the camp near Consett, County Durham
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