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- Next-up "École Gerson : Bouygues Telecom SA Ordonnance d'Assignation -TGI Lyon
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/EcoleGersonLyon.php#1

15:21 - 12 May 2009

PHONE masts are set to be erected in Royston despite objections from local residents and the town council.

Last month, members of the Templar's Gate residents group lodged a formal objection to plans, submitted to North Herts District Council by mobile network Vodafone, to put 3G phone masts on street lights just off Melbourn Road.

At Monday's meeting of the Royston town council planning committee, Cllr Lynn Berry, chairman of the committee reported that the town council would oppose the plans too.

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 08:30

RESIDENTS have won a fight against a giant telecommunications mast, after telling Vodafone where they could stick it.

Vodafone dropped proposals for a site at Froghall Road, Cheadle, after a public outcry amid fears over potential health risks.

A public consultation exercise was held and residents put forward alternative locations, which Vodafone confirmed they are now exploring.

Residents in the Brookhouse area of Cheadle are still waiting to hear if they have won a similar battle against plans for a mast on their doorsteps.

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http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Residents-block-phone-mast-plan/article-984392-detail/article.html

May 12 2009 by David Black, The Journal

PARENTS and local residents look set to win their battle against a bid to erect a mobile phone mast next to a school on one of the region’s most affluent housing estates.

Telefonica O2 UK wants to put up the 12.5 metre high mast and associated equipment just yards from Darras Hall First School on the upmarket estate of the same name in Ponteland, Northumberland.

Eighteen letters of objection have been received from local people, most of whom are worried about the potential effects of electromagnetic radiation on youngsters at the 450-pupil school.

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http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2009/05/12/pupil-power-wins-phone-mast-battle-61634-23597420/



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- TAIPEI-TIMES : "La Commission Nationale des Communications - NCC
(ndlr: l'équivalent français de l'ARCEP) s'est battu pour proposer la limitation des antennes relais"
- "Alors que l'OMS dit n'y a pas de preuve qui montrent que les antennes relais sont dangereuses, un amendement proposé les limite maintenant à 3 par installation sur les bâtiments"
- De plus "l'amendement adopté stipule qu'aucune station de base d'antennes relais ne peut être installée dans les écoles secondaires publiques ou privées ainsi que dans les écoles primaires"



- TAIPEI-TIMES: "National Communications Commission (NCC) battles proposal to limit wireless stations"
- "The WHO said there was no evidence to show base stations are dangerous,
but a proposed amendment would limit them to three per building"
- "The amendment further stipulates that no base stations can be installed in public or private senior high schools, junior high schools and primary schools"

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Bournemouth Daily Echo - England, UK

By Timothy John

A PACKED parish meeting has heard West Moors residents vent anger over an application to put up a mobile phone mast nearly 80ft high in ...

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/4355962.West_Moors_villagers____fury_over_mast_plan_on_green_belt/

Boston Globe

05/10/09

The general manager of the MBTA yesterday said he would ban on-the-job possession of cellphones by T operators and would fire anyone caught carrying a phone, pager, or similar device. Officials believe the ban would be the first of its kind in the country. ‘Leave it at home. Leave it in your car. Leave it with a friend. Leave it in a locker. But you are not to get on board that bus or [train or trolley] and have a cellphone on your person or in the cab. Period,’ said Daniel A. Grabauskas. ‘This is going to be a zero-tolerance policy.’ The proposed rule came less than a day after a Green Line operator told investigators from his hospital bed that he was tapping out a text message to his girlfriend just before his trolley slammed into the back of another on Friday night. The crash injured dozens of passengers, derailed both trains, and caused the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to suspend service at Government Center...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

7:50am Saturday 9th May 2009

By Gavin Aitchison

A PHONE mast looks set to get the go-ahead in west York, despite objections from more than 100 local residents.

Planning officials say there is no legitimate reason to block Vodafone’s application for a 14.2-metre (47 feet) mast on the corner of Boroughbridge Road and Plantation Drive.

The application will be considered by a City of York Council committee on Thursday. Planning officer Richard Beal has advised councillors to approve it, despite 118 locals signing a petition against it and three writing letters of objection.

In a written report to councillors, Mr Beal said he recognised the “sensitive nature” of such applications, but said policies acknowledged that there was a need for such masts.

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http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/4355158.118_signature_York_petition_and_three_letters_of_objection__but_phone_mast_backed/

Burnham-On-Sea - Somerset, UK

The Planning Inspectorate is to hold a public inquiry in Burnham-On-Sea next week regarding the location of mobile phone giant O2's 'temporary' phone mast...

http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2009/o2-mast-apeal-08-05-09.php



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Published Date: 08 May 2009

By Holly Whitmill

Campaigners are celebrating after stopping a phone mast being built in open countryside.

Mobile phone company O2 had hoped to install a 12.5m mast and 1.65m high equipment cabinet in Old Budbrooke Road, opposite Montgomery Avenue, Budbrooke.

But objectors said the mast, next to a tree and backing onto open fields, would spoil the environment.

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http://www.warwickcourier.co.uk/newsl/Budbrooke-campaigners-halt-countryside-phone.5244220.jp