This week, Mrs Eyre reflected on how life has changed on the slopes of Toddleburn. "It is truly tragic that we are being driven from an area we have loved for its natural beauty and from a community we have supported through school, church, toddlers group and the WRI. "Notwithstanding the enormous visual impact, for the past 18 months our peaceful existence has been shattered by living on the path of the construction of the Toddleburn wind farm.

Scottish ministers have rejected an appeal for planning permission for a 16-turbine wind farm on a hill directly opposite Rothesay Bay. Over five months after the end of a public inquiry - which took place in April at Colintraive Hall - ministers agreed with the findings of reporter Karen Heywood that the project would have a "significant detrimental landscape and visual impact" on the area.

Plans to build three 126-metre wind turbines at Matlock Moor have been opposed by NE Derbyshire District councillors. The application was considered by the authority's Planning Committee on Tuesday, when members voted 14 to three against the scheme submitted by Derbyshire Wind Energy. It comes as Derbyshire Dales District councillors ...also ruled to oppose the scheme yesterday.

A controversial windfarm plan for Orby Marsh looks set to be back on the agenda as farmer Mark Caudwell begins proceedings for a third time. Mr Caudwell first submitted plans to build a 20-turbine onshore windfarm in 2003, but it was rejected at a public inquiry because of fears it would 'urbanise' the landscape.

An injured worker from the wind farms off Clacton has been taken to hospital after falling through a hatch on a tug boat. The 24-year-old German man was hurt while working aboard the vessel Arion which transports equipment out to the wind farms.

Keadby wind farm developers Renewable Energy Solutions (RES) have vowed to fight for a place to route their controversial turbine traffic by promoting two public exhibitions. RES had their original plans to route traffic through Ealand, Eastoft and Swinefleet rejected by North Lincolnshire Council in July, after a wave of opposition from residents.

The MP for Mid Worcestershire has called for a ban on commercial wind turbines being constructed within a kilometre of people's homes. Peter Luff said proposals for a wind farm close to Bishampton, near Pershore, would see some turbines located little more than 600 metres away from houses.

A controversial windfarm which has hung over a fenland community for over three years appears to have blown away after developers opted to withdraw the proposal. The decision by Scottish Power Renewables came late last week having already cancelled an informal meeting with planners to present their case alongside objectors. Members of South Kesteven District Council's development control committee were to hear presentations for and against from both sides involved.

The fight is on for villagers opposed to eight massive wind turbines which it is suggested could be built near their homes. On Friday almost 100 people attended the first public meeting held by Save Berkeley Vale (SBV) in Stinchcombe near Dursley, to hear rallying calls to fend off plans for the 120-metre-high turbines.

Controversial plans for a wind farm near Pontefract could be rejected following complaints from an RAF base. The YEP understands RAF Linton-upon-Ouse has objected to the scheme to put up turbines on land off Westfield Lane, Pontefract. The scheme was rejected by Wakefield planners but is now being decided by a planning inspector after an appeal by energy firm Banks Renewables.

Planning officers at two district councils have recommended that a controversial application for a wind farm on the edge of the Peak District should not be given the go-ahead. Already, almost 1,500 individuals and numerous organisations have submitted representations to North East Derbyshire and Derbyshire Dales district councils regarding the application for five 126m-tall wind turbines on Matlock Moor.

Scotland's ospreys are once again starting their epic annual winter migration to West Africa. Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS), the biggest land manager in the country, has been keeping a close watch on the success of the fish-eating birds of prey. One of the birds monitored using satellite tracking technology is known as Red 8T.

Families fighting plans to erect four giant wind turbines in their rural Northumberland community have taken their protest campaign into the skies. They are flying a large orange blimp at a height of 101 metres above the proposed site of the wind farm near Morpeth in a bid to show local people and council planners the likely impact of the installation on the landscape and homes.

Campaigners have won a first-round battle against plans to build six gigantic wind turbines. Scottish Power Renewables has withdrawn a planning appli-cation for the 410ft machines at Neslam Farm, Sempringham Fen after objections from villagers and the Ministry of Defence. The MoD said the turbines would interfere with radar systems at RAF Cranwell and RAF Cottesmore.

A controversial windfarm on the border of Stockton and Hambleton has hit another hurdle. Yesterday, Hambleton District Council refused an application for two 125m wind turbines near the villages of Hilton and Seamer. The decision comes two months after neighbouring planning authority Stockton approved three turbines for the same scheme.

Opponents of a windfarm planned for the outskirts of Carlisle have raised £21,000 to fund their fight against it. A public inquiry is to begin into plans for a three-turbine windfarm near Cumwhinton after Bolsterstone Energy appealed against Carlisle City Council's decision to turn their planing application down.

Residents protesting against plans for a wind farm near Dumsurn say they are alarmed by results from a recent report which claims living close to turbines can lead to a greater risk of several health problems. The application for the proposed wind farm in the North Sperrins is for seven turbines, each 121 metres tall ...Members of the Roe Valley Anti Wind Farm Group are determined to fight the proposal and say they will take legal action if they have to. They argue there are too many wind farms in the area and that "enough is enough".

Plans for the world's biggest wind farm off Britain's coast have been blown off course - by faulty windmills built on the cheap in China. The eco-project's 140 giant turbine towers were assembled by Chinese steelworkers then ferried 4,500 miles on fuel-guzzling cargo ships. But serious welding faults were found in many of the structures shipped to a Dutch port.

The firm must apply to the Scottish Government rather than the local authority because of the scale of the plan. But Moray Council must be consulted and, if it objects, a public inquiry will be held. The government is due to make a decision on September 29.

Residents have accused an energy company of trying to "steam roller" a wind farm next to a village described as a "jewel in the crown". RWE npower renewables is in the process of erecting a 60 metre - or 190 foot - anemometry (met) mast on a site called Stobhill next to the medieval hamlet of Bolam, near West Auckland, County Durham.