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07:00 - 15-July-2008

A GROUP of Beverley residents are bracing themselves for battle once again after phone giant O2 put in an application to extend a mast in the town centre.

In 2003, the Beverley Mast Action Group was set up to fight plans for a larger replacement mast on the Beverley Town Cricket and Recreation Ground in Norwood Park.

Residents won the day after the application was refused and O2 decided not to appeal.

But now, five years on, O2 has put in another application to extend the current mast by five metres and add on extra telecommunications equipment.

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http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Beverley-residents-new-phone-mast-fight/article-219837-detail/article.html

Shropshire Star - Telford, England, UK

Angry residents today packed into one of Shrewsbury’s main shopping streets in protest at controversial plans to build a communications mast in a village. ... http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/07/12/street-protest-over-mast-plans/

Danbury News Times - Danbury, CT, USA

There are too many unknowns regarding radio frequency electromagnetic radiation and its long-term effects. The only safe level of exposure is zero. ...

http://www.newstimes.com/ci_9846830



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A mobile phone mast in Maryport has been refused by planners because of its visual impact and perceived health risks.

The application by the telecommunications firm O2 was for a 2.2m pole, with three antennas inside, to be erected at the Masonic Hall on the High Street.

The Allerdale Council development panel had received six letters of objection from residents.

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http://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/latest-north-west-news/Mobile-phone-mast-plan-refused.4276937.jp

Rob Warren from Bicton, speaks out at a public meeting.Up to 200 furious residents crowded a Shropshire village hall to fight against plans for a controversial phone mast.

Campaigners in Bicton, near Shrewsbury, claimed the proposed 12-metre high mast earmarked for Calcott Lane, could put people’s health at risk.

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http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/07/09/angry-villagers-in-fear-of-health-risk/

Banners put up in protest over plans for a mast. Controversial plans for a mast to be built in a Shropshire village do not need prior permission and are able to go ahead - despite a wave of objections from residents.

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http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/07/08/plans-for-mast-do-not-need-approval/

Shropshire Star - Telford, England, UK

More than 100 protesters in a Shropshire village turned out with their MP to fight against plans for a 12-metre high mobile phone mast near their homes. ... http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/07/07/protesters-lobby-mp-against-mast/



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