A long-running campaign to build a wind turbine at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn has been dealt another blow by councillors. The latest application to build an 80m turbine in the hospital grounds has been refused by West Norfolk's development control board ...This is the second planning application for the turbine which has been turned down.

Fast food giant McDonald's has sparked protests by bidding to build a wind turbine next to one of its restaurants ...The energy firm that is working with McDonald's on the project said it would "broadcast a positive environmental message to the local community". But residents and community leaders have accused McDonald's of using the scheme to maximise publicity - and say that having a wind turbine at a drive-through restaurant sends out conflicting signals on the environment.

Jeremy Paxman's brother has launched a battle against plans for nine 120ft wind turbines overlooking Dartmoor national park which he said would "stick out like a sore thumb". James Paxman also criticised the Government's policy of subsidising wind energy, arguing that turbines were one of the least cost effective and reliable ways to generate electricity.

Campaigners against the closure of the Vestas wind turbine factory have chained themselves to the house of the First Minister. Protestors dressed in elaborate costumes have attached themselves to the Regent's Park residence of Peter Mandelson, who has been left informally in charge of Britain while Gordon Brown is on holiday.

It is a baroque masterpiece designed by one of the world's greatest architects and among the north of Scotland's biggest tourist attractions. Looming above are pieces of 21st-century engineering kit that rise to 330 feet above the skyline. Now, Scotland's cultural watchdog, Historic Scotland, has been accused of failing to protect the 18th-century Duff House from the effects of massive wind turbines.

People living close to windfarms in Powys could face a health risk as campaigners claim turbines are being built too close to people's homes. It comes as Powys County Council is expected to receive planning applications for more than 500 wind turbines. Campaign group Cadwriaeth Ucheldir Powys say studies have revealed many householders living near turbines suffer headaches, sleep deprivation and dizziness.

The county coroner fears drivers could be fatally distracted by the spinning blades of wind turbines placed near roads. Coroner Michael Howells is calling on planners to think carefully about where future turbines are placed. ...The coroner added: "It is, I think, generally accepted that a driver's attention is attracted by movement, whether that movement is on or off the road.

About 50 residents packed into Ulley's Holy Trinity Church on Monday for a last-minute meeting about the Penny Hill wind farm plan. Developers Banks Renewables have submitted a proposal for half a dozen 132m-tall turbines between the village and Thurcroft, close to the M1.

Isle of Lewis is an area of outstanding beauty Conservation campaigners have welcomed a Scottish Parliament report that has slated plans for Lewis wind farm because it would destroy the scenic view. ...The Report - commissioned by Scottish Ministers - concluded: "Support for renewable energy development and the need to protect and enhance Scotland's natural and historic environment must be regarded as compatible goals.

A wind farm company was 'counter-productive' in misleading people living in north Northumberland over the height of turbines planned near to their homes, the Government's energy minister has said. ...E.ON fell foul of the Advertising Standards Agency after promotional photomontages for the proposed West Ancroft installation showed turbines only 43 metres tall. Two complaints against the company were upheld, that the images were misleading and breached rules on truthfulness.

Controversial plans to build two huge wind turbines at a beauty spot have been axed after opposition. German power company Volkswind had proposed to build two 415ft wind turbines on the tops of picturesque Salt Hill and Wether Down ...It was thought the giant rotating blades - big enough to power 3,700 homes - would have been visible from the Solent. But following complaints from residents and conservation groups, the company has withdrawn the application.

The workers, who were sacked last week for their part in the protest, have been staging the sit-in protest for 15 days but Vestas today won a court order to remove them from the Newport factory. ...Bob Crow, general secretary of the RMT, said "The court has made its decision but we will continue with our campaign and the right to work on green energy jobs."

A controversial onshore wind farm in Tendring should not be built because the district is already providing a giant offshore wind farm, it is claimed. Peter Balbirnie, district and parish councillor for Little Clacton and Weeley, told an inquiry into the proposed five-turbine wind farm at Earls Hall Farm, between Clacton and St Osyth, that Npower Renewables' plan should not be allowed.

One of Britain's biggest energy companies will miss out on renewable energy subsidies worth more than half a billion pounds because it placed an order to buy equipment for a huge offshore wind farm too early. Ian Marchant, chief executive of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), told The Times that it was "unfair" that its £1.3 billion Greater Gabbard wind farm, off Suffolk, would be excluded from fresh incentives designed to kick-start stalled investment in the industry.

A controversial plan to build two 400ft high wind turbines on the South Downs near East Meon has been abandoned. After "taking advice" from East Hampshire District Council, German wind farm specialists Volkswing has decided not to submit a formal planning application for the giant turbines. The news has been received with jubilation by East Meon campaigners against the plan.

Householders living near to Aston Hall Farm between Aston and Burston say a proposal to install three turbines on the land by Severn Trent Water has already blighted property prices. Homeowner Rob Jackson, whose Enson Lane home is 520 metres away from the site of a proposed turbine, said the value of his house had dropped by between 20 and 30 per cent since he had it valued back in January. ..."It is devastating because planning authorities do not take property prices into consideration."

Dr Nina Pierpoint has warned that living too close to wind turbines can cause heart disease, tinnitus, vertigo, panic attacks, migraines and sleep deprivation in groundbreaking research due to be published later this year. ...To date, the Government and wind companies have denied any health risks associated with powerful noise and vibration produced by wind turbines.

An energy company which has fought for nearly eight years to get permission for wind turbines on Mid Norfolk farmland last night issued a strong "we won't walk away" message after it was accused of bullying the local community. Ecotricity managing director Dale Vince reinforced his determination to develop on a site at Wood Farm, Bradenham, near Dereham, which has been at the centre of a bitter planning saga.

Last-ditch hopes of saving the UK's only wind-turbine manufacturing plant have been dealt a blow, as the industry's own association admitted it did not make sense to keep it open. ...the British Wind Energy Association said at the weekend the market for onshore wind turbines in the UK was "too small to sustain a UK-based factory in the long term".