Regular readers of this column will recall the titanic spat between RWE Npower and protesters over the company’s plans to pump ash from its Didcot power plant into nearby Radley Lakes.

The saga has involved m’learned friends, injunctions and – it must be said – some rather heavy-handed action by the company, which has not won it many friends or admirers.
A year ago, the generator was given planning permission to get rid of its ash in the lakes, but it had to suspend doing so while opponents lobbied to obtain “village green” status for the area around the lakes.
That wheeze has failed. The county council recently voted not to give the land the protected status sought. Undeterred, the Save Radley Lakes Campaign Group is now seeking a judicial review.
When will this end, asks the great man? Maybe RWE should give the ash away for road building or something to end the pain.
Otherwise this one is going to run and run.

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