Sheriff Hutton Mast to be switched on next week
You may be aware that the villagers of Sheriff Hutton near York have been battling for two and a half years to prevent Orange from switching on a mast they put up just metres from where children live. We are victims of the old 56 day loop hole and our council let us down badly. We've chased away contractors on 3 occasions, raised £60,000 to pay Orange's expenses to move it and someone even went as far as to fill the mast with concrete.
We have fought a hard battle but Orange just won't back down. The police called the villagers to a meeting to tell us they will be replacing the damaged mast and commissioning a new one next week. They even sent a Chief Inspector to our houses this morning to see if we are going to cause any trouble on Monday morning when the workers turn up. If we do, there will be a police presence and we will be arrested.
As a village we feel bullied and angry. Many of us are selling our houses and parents are going to pull their children out of the school. The impact on the village is dreadful.
Even though we've come to the end of the road with our campaign, I just want to wish any other campaigners good luck and keep fighting.
Catherine Botting
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Villagers to keep up mast protest as contractors move in
By Gerran Grimshaw
ANGRY villagers have vowed to continue their long-running protest against a controversial Ryedale mobile phone mast when its operator eventually comes to turn it on this week.
Orange put up the 15-metre mast in Sheriff Hutton in October 2005, but an ongoing campaign by residents has meant the device is still not operational.
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We have fought a hard battle but Orange just won't back down. The police called the villagers to a meeting to tell us they will be replacing the damaged mast and commissioning a new one next week. They even sent a Chief Inspector to our houses this morning to see if we are going to cause any trouble on Monday morning when the workers turn up. If we do, there will be a police presence and we will be arrested.
As a village we feel bullied and angry. Many of us are selling our houses and parents are going to pull their children out of the school. The impact on the village is dreadful.
Even though we've come to the end of the road with our campaign, I just want to wish any other campaigners good luck and keep fighting.
Catherine Botting
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Villagers to keep up mast protest as contractors move in
By Gerran Grimshaw
ANGRY villagers have vowed to continue their long-running protest against a controversial Ryedale mobile phone mast when its operator eventually comes to turn it on this week.
Orange put up the 15-metre mast in Sheriff Hutton in October 2005, but an ongoing campaign by residents has meant the device is still not operational.
Read More...
http://tinyurl.com/3a55w8
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sheriff+Hutton
rudkla - 28. Mär, 23:26
